Second Round of the Presidential Forever Championships

[12th Doctor]

I wonder, why is it that I keep losing in Virginia, of all places?

[Erc]

Tough lose, I have to win the next two to have any chance to advance.

Hey Erc, do you know the best I've done id Idaho and it I've ever come close to winning it?  Might I be the only player to never when their home state against a credible opponent?

You might have cracked 40, once...

But don't feel too bad...Neither me nor AndrewBerger have won NY...
Ilikeverin hasn't won Indiana...
MHS2002 hasn't won DC...

[Erc]

Round 5:

Group A:

Game 1:

Wildcard v. Hughento

Hugh Bartlett (D-OR):  62,561,805, 50%, 286 EV
Michael R. Lane (R-CA):  61,585,468, 49%, 252 EV



Hughento's victory in Pennsylvania sealed the election for him.


Game 2:

Dubya v. Cosmo Kramer

Cosmo Kramer (D-AR): 62,210,849, 50%, 267 EV
William Goldwater (R-FL):  61,182,482, 49%, 271 EV



Dubya pulled Maine out of a hat to win the election.


Game 3:

Keystone Phil v. Ben Myers

Keystone Phil (R-PA):  62,228,929, 49%, 276 EV
Rob Byers (D-TX):  61,178,273, 49%, 262 EV



Keystone Phil wins despite gaining the curse of Texas (admittedly, against a Texas Democrat).

[12th Doctor]

Am I still the only Republican with a winning record?

[MHS2002]

Tough lose, I have to win the next two to have any chance to advance.

Hey Erc, do you know the best I've done id Idaho and it I've ever come close to winning it?  Might I be the only player to never when their home state against a credible opponent?

You might have cracked 40, once...

But don't feel too bad...Neither me nor AndrewBerger have won NY...
Ilikeverin hasn't won Indiana...
MHS2002 hasn't won DC...

Something tells me I won't win DC anytime soon...

[Gabu]

Tough lose, I have to win the next two to have any chance to advance.

Hey Erc, do you know the best I've done id Idaho and it I've ever come close to winning it?  Might I be the only player to never when their home state against a credible opponent?

You might have cracked 40, once...

But don't feel too bad...Neither me nor AndrewBerger have won NY...
Ilikeverin hasn't won Indiana...
MHS2002 hasn't won DC...

Something tells me I won't win DC anytime soon...

All you gotta do is switch parties.

[Platypus]

btw, erc, could you post a leaderboard for group A?

[True Democrat]

btw, erc, could you post a leaderboard for group A?

Could you just post a leaderboard for all the groups?

[Colin]

Well one thing this game has taught me is, the Republican Party has to nominate Chris Soult for the Presidency. He's unstoppable.

[Erc]

Group B:

PBrunsel v. Gabu

Lucas Longley (D-WA): 62,620,256, 50%, 278 EV
Paul Brunsel (R-IA): 61,181,862, 49%, 260 EV



Your own home state betrays you, PBrunsel...

Well, it didn't help that you spent the last week of the campaign in Georgia (where you got 58% of the vote).


Jake v. Akno21

Jake Nichols (R-PA): 62,105,738, 49%, 271 EV
Alex Knobel (D-MD): 61,709,739, 49%, 267 EV



Now, here's where camping out in Georgia might have been useful...but Jake won Arkansas instead, so it didn't matter in the end.

This is Akno21's first defeat.


Bono v. Ebowed

Bono started up 11 (!), and was still up 7 on November 1.

Bono Vox (R-NH): 63,793,841, 52%, 287 EV
Dan Porceddu (D-SC): 57,838,527, 46%, 251 EV

Pretty close electorally considering the size of Bono's margin in the PV.

[Erc]

Group C:

Supersoulty the Indomitable v. Max Power the Señor

Supersoulty's lead was only 8 points on November 1.

Chris Soult (R-PA): 66,487,725, 53%, 347 EV
Max Power (D-PA): 57,547,091, 46%, 191 EV




Max Power got lucky on election day ....Missouri...Michigan...Arizona...Maine...all states that should have gone to Soult.


Cheesewhiz v. Sam Spade

John Anderson (D-LA): 63,382,890, 50%, 274 EV
Mark Ard (R-WI): 60,870,070, 48%, 264 EV



Ard's surprise win in Maryland and Anderson's surprise win in Oregon cancelled each other out, Sam Spade wins.


Colin Wixted v. Ilikeverin

Chris Ilikeverin (D-IN): 61,961,917, 49%, 280 EV
Colin Wixted (R-AK): 61,810,553, 49%, 258 EV



Closest PV I've seen so far...
Ilikeverin's narrow victories in MO and WV gave him the win.

[Sam Spade]

John Anderson (D-LA): 63,382,890, 50%, 274 EV
Mark Ard (R-WI): 60,870,070, 48%, 264 EV



Ard's surprise win in Maryland and Anderson's surprise win in Oregon cancelled each other out, Sam Spade wins.

I'm more surprised by my win in Arizona than in Oregon.  My VP seems to be pulling out Tennessee fairly consistently, but I still haven't gotten anywhere in my home state of Louisiana.

[Erc]

Group D:

Ernest v. Alcon

Ernest Bunbury (R-SC): 62,731,483, 50%, 268 EV
Alcon San Croix (D-WA): 61,241,253, 49%, 270 EV



A number of excruciatingly close victories along the Mississippi Valley and in Delaware gave the election to Alcon.

AndrewBerger v. Immy

Andrew Berger (R-NY): 62,602,581, 50%, 266 EV
Eric Everett (D-ID): 60,555,846, 48%, 272 EV



josh22 v. nini2287

Josh Craddock (R-NC): 63,831,846, 51%, 272 EV
Nicholas Holler (D-PA): 60,293,069, 48%, 266 EV

[Erc]

John Anderson (D-LA): 63,382,890, 50%, 274 EV
Mark Ard (R-WI): 60,870,070, 48%, 264 EV



Ard's surprise win in Maryland and Anderson's surprise win in Oregon cancelled each other out, Sam Spade wins.

I'm more surprised by my win in Arizona than in Oregon.  My VP seems to be pulling out Tennessee fairly consistently, but I still haven't gotten anywhere in my home state of Louisiana.

Well...surprise given the polling, not a surprise in general.

You were in the lead in Louisiana at one point, but lost it.  Even though it doesn't show here, you did very well across much of the Deep South, forcing Cheesewhiz to fight down there.

[Erc]

Group E:

Erc v. True Democrat

P.G. Talbott (R-NY): 64,080,888, 51%, 258 EV
True Democrat (D-PA): 59,489,599, 47%, 280 EV

* Erc screams

Why, O, Why, O Why-o...
Did I Lose Ohio...



DanielX v. Gustaf

Gustaf Lundgren (D-MN): 62,497,470, 50%, 226 EV
Daniel Smith (R-WY): 61,093,411, 49%, 312 EV

* Erc cries

MHS2002 v. Blerpiez

Scott Pettit (R-DC): 64,958,471, 52%, 324 EV
Peter Blerpiez (D-MA): 58,721,606, 47%, 214 EV

[CheeseWhiz]

What's the group C standing?

[Erc]

Note:  a separate leaderboard thread has been posted.  Check there for standings.

[Erc]

The Final Round:

Wildcard v. Ben Myers

Rob Byers (D-TX): 62,128,476, 49%, 258 EV
Michael R. Lane (R-CA):  61,933,983, 49%, 280 EV



Dubya v. Hughento

Hugh Bartlett (D-OR): 62,415,218, 50%, 271 EV
William Goldwater (R-FL): 61,259,124, 49%, 267 EV



Dubya's efforts in Hawaii paid off...but without New Mexico or any of Northern New England, it really didn't matter.


Keystone Phil v. Cosmo Kramer

Cosmo Kramer (D-AR): 62,013,558, 49%, 276 EV
Keystone Phil (R-PA): 61,882,818, 49%, 262 EV



The results from the state of Michigan:

Cosmo Kramer: 2,221,503, 50.0%
Keystone Phil: 2,218,452, 50.0%

Unfortunately, P4E does not allow recounts.

[Erc]

Congratulations to Keystone Phil, Wildcard, hughento, and Cosmo Kramer on advancing to the next round.

Dubya...that's gotta be a painful way to go.  If you had gotten just one more EV in your first game against Cosmo Kramer, you'd have had a 3-3 record and would have advanced...or if you had won your last game...

Still, for a Goldwater, it certainly wasn't bad.


My special thanks to Ben Myers for stepping in at the last minute to fill up the last slot.  It looked as if you might actually make it...but the Texas Democrat just fizzled out near the end, unfortunately.

[Colin]

Is this it for the Republicans or are their are positions open? Do I have any shot of making it into the next round?

[Erc]

Nope, still have to do Groups B-E.

Group B comin' up.

PBrunsel v. Ebowed


PBrunsel hasn't had an easy time so far this game...but neither has Ebowed (who's already been eliminated from the tournament.  In order to advance, PBrunsel needs to win this game and have Bono lose his.  Simple as that.


PBrunsel started off with a 14-point lead.  It looks as if he's going to fulfill his end of the bargain here.  By November 1, PBrunsel still had a ten-point lead and 401 EV's in the bag--on his way to the largest victory yet.  But remember...the size of the victory isn't what counts--if he gets a 50-state sweep and Bono wins, PBrunsel is still eliminated from the tournament.

Paul Brunsel (R-IA): 68,203,614, 54%, 406 EV
Dan Porceddu (D-SC): 55,312,170, 44%, 132 EV



Two things of note here:

Oklahoma.  wtf.

West Virginia.  PBrunsel wins here by 82 votes.


Jake v. Gabu

Both of these guys are going onto the next round anyway, so this just matters for reseeding purposes.

Lucas Longley (D-WA): 62,445,484, 50%, 285 EV
Jake Nichols (R-PA): 61,501,862, 49%, 253 EV



Bono v. Akno21

Bono needs to win this to advance--Akno's already won, so he's in this for seeding purposes only.

November 1:  Tim Russert takes out his little whiteboard and writes down "Ohio Ohio Ohio"


Alex Knobel (D-MD): 62,074,240, 49%, 279 EV
Bono Vox (R-NH): 61,502,167, 49%, 259 EV



Knobel wins Ohio by half a percentage point.

[Erc]

Congratulations to PBrunsel on advancing to the next round...and congratulations to Bono on nearly making it to the second round despite a very rough start and my expectations to the contrary.

[nini2287]

I smell a recount from Bono coming in Ohio...

[Erc]

Group C:

Supersoulty v. Ilikeverin

Both of these are going on anyway, so this is just for seeding.  And to see if Supersoulty can completely run his group...

Soult started with a 7-point lead--down to 5 points on November 1, but a defeat is not beyond the realm of possibility.

Ilikeverin did pretty well on election night...pulling off Washington, Missouri, and Soult's home state of Pennsylvania--but it wasn't quite enough.

Chris Soult (R-PA): 65,504,499, 52%, 279 EV
Chris Ilikeverin (D-IN): 58,576,944, 47%, 259 EV



The closest of the soulty wins since Round 1, certainly.

Supersoulty is now guaranteed the first seed for the Republicans in the next round.


Cheesewhiz v. Max Power

Cheesewhiz needs a win here to advance (and is also dependent on Colin Wixted losing badly).

A win here by Max Power guarantees an advance, but it isn't the end of the world if he loses.

Mark Ard (R-WI): 64,563,731, 51%, 361 EV
Max Power (D-PA): 58,810,127, 47%, 177 EV



Exactly the type of win Cheesewhiz needed here...my heartiest congratulations to him, he really deserved one after a series of excruciating losses.

Colin Wixted v. Sam Spade

Whoever wins here, advances.  Whoever loses here, goes home.

Colin Wixted [R-AK]: 65,021,707, 52%, 297 EV
John Anderson [D-LA]: 58,710,718, 47%, 241 EV



Moral of the story:  Conservative Southern Democrats just don't win, it seems.

[Erc]

Group D:

Ernest v. Immy

A win would help either, although it would not secure them a spot.  A loss would hurt either, although it would not rule them out from a spot.

Ernest Bunbury (R-SC): 63,776,791, 51%, 277 EV
Eric Everett (D-ID): 59,873,360, 48%, 261 EV

Everything went Everett's way on November 2...everything but Washington.




AndrewBerger v. nini2287

AndrewBerger needs to win at least 369 EV to advance.   nini2287 would be guaranteed a slot if he won here.

Michael Holler (D-PA): 62,720,572, 50%, 282 EV
Andrew Berger (R-NY): 61,007,260, 48%, 256 EV




josh22 v. Alcon

josh22 is already guaranteed a berth.  Alcon needs at least 219 EV to advance.

Josh Craddock (R-NC): 62,074,988, 49%, 300 EV
Alcon San Croix (D-WA): 61,525,460, 49%, 238 EV



wtf.

Alcon and nini2287 advance for the Democrats, josh22 and Ernest for the Republicans.