President Elect - 1988 Edition now available online

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

Enjoy

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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. 

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Just observed a pretty intense simulated game (which is all about this game is good for):

THE GIPPER GOES DOWN
President Reagan defeated for reelection in 1980

Senator Dale Bumpers (D-AR) / Senator John Glenn (D-OH) - 45,023,056 votes (50.7%); 404 EV
President Ronald Reagan (R-CA) / Vice President Richard Schweiker (R-PA) - 43,104,544 (48.5%); 134 EV
Senator Lowell Weicker (I-CT) / Congressman John Anderson (I-IL) - 712,071 (0.8%); 0 EV

Interesting that the simulation resulted in a few Yankee GOP holdouts (NJ and CT particularly).  I guess Weicker took more from Bumpers than Reagan in CT and having Schweiker on the ticket helped Reagan in PA.  CT was won by Reagan with less than 50% and PA was razor-thin as well.  CA, TX, IL, and FL were all very close; NY, MO and strangely WV were close as well. 

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United States presidential election, 1976

Former Congressman George H.W. Bush (R-TX) / Senator Howard Baker (R-TN) - 40,366,032; 317 EVs
Former Governor Jimmy Carter (D-GA) / Senator Walter Mondale (D-MN) - 40,387,936; 221 EVs

The GOP establishment goes for something a bit different in 1976, and taps former Congressman, diplomat and RNC chairman George H.W. Bush to be the party's standard bearer.  Senator Howard Baker is picked to reinforce the party's moderate image while adding Southern appeal.  Democrats nominate Carter/Mondale.  Bush wins by a large margin in the electoral college, but loses the popular vote to Carter by some 19,000 votes (the closest margin in American history). 

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United States presidential election, 1976

President Gerald Ford (R-MI) / Senator Howard Baker (R-TN) - 34,740,760 (44.9%); 281 electoral votes ✔

Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (D-MN) / Former Senator Fred Harris (D-OK) - 34,814,016 (45.0%); 257 electoral votes

Former Senator Eugene McCarthy (I-MN) / CA VP - 7,754,652 (10.1%)

Simulating a 1976 election under historical conditions with Humphrey/Harris as the Democratic ticket and Ford/Baker as the incumbent Republican ticket.  Ended up being the closest election in American history to date, and Humphrey actually wins the popular vote despite McCarthy pulling over 10%