President Elect - 1988 Edition now available online

[Prince of Salem]

1964

George Wallace (AL)/Orval Faubus (AR): 50% (407 EV)
Barry Goldwater (AZ)/William Miller (NY): 44% (131 EV)
Robert Kennedy (NY)/George McGovern (SD): 6% (0 EV)

Played as Bobby to see how I could do with a 3rd party in this scenario.

(LOL at Wallace carrying all of the Northeast and Goldwater carrying Mississippi)

[LLR]

Tried to make the best third party runs possible

1968:
Chisholm
Rockefeller (inc.)
Wallace

Status of nation absolutely horrible

Chisholm 342 EVs 35%
Wallace 148 EVs 34%
Rockefeller 48 EVs 30%

This one is absurd but
1964:
Chisholm
McGovern (inc.)
Johnson

Everything is horrible

Johnson 417 EVs, 44%
Chisholm 35 EVs, 36%
McGovern 86 EVs, 20%

Tried to get a liberal third-party, but I'll have to try harder for that one

[NOT gonna be banned soon]

I can't even play the game. It just makes the computer play as Nixon in 1960. Any help?

[LLR]

I can't even play the game. It just makes the computer play as Nixon in 1960. Any help?

Are you selecting the 1960 demo? Press 1 for all scenarios, should be better

[NOT gonna be banned soon]

I can't even play the game. It just makes the computer play as Nixon in 1960. Any help?

Are you selecting the 1960 demo? Press 1 for all scenarios, should be better

It keeps saying that I need the manual

[President of the great nation of 🏳️‍⚧️]

Former Congressman John Anderson (I-IL) / I-IN - 395/28,765,864/38.41%
President Jesse Helms (R-NC) / Vice President R-OH - 143/24,838,410/33.18%
Former Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm (D-NY) / D-FL - 0/21277634/28.41%

[Lachi]

EDIT: I worked out what the doc check thing was, but even though I type in the right word, it still does not accept it for some reason, is anyone able to help here?

So with that, I used the 1960 Demo And this is how it turned out:

KENNEDY (D-MA) 348 Electoral Votes/32,229,322 Popular Vote (52%)

NIXON (R-CA) 189 Electoral Votes/30,229,322 Popular Vote (48%)

No electoral map can be posted at the moment, because of the post requirements to link images.

[Oldiesfreak1854]

Is it at all possible to get a different edition of this game?

[Comrade Funk]

1968 - Kennedy won thanks to Congress, despite losing the electoral battle (but winning the popular vote)....blame Wallace.

Robert Kennedy (Democratic) - 262 EV
Ronald Reagan (Republican) - 266 EV
George Wallace (American Independent) - 10 EV

[Former Senator Haslam2020]

U.S Presidential Election of 1972: (The Slaying)

George Wallace/Scoop Jackson: 12 Electoral Votes 32%
Richard Nixon/Spiro Agnew: 526 Electoral Votes 68%
Shirley Chisholm/Eugene McCarthy: 0 Electoral Votes 0%

Bombed as Wallace.

U.S Presidential Election of 1976: (The Civil War)

Mo Udall/Birch Bayh: 281 Electoral Votes 46%
John Connolly/Howard Baker: 257 Electoral Votes 54%

Udall pulls out, narrowly. The nation is outraged at his election, but it stops a third straight Republican term in the White House.

U.S Presidential Election of 1980: (The Victor takes his rightful crown)

Fmr. Gov. John Connally/Fmr. Gov. Ronald Reagan: 402 Electoral Votes 54%
Pres. Mo Udall/Vice Pres. Birch Bayh: 136 Electoral Votes 46%

The Udall presidency was unsuccessful to begin with, a war in Iran and an unfortunate debate gaffe a week before the Election ended the stalemate between the two, causing Connally to win in a landslide.

U.S Presidential Election of 1984: (Good Ol' John for '84)

Pres. John Connally/VP Ronald Reagan: 521 Electoral Votes 55%
Sen. Joseph Biden/Sen. John Glenn: 17 Electoral Votes 45%

President Connally was lovable, popular, and ended the war in Iran. Despite some unemployment, after some great debate performances, he defeated Joe Biden to get re-elected to a second term.

[Lachi]

The thing where you have to have the manual is still coming up, I know what to do, but it isn't accepting the word, how can I fix this?

[LLR]

The thing where you have to have the manual is still coming up, I know what to do, but it isn't accepting the word, how can I fix this?

write "start"

[Lachi]

I mean the part that says 'Sorry, you need the manual to play PRESIDENT ELECT 1988 EDITION'
I type the right word, but the game still thinks it is the wrong word, for example 4 1 15 is 'votes' (4th word, 1st line, 15th page), so I type that in when it asks, but it rejects it, how can I get past that part?

[President of the great nation of 🏳️‍⚧️]

Kennedy vs. Kennedy

Senator John F. Kennedy (D-MA) / D-TX - 420/36581600/53.24%
Senator John F. Kennedy (R-MA) / R-TX - 118/32032928/46.62%
I also ran a third-party Kennedy in case it made things interesting. It didn't.

[President of the great nation of 🏳️‍⚧️]

Former Senator Barry Goldwater (R-AZ) / R-TX - 323/34,065,480/40.35%
Former Senator George McGovern (D-SD) / D-MA - 215/31,830,774/37.71%
Former Congressman John Anderson (I-IL) / I-FL - 0/18,517,646/21.94%

[President of the great nation of 🏳️‍⚧️]

A mini-timeline built entirely from PE88.
1960: Better Than Expected

Senator John F. Kennedy (D-MA) / Senator Lyndon B. Johnson (D-TX) - 461/33,773,636/53.28%
Vice President Richard Nixon (R-CA) / Former Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. (R-MA) - 76/29,616,208/46.72%
1964: Near-Sweep

President Lyndon B. Johnson (D-TX) / Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (D-MN) - 521/36,752,056/62.19%
Senator Barry Goldwater (R-AZ) / Representative William E. Miller (R-NY) - 17/22,348,236/37.81%
1968: Nixon Never¹

Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey (D-MN) / Senator Edmund Muskie (D-ME) - 379/28,459,240/45.28%
Former Vice President Richard Nixon (R-CA) / Governor Spiro Agnew (R-MD) - 120/26,092,292/41.52%
Governor George Wallace (I-AL) / General Curtis LeMay (I-CA) - 39/8,297,051/13.20%
1972: Same Votes, Next Cycle

President Hubert H. Humphrey (D-MN) / Vice President Edmund Muskie (D-ME) - 379/38,222,944/52.05%
Governor Ronald Reagan (R-CA) / Senator Richard Schweiker (R-PA) - 159/35,214,136/47.95%
1976: Party Like It's 1948

Vice President Edmund Muskie (D-ME) / Governor Jimmy Carter (D-GA) - 310/39,310,336/50.21%
Senator Bob Dole (R-KS) / Senator Howard Baker (R-TN) - 228/38,975,524/49.79%
1980: Combo-Breaker

Former Governor Ronald Reagan (R-CA) / Former Director George Bush (R-TX) - 486/44,226,528/51.23%
President Edmund Muskie (D-ME) / Vice President Jimmy Carter (D-GA) - 52/35,631,188/41.27%
Representative John B. Anderson (I-IL) / Former Ambassador Patrick Lucey (I-WI) - 0/6,470,025/7.50%
1984: The Sweep

President Ronald Reagan (R-CA) / Vice President George Bush (R-TX) - 535/55,189,824/58.95%
Vice President Jimmy Carter (D-GA) / Senator Gary Hart (D-CO) - 3/38,269,656/41.05%
¹Title from one of the maps in Random Maps thread

[President of the great nation of 🏳️‍⚧️]

Sabotaged Mondale, wondered how bad I could lose.

President Ronald Reagan (R-CA) / Vice President George Bush (R-TX) - 535/75,718,216/83.02%
Fmr. Vice President Walter Mondale (D-MN) / Representative Geraldine Ferraro (D-NY) - 3/15,483,859/16.98%
Result: Not bad enough.
In contrast, Reagan sabotaged with the same strategy.

President Ronald Reagan (R-CA) / Vice President George Bush (R-TX) - 354/48,262,944/52.97%
Fmr. Vice President Walter Mondale (D-MN) / Representative Geraldine Ferraro (D-NY) - 184/42,857,660/47.03%
Conclusion: Reagan was unbeatable anyway.

[Lachi]

2 scenarios: (Maps coming soon)

1: 1976, Swapping around the presidents and vice-presidents.

Sen. Walter Mondale (D-MN)/Fmr. Governor Jimmy Carter (D-GA): 216 Electoral Votes
Fmr. RNC Chairman Robert Dole(R-KS)/V.P Gerald Ford (R-MI), 322 Electoral Votes

2:1980, No 3rd Party (unrelated to scenario 1)

POTUS Jimmy Carter (D-GA)/V.P Walter Mondale (D-MN), 21 Electoral votes
Fmr. Governor Ronald Reagan/ Fmr. DCI George H.W Bush, 517 Electoral votes
Reagan/Bush got 50 MILLION votes.

[Anti-Bothsidesism]

Had the PC play as Kennedy vs. Ford vs. Reagan

[President of the great nation of 🏳️‍⚧️]

When you get 7.5% of the vote

President Richard Nixon (R-CA) / VP Spiro Agnew (R-MD) - 538/92.48%/63852720
Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm (D-NY) / D-DC - 0/7.52%/5194131

[NeverAgain]

When you get 7.5% of the vote

President Richard Nixon (R-CA) / VP Spiro Agnew (R-MD) - 538/92.48%/63852720
Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm (D-NY) / D-DC - 0/7.52%/5194131

You did better than Chisholm would've done.

[President of the great nation of 🏳️‍⚧️]

When you get 7.5% of the vote

President Richard Nixon (R-CA) / VP Spiro Agnew (R-MD) - 538/92.48%/63852720
Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm (D-NY) / D-DC - 0/7.52%/5194131

You did better than Chisholm would've done.

So her campaign strategy would be to do literally nothing?

[diptheriadan]

Popular Vote-

Bush-50%
Dukakis-49%

Electoral Vote-

Bush-260
Dukakis-278

[Devout Centrist]

Running a race between Governor Cuck McGee and General Sieg Heil this afternoon. Will post the results.

[LLR]

Quick TL, based on WI: Humphrey wins nomination in '60.

1960: Humphrey vs. Nixon

One of the most thrilling election nights ever, it was 4:30 AM and California and New York were both completely up for grabs. Humphrey needed just one to take the election. At 4:32, California was called for Nixon, by a margin of 18,000 votes. Eight minutes later, Nixon took New York, and the election, though he had lost the popular vote.

Humphrey 258 EVs, 45%
Nixon 279 EVs, 44%
Wallace-like Southern Dixiecrat 0 EVs, 10%

SoDem's best states
AL: 38%
AR: 28%
TX: 23%
VA: 22%
FL: 21%
LA: 21%


1964: Nixon Challenged by Muskie

Heralded as a "re-aligning election", President Nixon's "Southern Strategy" paid off immensely. The president won re-election in a landslide fashion, with Muskie having lost by 9:11, at which point the electoral count read 274-7. Muskie was eventually held to his home state, DC, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts in a humiliation for his party.

Sen. Muskie 25 EVs, 43%
Pres. Nixon 513 EVs, 57%


1968: Scranton vs. (Robert) Kennedy: A Broken Party in Repair

After 16 years of Republican rule, with the economy in a mess and an unpopular war in Vietnam, it was supposed to be easy for Kennedy to win. However, Scranton made a race out of it. It took Kennedy an hour to get from 266 to 270, with the call of Oregon at 11:48 finally doing it.

Scranton 49%
Kennedy 43%
Wallace 8%