2008-A nation reborn (1st state votes!)

[Platypus]

Here's how it goes. I have the order and the winners on a file in my computer. I'll release a state every day, and vote totals. It's up to you guys to analsyse the results. Some states may change BECAUSE OF YOUR INPUT. At the moment, I have it at about a 278-260 win for candidate x, but this could easiy change, depedning on your analysis. 72 days is a LONG time, so I will be doing two days in one, so to speak.

The candidates are to be nominated by you, but approved by myself. I'm only going to entertain tckets that have a good chance of winning. I was thinking Santorum/Rell vs. Bayh/Reid, but that'd be kinda boring. So, nominate!

[MasterJedi]

1. Tommy Thomspon/Rick Santorum Vs. Russ Feingold/Evan Bayh (Battle of the Wisconsinites baby!!! )
2. Jeb Bush/Rudy Guiliani Vs. Evan Bayh/Hillary Clinton
3. Rudy Guiliani/Rick Santorum Vs. Hillary Clinton/Barbara Boxer (for the far looney left)

Ok that's it.

[ilikeverin]

Pawlenty/Frist vs. Rendell/Freudenthal, for something completely different

[Platypus]

you can all make more then 1 suggestion, btw.

[12th Doctor]

John McCain/Norm Coleman

[DanielX]

1. Gov. Tim Pawlenty / Sen. Mel Martinez vs. Sen. Evan Bayh / Mayor (Gov.?) Martin O'Malley.

2. Gov. Mike Rounds / Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchinson vs. Sen. Hillary Clinton / Sen. Russ Feingold

3. (unlikely):  Gov. Kenny Guinn / Rep. Ron Paul vs. Sen. Mary Landrieu / Rep. Richard Gephardt.

4. (funny - and unlikely) Gov. Bob Taft / Sen. Tim Coburn vs. Rep. Dennis Kucinich / Rep. Barbara Lee.

5. (battle of the lady senators!): Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchinson / Sen. Lisa Murkowski vs. Sen Hillary Clinton / Sen. Mary Landrieu.

[7,052,770]

Democratic ticket:  Brian Schweitzer/Blanche Lincoln
This is who I really want to see.  I need other Dems to back me up on this

[George W. Hobbes]

Let's go for something off the wall.

Gov. Brian Schweitzer (MT)/former Sen. Douglas Wilder (VA) (D)

Former Gov. Thomas Kean (NJ)/former Rep. Newt Gingrich (GA) (R)

[Frodo]

Democratic ticket:

Evan Bayh/Mark Warner

-or-

Mark Warner/Blanche Lincoln

Republican ticket:

George Allen/Bill Owens

-or-

Bill Owens/Rick Santorum

-or-

Mark Sanford/George Allen

[Speed of Sound]

Democratic ticket:

Mark Warner/Hillary Clinton

Republican ticket:

George Allen/Newt Gingrich

[7,052,770]

SCHWEITZER!  SCHWEITZER!  SCHWEITZER!  SCHWEITZER!  SCHWEITZER!  SCHWEITZER!  SCHWEITZER!  SCHWEITZER!  SCHWEITZER!  SCHWEITZER!  SCHWEITZER!  SCHWEITZER!  SCHWEITZER!  SCHWEITZER!  SCHWEITZER!  SCHWEITZER!  SCHWEITZER!  SCHWEITZER!

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

Dick Cheney /  Rudy Gulliani (R) vs.  John Edwards /  Kathleen Sebelius (D) vs. Roy Moore / Rick Jore (C) vs. Ron Paul / Gary Nolan (L) vs. John Eder / Peter Camejo (G)

[Platypus]

OK, the D ticket, as suggested by Frodo, is Mark Warner/Blanche Lincoln.

The R ticket, as sugested by DanielX, is Pawlenty/Martinez.

Days 1 and 2 will occur shorlty

[Platypus]

First state to vote: Delaware (3 EVs)

Delaware, the first state to sign the constitution, is the first state to vote.

with 364,803 voters, the split is as follows:

Mark Warner: 206,121
Tim Pawlenty: 157,739
Others: 943

Mark Warner wins Delaware, and takes a 3-0 electoral college lead.

[Platypus]

The second state to vote: Montana (3 EVs)

with 437,401 voters, the split is as follows:

Pawlenty: 269,512
Warner: 166,039
Others: 1,850

Tim Pawlenty wins Montana, and ties the electoral vote 3-3.

OK, remember we're only doing two states a day. Tomorrow will be the weekend, Sunday will be monday, etc. So we shiould finish this in about 25-30 days. Please feel free to analyse the results, make fake newspaper reports, etc; basically guage what's happenned and what will be happenning. Your analysis may affect the result of swing states, due to momentum etc., So do it carefully, and with good reasoning, and you could get your parties champion up

BTW, state allocated randomly; sorry the first two were so boring.

[Platypus]

Map after 2 states:



Warner 3-3 Pawlenty

[minionofmidas]

How's the turnout looking? (too lazy to look it up myself)

[Platypus]

Montant, higher then 2004; Delaware, about the same. Both candidates improved on the results of 2004 for their parties.

[Platypus]

ok. If you aren't going to bother, neither will I.

[MasterJedi]

ok. If you aren't going to bother, neither will I.

There's only been two states, maybe after some more come in the comments will as well.

[7,052,770]

ok. If you aren't going to bother, neither will I.

if Schweitzer were the candidate I'd make all the maps myself and respond hundreds of times in this post.

[Platypus]

next two states shortly. (Kansas and Oregon)

[Platypus]

Third state to vote: Kansas (6 EVs)

with 1,096,445 voters, the split is as follows:

Pawlenty: 750,312
Warner: 337,115
Others: 9,018

Tim Pawlenty wins Kansas, and takes a lead in the Electoral college, 9-3.

[Speed of Sound]

this one comes as no surprise, although i expected a little less of a blow out this time around with a Warner/Lincoln ticket.

[Platypus]

Fourth state to vote: Oregon (7 EVs)

with 1,760,950 voters, the split is as follows:

Warner: 917,420
Pawlenty: 827,219
Others: 16,311

Mark Warner wins Oregon, and takes a lead in the electoral college, 10-9.

Guys, I just provide the results. You are the analysts, the predictors, etc.