1888 Conventions

[Zioneer]

I like Ingalls, his platform is excellent, and at least he's not yet another Mormon I mindlessly vote for.

[Zioneer]

I swear half the voters are just voting for a name that's famous in real life.

[Zioneer]

Where would Theodore Roosevelt be at this point in time? In real life, he'd held a seat for a few years in the NY State Assembly, had become a widower, had lost an election for mayor, and had gotten re-married before Harrison made him a Civil Service Commissioner in 1889. With the Union party currently in the hands of its "reform" faction, might he have a good relationship with fellow New Yorker Grover Cleveland? Or is he still out West?

As well, it'd be interesting to see how he might interact with a President Custer.

Roosevelt is a mildly-decorated veteran of the Dakota War and just got elected to the New York Assembly. He's fond of Cleveland's stance on patronage, but is more partial to Cassius Clay's legacy (despite how checkered it may be.) Despite this he tends to eschew the current Union faction's party on tariffs and would like to see more bold action regarding trusts.

I introduce the option to merge, and no one wants to merge.

The Destiny Party wants to

The Destiny Party will likely survive another election or two regardless. The "merger" option outright consolidates the Whigs and Radicals in favor of the People's Alliance, which would provide for more competitiveness in this series.

I swear half the voters are just voting for a name that's famous in real life.

Are you sure? There's a pretty vocal libertarian-leaning cohort in this series (myself, shua, Deus, Spiral, Max etc) which roughly squares up with Cleveland's vote total, give or take. For the record, I voted Whig: Merger this time.

I do agree that the famous names tend to do better than ones that are less prominent IRL (much to my disappointment) but I don't think it's solely attributable to that.

Good point, though I don't see how the libertarian-leaners can outvote most everyone else.

Also, can I change my vote to a formal People's Alliance merger?

[Zioneer]

I encourage everyone who supports the Whigs or Radicals to vote to merge so we don't have vote-splitting in the general election.

[Zioneer]

I'd be for Vance, but only under a united ticket.

[Zioneer]

I'd be for Vance, but only under a united ticket.

Vance isn't an option if there's a merger.  He wasn't listed as one of the People's Alliance candidates

That's too bad. If he is the Whig nominee though, won't we have a four-way race, since there's no merger?

[Zioneer]

How about we see how things play out in 1888, then run Vance/Custer in 1892. Vance dies in 1894, so they each get two years as President.

Nah, there may be better options.  Like Weaver

Wasn't Weaver the racist?