President Elect - 1988 Edition now available online

[Del Tachi]

https://archive.org/details/msdos_President_Elect_-_1988_Edition_1987

Enjoy

[badgate]

Interesting!


Sure would love to play a version with updated graphics though...

[Del Tachi]

What's crazy is that this video game (made in 1987) contains more election scenarios and a better campaign editor that anything that has come out since. 

[Phony Moderate]

The manual for this is available on Scribd. It provides lots of helpful tips as well as a list of candidate qualities and maps, etc.

[Chunk Yogurt for President!]

I can only win in the landslide elections (64, 72, 84).

["'Oeps!' De blunders van Rick Perry Indicted"]

Anyone else been playing this? As "Ted Kennedy" in 1968, I beat Nixon by a solid five-point margin. I did very well in the South, though I took some present-day strongholds for granted, and lost OR, MN (no Humphrey on the ticket) and MD (Agnew's homestate) in squeakers.

[Chunk Yogurt for President!]

I just won as an independent against weak Democratic and Republican candidates I created.  I think it's interesting that my conservative positions were more popular in Hawaii and Vermont than they were in Missouri and West Virginia.

[Pessimistic Antineutrino]

I ran Nixon against himself in 1960 (both as computer).

Not sure wat happen

Only GA and MS were over 60% for some reason. Most states were close.

[badgate]

I played as Shirley Chisholm in '72 and got 26% popular vote and no electoral votes.

[rpryor03]

Played as Nixon in '68.

[Illuminati Blood Drinker]

Knocked Pat Robertson around as Cuomo. Suck it, Moral Majority!

Gov. Mario Cuomo (D-NY)/Sen. Lloyd Bentsen (D-TX): 338 EVs, 48,738,932 PVs (53.48%)
Mr. Pat Robertson (R-VA)/Sen. Robert Dole (R-KS): 200 EVs, 42,388,484 PVs (46.52%)

[Alexander]

this looks fun !

[🐒Gods of Prosperity🔱🐲💸]

Thanks so much for pointing this out ... I keep managing to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory, but it's a blast!  I just lost an incredibly close race to Hubert Humphrey.

[🐒Gods of Prosperity🔱🐲💸]

This was a fun one. I played as Pat.

1988
D.P. Moynihan (NY) / S. Nunn (GA) 51% 376
L. Weicker (CT)/ H. Baker (TN) 46% 162
J. Buckley (CT)/ B. Stein (CA) 2%

[badgate]

1972

George Wallace / Scoop Jackson - 132; 44%, 35,243,792
Richard Nixon / SD - 406; 47%, 37,507,888
Ronald Reagan / MN - 0; 9%, 7,232,464


Closest state was Arkansas, at 46% (319,928) for Wallace and 46% (320,663) for Nixon.

I had a really big lead until I lost every debate! I don't really understand the strategy of this game. it's all just random numbers

[badgate]

1988

On 11:50pm EST, the state of Texas was called with 51% for Delaware Senator Joe Biden. With Texas goes the White House...

Delaware Senator Joe Biden / Texas Senator Lloyd Bentsen - 364; 51%, 44,432,088
Pat Buchanan / Don't Remember - 174; 49%, 42,730,544



Closest States

Alabama
Biden: 50%, 701,666
Buchanan: 50%, 699,947

Missouri
Biden: 50%, 938,327
Buchanan: 50%, 932,989

Montana
Biden: 50%, 185,712
Buchanan: 50%, 188,124

Ohio
Biden: 50%, 2,074,871
Buchanan: 50%, 2,088,805

Vermont
Biden: 50%, 109,762
Buchanan: 50%, 110,775

[badgate]

A Very Sad 1964

New York Senator Robert Kennedy / ? ? ? - 228
Alabama Governor George Wallace / ? ? ? - 310

[Pessimistic Antineutrino]

1980: A Comeback

President James Carter (D-GA)/Vice-President Walter Mondale (D-MN) - 235 EVs, 50.00% of the popular vote - 40,770,360
Former President Gerald Ford (R-MI)/Senator Howard Baker (R-TN) - 303 EVs, 50.00% of the popular vote - 40,766,452

Lost Vermont by 500 votes, won Michigan by 2,000.

[🐒Gods of Prosperity🔱🐲💸]

It definitely tends to underestimate the effect of ideology (versus party) on the various states.
a computer v computer simulation:

[🐒Gods of Prosperity🔱🐲💸]

here are the actual historical figures for the 1988 scenario if anyone wants to use them:

inflation (Sept.): 4.2
unemployment (Sept.): 5.4
GNP growth: 3.9%

[badgate]

1960

Minnesota Senator Hubert Humphrey / Texas Senator Lyndon B. Johnson - 251 (50%; 28,275,862)
Vice President Richard Nixon / Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. - 286 (50%; 28,519,956)


1964

Massachusetts Senator John F. Kennedy / California - 25 (42%; 27,721,272)
President Richard Nixon / Vice President Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. - 513 (58%; 38,028,020)


1968

Eight years ago, it was after 2:00am EST that President Nixon was declared the winner. But we weren't even to 10:00pm EST before, with Illinois, Senator Humphrey made his historic comeback. He and Democrat-turned-Independent George Wallace were the only candidates to even win a state's electoral votes before 10:00pm.

Minnesota Senator Hubert Humphrey / Illinois - 495 (49%; 30,481,652)
Rockefeller / New Jersey - 4 (38%; 23,841,216)
Wallace / Kentucky - 39 (13%; 8,190,454)


1972

President Hubert Humphrey / Vice President Illinois - 393 (54%; 40,120,544)
California Governor Ronald Reagan / Tennessee - 145 (45%; 33,559,648)


1976

Robert Byrd / Fritz Hollings - 170
California Governor Ronald Reagan / MA - 368
No percentages available; accidentally refreshed before I could copy it over.


1980

New York Senator Robert F. Kennedy / Texas - 474 (54%; 48,719,244)
President Ronald Reagan / Vice President Massachusetts - 64 (46%; 41,514,376)


1984

President Robert F. Kennedy / Vice President Texas - 533 (62%; 58,958,132)
Texas Senator George H. W. Bush / Connecticut - 5 (37%; 35,268,112)


1988

Deleware Senator Joe Biden / California Governor Jerry Brown - 503 (56%; 51,852,836)
Kansas Senator Bob Dole / Michigan - 35 (44%; 41,170,188)

BONUS MAP: Dole In '88!

Sam Nunn / Deleware Senator Joe Biden - 95 (46%; 42,111,960)
Kansas Senator Bob Dole / Minnesota - 443 (54%; 49,575,276)

[badgate]

1960 - H.H.H.

Minnesota Senator Hubert H. Humphrey / New York - 276 (50%; 27,820,646)
Nelson Rockefeller / Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. - 261 (50%; 27,862,056)

Rockefeller wins popular vote by 41,410.

[badgate]

1976 - Super Depression! Over 19% Unemployment! Just Because! Chisholm is the Great Saviour!

Shirley Chisholm / Texas - 414 (38%; 27,272,280)
Gerald Ford / Virginia - 0 (28%; 20,397,696)
Ronald Reagan / Ohio - 124 (33%; 24,108,124)

1980: Total Anomaly!! Chisholm reelected!

President Shirley Chisholm / Ohio - 326 (47%; 34,089,504)
Pat Robertson / Arizona - 212 (53%; 38,130,360)

[Pessimistic Antineutrino]

Ran a computer v. computer 1968 with the same candidates, but with 21% unemployment. The results were... unexpected.

Nixon's best states were Idaho, Pennsylvania and New York with 40% each.
Humphrey did best in D.C. with 57%, also getting 49% in Massachusetts and Rhode Island.
Wallace's best state was Alabama with 69%, followed by Georgia, Mississippi and Louisiana with 64% each.

["'Oeps!' De blunders van Rick Perry Indicted"]

Constitutionally ineligible Bill Clinton vs. Ronald Reagan, 1980 - a computer projection:

Reagan/Bush 49% 295
Clinton (non-incumbent)/Mondale 47% 243
Anderson/Lucey 4% 0

Flip 92,000 votes in Reagan's native state of Illinois, and the candidates tie.