IF You Ran for President... What Would the Map look Like?

[Young Conservative]

If YOU Ran for president.... How would the map look like? Include your home state, the home state of the VP you chose, and each of your former positions (i.e.. senator arizona/ governor colorado)
I think this is possibly one of the funnest hypotheticals ever so please make it realistic and include swing states and the eventual result (Base it on whatever predictions you have for the year you would run based on trends)

[LLR]

Landslide loss:

Rep. LLR (D-NY)/Cenk Uygur (D-Turkey) 94 EVs, 41%
Brian Sandoval (R-NV)/Tim Scott (R-SC) 444 EVs, 57%

Close loss:

Gov. LLR (D-NY)/Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) 268 EVs, 48.4%
President Ted Cruz (R-TX)/VP Marco Rubio (R-FL) 270 EVs, 49.3%

Close win:

Sen. LLR (D-NY)/Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-TX) 290 EVs, 50.2%
President Donald Trump (R-NY)/VP Mike Pence (R-IN) 248 EVs, 48%

Landslide win:

Gov. LLR (D-NY)/Sen. Peebs (D-NC) 417 EVs, 55%
Rick Santorum (R-PA)/Jim Gilmore (R-VA) 121 EVs, 40.4%

[evergreenarbor]

2048 (EC numbers reapportioned, take with a few truckloads of salt):

Sen. evergreenarbor (D-WA)/Gov. Generic McEstablishment (D-IL): 299 EVs
Gov. Generic McConservative (R-FL)/Sen. Generic McModerate (R-MI): 239 EVs

This might be a little generous to me, but if I do end up somehow winning a national election, it would probably look like that.

For fun, the primary (me v. Generic McCentrist, D-NC):

[Mike Thick]

red everywhere

[Representative simossad]

Landslide loss:

Gov. John Kasich (R-OH) / Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME): 449 EV
Rep. simossad (D-MA) / Gov. Gina Raimondo (D-RI): 89 EV

close loss:

Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) / Gov. Rick Scott (R-FL): 287 EV
Gov. simossad (D-MN) / Rep. Suzan DelBene (D-WA): 251 EV

close win:

Gov. Simossad (D-IL) / Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI): 273 EV
Gov. Jeb Bush (R-FL) / Sen. Dean Heller (R-NV): 265 EV

landslide win:

Sen. Simossad (D-VA) / Sen. Bernie Sanders (D-VT): 403 EV
Gov. Sarah Palin (R-AK) / Mr. Donald Trump (R-NY): 135 EV

[DKrol]

Landslide loss

Generic Moderate (D-WI)/Generic Progressive (D-MA) - 384
DKrol (R-MA)/Generic Conservative (R-TX)- 154

Close Loss

Generic Progressive (D-MA)/Generic Liberal (D-IL) - 296
DKrol (R-MA)/Generic Establishment (R-MO)- 242

Close Win

DKrol (R-MA)/Generic Conservative (R-TX)- 271
Generic Moderate (D-IA)/Generic Liberal (D-IL) - 267

Landslide Win

DKrol (R-MA)/Generic Establishment (R-OH)- 359
Generic Progressive (D-WA)/Generic Progressive (D-VT) - 267

[Present]

The 2052 Presidential election...
The Republicans went they way of Trump for quite some time and became more moderate on things like social issues and economics. The new GOP angered evangelicals and Hispanics. (Great choice, huh?)
The Democrats went the way of Clinton. They kept their African-American base and gained the Hispanic vote while slowly loosing the support of college-educated citizens. (Sorry, Bernie supporters.)
Then, my party arose from the anger of the other two parties. Of all voting blocs, college educated, evangelical, and the majority of the Asian vote formed the... um, green colored party. (This is a really odd group of supporters.)

I have no idea how the demographics would look this far out, but I'd say this would give somewhere around:
D-LA/D-NY- ~139
R-IL/R-WV- ~125
Present (green color-MO)/Generic running mate (green color-CA)- ~274
My party won simply because of the unpopularity of the other two candidates' extreme unavailability.

[FairBol]

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OK, this may be a bit optimistic, but....



Governor Andrew Jacobs (R-CT)/Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) - 286
Senator Bernie Sanders (D-VT)/Senator Jim Webb (D-VA) - 252

Win, with a small to medium sized mandate. 

[tmthforu94]

Oh, I love this idea! Have definitely had some simulations in my head.

2044 Election:
Tmthforu94 (R-KS)/Allison Perry (R-ID)
Aaron Sanchez (D-NM)/Chris Gordon (D-MD)

Map on Election Day:

Final Results:

Tmthforu94 (R-KS)/Allison Perry (R-ID) - 293 Electoral Votes, 50.1% Popular Vote
Aaron Sanchez (D-NM)/Chris Gordon (D-MD) - 245 Electoral Votes, 48.7% Popular Vote

[Deblano]

For this scenario, let's say that I am well within the age of running for president (I'm actually 20), and I am either Senator or Governor of Virginia.

Also, let's say that my liberal Republican/libertarian views somehow didn't prevent me from doing piss-poor in the GOP primaries.

Gov. EdgarAllenYOLO (R-VA)/ Gov. John Kasich (R-OH): 318EV
Sec. Hillary Clinton (D-NY)/ Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA): 220 EV

Or more likely, a conservative third-party runs as a protest vote against my centrist leanings, and I lose in a landslide.

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

This forum is comprised primarily of people with mental deficiencies making one incapable of sustaining a years-long campaign. This is in contrast to the mental deficiencies that make one eligible for office and which are so common among contemporary politicians. Most of us would lose for either (A) being so vapid as to not hold up under consistent pressure [as in, the reason a lot of citizens would fail as candidates], or (B) acting in such an idiosyncratic manner--whether ideologically or personally--so as to render one completely incapable of tricking people into voting for them. The trained sociopaths that run the country know better than to lose to either of these.

[HST1948]

This is a great idea!

Match-ups (for fun):
Governor HST1948 (D-NY)/ Senator Martin Heinrich (D-NM) vs. Governor Nikki Haley (R-SC)/ Senator John Thune (R-SD)

Landslide Loss

Close Loss

Close Win

Landslide Win

[Since I'm the mad scientist proclaimed by myself]

Landslide loss

Close loss

Close win

Comfortableish win

AZ cause homestate, AK cause trending D

Landslide win

[AuH2O Republican]

2016 Presidential Election - My Performance:

Being British and therefore not a natural born citizen, I am unable to get on the ballot in any of the 50 states & DC. My great-grandfather being Texan is not enough to get me citizenship, let alone access to the ballot. Therefore, my campaign is futile.

[sentinel]

2016

Myself (D-NY) / Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) - 338 EV
Donald Trump (R-NY) / Mike Pence (R-IN) - 150 EV
I do actually like Tim Kaine a lot so I kept him. I'm more trustworthy than Clinton and fairly moderate so I outperform the Republican (and real Democratic) ticket.

2012

Myself (D-NY) / Gov. Ed Rendell (D-PA) - 292 EV
Mitt Romney (R-MA) / Paul Ran (R-WI) - 246 EV
Both tickets are relatively moderate making this a much closer race. My support of free trade agreements hurts in the midwest.

2000

Myself (D-NY) / Bob Graham (D-FL) - 296 EV
George W. Bush (R-TX) / Bruce Cheney (R-WY) -242 EV
Close race, but I'd pick Bob Graham for VP in hindsight of the real 2000 election

[Leinad]

A lot like this map (i.e. with regards to the Republicans and Democrats) except the Libertarians do about as well as you'd expect if they nominated a cynical, lethargic, socially awkward version of Austin Petersen.

I believe in neither almighty God nor almighty Government, so I would never win a major party primary. There's a chance the Republicans might become friendly to libertarians once the religious right die off, but it's more likely to fall to the cancerous "alt-right," although hopefully they'll also wane once their narcissistic, demagogic, clueless ringleader goes away.

[Kingpoleon]

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OK, this may be a bit optimistic, but....



Governor Andrew Jacobs (R-CT)/Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) - 286
Senator Bernie Sanders (D-VT)/Senator Jim Webb (D-VA) - 252

Win, with a small to medium sized mandate. 

... The red on that map is Democratic, so that's a D win(286-252).

A lot like this map (i.e. with regards to the Republicans and Democrats) except the Libertarians do about as well as you'd expect if they nominated a cynical, lethargic, socially awkward version of Austin Petersen.

You say that like Austin Petersen's not  cynical.

[‼realJohnEwards‼]

In 2024 (say), if I were to run as a populist-leaning liberal Democrat (like halfway between Sanders and Obama), and everything went right:

Give or take FL, NC, NH, NV. I'd probably totally collapse in the Deep South, but the rest of the Obama coalition, along with some Sanders-ish independents, would ideally deliver in VA/NC.

[Buffalo Bill]

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[RC (a la Frémont)]

2040 Presidential Election:
Landslide Election Loss (+Independent)

Generic Establishment (R-FL)/Generic Establishment (R-WA) - 378 Electoral Votes

Rep. Reagan Clinton (D-CT)/Generic Liberal (D-IL) - 132 Electoral Votes

Generic Progressive (I-VT)/Generic Establishment (I/NJ) - 28 Electoral Votes

Medium Election Loss (+Independent)

Generic Establishment (R-PA)/Generic Conservative (R-OR) - 337 Electoral Votes

Gov. Reagan Clinton (D-CT)/Generic Liberal (D-FL) - 201 Electoral Votes

Generic Liberal (I-VT)/Generic Liberal (I/NJ) - 10 Electoral Votes

Close Election Loss (+Independent)

Generic Conservative (R-WI)/Generic Conservative (R-OH) - 279 Electoral Votes

Gov. Reagan Clinton (D-CT)/Generic Liberal (D-AZ) - 246 Electoral Votes

Generic Conservative (I-AK)/Generic Liberal (I/NH) - 13 Electoral Votes

(Somewhat) Close Election Win (+Independent)

Gov. Reagan Clinton (D-CT)/Generic Liberal (D-AZ) - 284 Electoral Votes

Generic Establishment (R-WI)/Generic Conservative (R-OH) - 243 Electoral Votes

Generic Conservative (I-AK)/Generic Liberal (I/NH) - 11 Electoral Votes

Comfortable Election Win (+Independent)

Sen. Reagan Clinton (D-CT)/Generic Progressive (D-AZ) - 364 Electoral Votes

Generic Conservative (R-NC)/Generic Conservative (R-OK) - 165 Electoral Votes

Generic Establishment (I-UT)/Generic Conservative (I/AL) -  9 Electoral Votes

Landslide Election Win

Sen. Reagan Clinton (D-CT)/Generic Progressive (D-TX) - 461 Electoral Votes

Generic Conservative (R-SD)/Generic Conservative (R-MS) - 77 Electoral Votes

[RC (a la Frémont)]

2012
Myself (D-NY) / Gov. Ed Rendell (D-PA)
Mitt Romney (R-MA) / Paul Ran (R-WI)

2000
Myself (D-NY) / Bob Graham (D-FL)
George W. Bush (R-TX) / Bruce Cheney (R-WY)

I'm pretty sure it was Dick Cheney in 2000 and Paul Ryan in 2012. I could see a simple typing error with Paul Ryan's name, But Bruce Cheney? That had me laughing for a bit.

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2016



Donald Trump - 306 EV; 47%
Hillary Clinton - 232 EV; 48%
Me - 0 EV; .000000008%

[Amenhotep Bakari-Sellers]

This would of been a Bernie Sanders victory map

Secular 279

Tradt'l   259

[sentinel]

318-220. Pro trade so probably wouldn't perform well in the midwest. Moderate enough to carry some otherwise more R states.

[Gabagool102]

Landslide Loss:

Close Loss:

Close Win:

Landslide Win: