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POD: 10,000 votes in Minnesota are switched to Reagan

“And we can now call the state of Minnesota for President Ronald Reagan. Ronald Reagan now has 10 more electoral votes. Current vote count is that Reagan has 535 and Mondale has 3. Reagan has just sweeped every state.”
-Dan Rather

It was an historic night. Ronald Reagan, by a touch of luck, managed to win every state in this great country. And not only that, but by a wafer thin margin, he got a majority! He thought about it, and came to the conclusion that, if Mondale hadn’t taken that slight jab at the elderly in the 3rd debate, which did cause some controversy for like, 3 days, Minnesota would be Mondale territory.

“We can’t trust people whose ages are similar to Reagan to be president”
-Walter Mondale, deciding to bring up the age issue again before realizing what a stupid mistake that was

Reagan made his victory speech and Mondale made his concession, but now it was back to work!

Senate Races:

Republican (LEADER: BOB DOLE (R-KS)): 55
Democratic (LEADER: ROBERT BYRD (D-WV)): 45

The Republican gains in Kentucky and Montana were countered by the Democrats winning North Carolina and Iowa. No changes in Senate numbers were made

Newly Elected Senators whose predecessors were of a different party:

Jim Hunt (D-GA)
Tom Harkin (D-IA)
Chuck Cozzens (R-MT)
Mitch McConnell (R-KY)

House:

Democratic (LEADER: TIP O’NEILL (D-MA-11)): 237 (-32)
Republican (LEADER: BOB MICHEL (R-IL-18)): 198 (+32)

REAGAN’S 2ND TERM



Fresh from a gigantic re-election victory, Reagan’s 2nd term started with great promise. However, starting August 20th, The United States started selling arms to Iran. While at first this was secret, after 3 months of doing this the Iran-Contra scandal was revealed, and it was devastating to the Reagan administration. It didn’t help that the economy started to dip, either. Reagan was stuck between a rock and a hard place. His stress soon culminated into a stroke on January 19th, 1986. While not dying, Reagan was incapacitated, and George H. W. Bush became president

[Kingpoleon]

Interesting! If I had to guess, I'd say that Bush would probably pick an elder statesmen like Ford or Baker or a less experienced person like Jeane Kirkpatrick or Newt Gingrich.

[Kingpoleon]

Is Shelby, Heflin, or Nunn considering running for the Democrats?

[LLR]

Gore/Dukakis is an amazing ticket, both for my vote and for everyone's

[BuckeyeNut]

Vice Presidential confirmations are done by the House, not the Senate.

[Kingpoleon]

If Dole loses, a Danforth/Baker ticket would be amazing in 1992.

[Kingpoleon]

What are Edward J. King and Howard Baker up to now?

[Enduro]

Interesting.

[President of the great nation of 🏳️‍⚧️]

I almost wish you flipped one of Gore's closer states to Dole. Almost.