President Elect - 1988 Edition now available online

[America Needs a 13-6 Progressive SCOTUS]

AI vs AI 1984!

[America Needs a 13-6 Progressive SCOTUS]

AI vs AI 1976!

[P. Clodius Pulcher did nothing wrong]

1968

Eugene McCarthy
294 electors
29,224,244 votes (46%)

Nelson Rockefeller
244 electors
28,869,502 votes (45%)

Ronald Reagan
0 electors
5,498,177 votes (8%)

New Mexico, 4 electors (closest state)
134,516 (47%)
134,067 (47%)
16,811 (6%)

Pennsylvania, 29 electors (tipping point)
1,903,046 (47%)
1,879,354 (47%)
237,024 (6%)

[Cold War Liberal]

1976

President Ed Muskie (D-ME): 33,978,376, 45%, 294 EVs
Former Vice President Barry Goldwater (R-AZ): 34,631,224, 46%, 244 EVs
Congressman Gerald Ford (I/R-MI): 6,550,658, 9%, 0 EVs

Ford runs as a moderate in opposition to Goldwater, though about 30% of his support comes from Democrats.

[CookieDamage]

AI vs AI vs AI

Phillip Johnson - Mainstream Liberal with Social Democratic Tendencies - 275 EVs but lost the popular vote 48%

Fred Jones - Right-Wing Conservative - 263 EVs but won the popular vote 49%

Wilfredo Gomez - Total Socialist and Social Leftist - 335 EVs - 51%

Paris Carter - Total Nationalist Conservative - 203 EVs - 47%

Tim Janet - Moderate Independent - 0 EVs - 1% EV and 13% of DC vote

[Cold War Liberal]

AI match-ups

1960

Vice President Richard M. Nixon (R-CA)/Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller (R-NY): 31,043,656, 49%, 279 Electoral Votes

Senator John F. Kennedy (D-MA)/Senator Lyndon B. Johnson (D-TX): 31,588,060, 50%, 258 Electoral Votes

1964

President Richard M. Nixon (R-CA)/Vice President Nelson A. Rockefeller (R-NY): 30,486,456, 51%, 329 Electoral Votes

Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (D-MN)/Senator Wayne Morse (D-OR): 29,403,616, 49%, 209 Electoral Votes

1968

Senator Lyndon B. Johnson (D-TX)/Senator George S. McGovern (D-SD): 37,631,084, 57%, 518 Electoral Votes

Vice President Nelson A. Rockefeller (R-NY)/Governor George Romney (R-MI): 28,376,630, 43%, 20 Electoral Votes

1972

President Lyndon B. Johnson (D-TX)/Vice President George S. McGovern (D-SD): 46,715,564, 65%, 538 Electoral Votes

Senator Barry M. Goldwater (R-AZ)/Senator John Tower (R-TX): 25,076,880, 35%, 0 Electoral Votes

1976

President George S. McGovern (D-SD)/Governor Jimmy Carter (D-GA): 30,341,986, 43%, 424 Electoral Votes

Senator Paul Laxalt (R-NV)/Congressman Pete du Pont (R-DE): 26,411,292, 38%, 105 Electoral Votes

Former Governor George Wallace (I-AL)/[various]: 12,022,662, 18%, 9 Electoral Votes

1980

Senator Bob Dole (R-KS)/Governor George Bush (R-TX): 40,212,196, 53%, 446 Electoral Votes

President George S. McGovern (D-SD)/Vice President Jimmy Carter (D-GA): 35,385,544, 47%, 92 Electoral Votes

1984

Senator John Glenn (D-OH)/Senator Gary Hart (D-CO): 44,697,280, 52%, 351 Electoral Votes

President Bob Dole (R-KS)/Vice President George H. W. Bush (R-TX): 40,907,820, 48%, 187 Electoral Votes

1988

President John Glenn (D-OH)/Vice President Gary Hart (D-CO): 49,882,788, 56%, 510 Electoral Votes

Governor George Deukmejian (R-CA)/Senator J. Danforth Quayle (R-IN): 38,526,152, 43%, 28 Electoral Votes

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Senator Robert F. Kennedy (D-NY)/Senator Birch Bayh (D-IN) - 403 EV, 34,057,220, 50%
Fmr. Vice President Richard M. Nixon (R-NY)/Governor Spiro Agnew (R-MD) - 125 EV, 29,390,346, 43%
Fmr. Governor George Wallace (AI-AL)/General Curtis LeMay (AI-CA) - 10 EV, 4,085,267, 6%

[wxtransit]

Dukakis is the incumbent after an upset win over Reagan (lol) in 1984.

Dukakis starts a war which is World War I in Russia-level popular.

18% unemployment.

Recession.

Hilarity ensues.

Pat Buchanan (R-DC) - 399 EVs - 31,877,984 votes - 38% PV
Ronald Reagan (I-CA) - 125 EVs - 28,228,972 votes - 34% PV
Michael Dukakis (D-MA) (inc.) - 14 EVs - 22,741,890 votes - 27% PV

I should probably also mention Reagan's VP is from Texas, which explains the larger PV win there.

[wxtransit]

1960

Kennedy/Johnson (Democratic) - 293 EVs - 49% PV
Rockefeller/Nixon (Republican) - 244 EVs - 47% PV
Byrd/Thurmond (States' Rights) - 0 EVs - 3% PV

Rockefeller upsets the nomination and chooses Nixon as his running mate, the Democratic primary goes as OTL, and Byrd runs in the general. California decided the election, voting for Kennedy by 1%.

1964

Kennedy/Johnson (Democratic) - 345 EVs - 53% PV
Nixon/Goldwater (Republican) - 193 EVs - 47% PV

Kennedy survives the assassination attempt in Dallas, boosting his popularity. Nixon gives it one final (unsuccessful) go at the presidency. Kennedy's popularity makes the contest not particularly close.

1968

Johnson/Kennedy (Democratic) - 521 EVs - 55% PV
Reagan/Agnew (Republican) - 17 EVs - 43% PV
Wallace/LeMay (American Independent) - 0 EVs -1% PV

Johnson runs for a term in his own right, choosing Robert F. Kennedy as his running mate. Governor of California Ronald Reagan won the Republican nomination, choosing Spiro Agnew as his running mate. A coronation of Johnson ensues.

1972

Johnson/Kennedy (Democratic) - 538 EVs - 64% PV
Ford/Bush (Republican) - 0 EVs - 36% PV

Ouch.

1976

Reagan/Dole (Republican) - 505 EVs - 53% PV
Kennedy/Carter (Democratic) - 33 EVs - 47% PV

Robert F. Kennedy ascends to the Presidency after Johnson died in office; however, Kennedy makes controversial moves in office, such as returning the Panama Canal to Panama. Kennedy's approvals drop as a result, and Reagan, running in an improbable final hail-Mary for the Presidency, remains very popular with the public even after his 1968 landslide defeat. A close contest ensues, but in the end, America wanted change after Democrats had 16 years in office.

1980

Reagan/Dole (Republican) - 535 EVs - 62% PV
Mondale/Kennedy (Democratic) - 3 EVs - 38% PV

Mondale, in an effort to win, invokes the Kennedys yet again in the form of Ted Kennedy. Reagan remains quite popular with Americans. A coronation ensues, with Mondale only winning DC.

1984

Perot/Anderson (Independent/American Reform) - 517 EVs - 43% PV
Dole/Kemp (Republican) - 21 EVs - 25% PV
Dukakis/Bentsen - 0 EVs - 32% PV

After an uninspiring campaign and many gaffes from both Dole and Dukakis, including multiple high-level scandals, the Perot independent bid gains traction (Perot enters politics earlier). After a particularly high-level scandal involving both the Dole and Dukakis campaigns sabotaging the Perot campaign Watergate-style, Perot wins in a landslide from an American public tired of the two-party system.

All matchups are AI vs. AI.

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Nixon/Lodge 398 EV's
Thurmond/Barnett 133'EV'S
Kennedy/Johnson 0'EVS

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