President Elect - 1988 Edition now available online

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Interesting!


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

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

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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

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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

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A Very Sad 1964

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

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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)

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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.

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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)

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Would anyone care to help me compile a complete list of playable candidates? So far I have:


Barry Goldwater
Gerald Ford
Richard Nixon
Pat Buchanan
Bob Dole
Jack Kemp
Nelson Rockefeller
Pat Robertson
Ronald Reagan
John Connally
John F. Kennedy
Robert F. Kennedy
Ted Kennedy
Jay Rockefeller
Lyndon B. Johnson
Hubert H. Humphrey
George McGovern
Jimmy Carter
Mike Dukakis
Scoop Jackson
Ed Muskie
Shirley Chisholm
Joe Biden
Jesse Jackson
Mario Cuomo
Fitz Hollings
Bill Clinton
Walter Mondale
George Wallace
John Anderson

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I call it, the "Silent Minority".

I call it fixing economic and war conditions to get the desired result

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1976-1988

1976: Nixon's Unconventional Successor

Arizona Congressman Mo Udall - 486; 54% (40,362,392)
President Jeanne Kirkpatrick - 52; 46% (34,406,332)


1980: The Rematch!

President mo Udall - 360; 39% 30,315,692
Frmr. President Jeanne Kirkpatrick - 178; 35% 27,338,940
John Anderson - 0; 25% 19,443,758

Anderson's best states:

D.C. 49-19-32
RI 46-25-29

1984: Creamed

Deleware Senator Joe Biden / Texas Senator Lloyd Bentsen - 495; 58% (50,496,916)
Nevada Senator Paul Laxalt / Michigan - 43; 41% (35,791,280)

20121988: President Biden, Hale and Hardy

President Joe Biden - 331; 51% (48,620,928)
Texas Governor George Bush - 207; 49% (46,249,748)



To be honest I didn't mean to make this a string of Democratic wins. I thought Jeanne would come back big in 1980.

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1984: Ladies' Choice

Diane Feinstein - 398; 52% (48,889,064)
Elizabeth Dole - 140; 47% (43,976,248)

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^ I just entered in a rematch for them b/c why not and

LOL.

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1980 - 1988: Extended Ladies' Choice

New York Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm - 88; 35% (24,937,248)
Oklahoma Congresswoman Jeanne Kirkpatrick - 450; 43% (30,978,816)
Illinois Congressman John Anderson - 0; 22% (15,936,100)

Florida Congresswoman Geraldine Ferraro - 3; 37% (29,910,032)
President Jeanne Kirkpatrick - 535; 62% (49,641,796)

San Francisco Mayor Dianne Feinstein - 317; 51% (49,921,136)
Kansas Elizabeth Dole - 221; 49% (47,802,828)