2020 - Trump/Pence (R) v. Cuban/Humphrey (D) v. Sawant/Turner (S)

[Maxwell]

Comment with potential maps, pl0x. I will create my map of this soon enough. Here's the situation -

The economy is doing poorly, with unemployment rising to 7.5%. Deficits are beginning to grow, as Trump's push for an expansive wall and tax cuts combined with declining spending on the poor and a weak and ineffective infrastructure plan lead Americans to have little faith in their President. Abroad, Trump makes few allies and is in constant scandal, with the new Democratic congress (225 members strong) investigating Trump and Trump appointees left and right. Trump gets a primary challenge from Justin Amash, who scores a surprisingly strong showing in New Hampshire, but fades quickly as Trump coalesces GOP support.

Democrats have a clown car primary, pitting ideological progressives versus anti-Trumpists. The anti-Trumpists have it, and on the backs of a racially diverse coalition of hispanics, blacks, and whites, Cuban scores a narrow majority of delegates. Instead of embracing the Democratic vehicle as one of liberal principles, Cuban embraces the party as one of Anti-Trumpism, giving way to a much more economically centrist platform. Cuban picks Former New Hampshire Senator Gordon Humphrey, calling for a united front against an evil.

Liberals, shocked and appalled by Cuban's VP choice and platform, walk out of the convention hall. The Socialist Party, an emerging force in America, nominates Kshama Sawant, Seattle City Councilwoman, as their Presidential candidate along with Ex-Ohio State Senator Nina Turner. Sawant regularly scores in the solid 20% in the polls, behind Cuban and Trump who plug away in the mid-upper 30s.

[DPKdebator]

Trump might be unpopular in this scenario, but having a decent-polling left wing party murders any chance of Cuban winning. Sawant voters are probably a coalition of progressives and members of the two main parties that are pissed with their leadership.

It's definitely going to be a weird result, something like this...

President Donald J. Trump / Vice President Mike Pence - 421 EV, 41.1%
Businessman Mark Cuban / Former N.H. Governor Gordon Humphrey - 88 EV, 29.4%
Seattle City Councilwoman Kshama Sawant / Former Ohio State Senator Nina Turner - 33 EV, 25.2%

While the socialist ticket only got 33 EVs, it performed well in the PV and siphoned off enough Democratic voters to give the Donald a second term. It only gives major dents to the Trump vote in the northeast, rust belt, and southwest. I have Arizona going Democratic because a state with a large Hispanic population is probably first to go if Trump doesn't do well. A similar reasoning keeps California above 40%.

[OSR stands with Israel]

Trump might be unpopular in this scenario, but having a decent-polling left wing party murders any chance of Cuban winning. Sawant voters are probably a coalition of progressives and members of the two main parties that are pissed with their leadership.

It's definitely going to be a weird result, something like this...

President Donald J. Trump / Vice President Mike Pence - 421 EV, 41.1%
Businessman Mark Cuban / Former N.H. Governor Gordon Humphrey - 88 EV, 29.4%
Seattle City Councilwoman Kshama Sawant / Former Ohio State Senator Nina Turner - 33 EV, 25.2%

While the socialist ticket only got 33 EVs, it performed well in the PV and siphoned off enough Democratic voters to give the Donald a second term. It only gives major dents to the Trump vote in the northeast, rust belt, and southwest. I have Arizona going Democratic because a state with a large Hispanic population is probably first to go if Trump doesn't do well. A similar reasoning keeps California above 40%.

Kswama Swanat is not eligible to run for the presidency.

[Kingpoleon]

386: Businessman Mark Cuban/Former Senator Judd Gregg - 44.9%
151: President Donald Trump/Vice President Mike Pence - 34.0%
1: Mayor Cam Gordon/City Councillor Kshama Sawant - 12.8%
NAACP President John Monds/Political Activist Robert Sarvis - 6.6%
Others - 1.7%

[DPKdebator]

Kswama Swanat is not eligible to run for the presidency.

The OP says Sawant, but I guess you could just replace her with anyone else.

[Maxwell]

fill in Sawant for Far Left Socialist activist then.