The Political Revolution: Bernie Sanders' New Deal

[Confused Democrat]

November 08, 2016

Going into election night, most pundits and election forecasters were confident in their assessment that Bernie Sanders was going to become the next POTUS. Nate Silver put Sander's chances of winning the election at 95% and the Democrat's chances of taking back control of the Senate at 81%. Every other major election forecaster put Sander's odds at greater than 99%. However, the real focus among analysts and commentators alike was wether or not the Democrats would take back control the House and how Donald Trump was going to react to the election results.

Electoral Map as of 9:25 PM:

Bernie Sanders (D-VT) / Elizabeth Warren (D-MA): 257 EVs
Donald Trump (R-NY) / Chris Christie (R-NJ): 73 EVs


Throughout the night, various news outlets were trying relentlessly to get comments about the state of the race from Trump campaign officials, but they only got silence in return. Video feeds of Trump HQ were being broadcasted on televisions throughout the nation, and nearly every news commentator described the feeling in the room as "melancholy" and "somber" as Trump supporters became increasingly pessimistic about their odds throughout the night.

As the electoral map grew more and more dim for the Trump campaign, Trump sent out an explosive tweet claiming that the election was rigged. The tweet also said that the election shouldn't be called until there was an investigation into voter fraud, and that he would not concede the election.

This tweet sent shockwaves throughout both the media and the internet, and put pro-Trump pundits who were live on television in an awkward position where they were forced to defend a statement by their candidate that they knew was wholly indefensible.

STAND BY FOR A MAJOR CNN PROJECTION

Van Jones and Jeffrey Lord engaging in a heated debate about Donald Trump's tweet

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Sanders HQ, Burlington:

Bernie Sanders giving his victory speech before an estimated crowd of 300,000

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Final Results:

Bernie Sanders (D-VT) / Elizabeth Warren (D-MA): 402 EVs
Donald Trump (R-NY) / Chris Christie (R-NJ): 136 EVs

Closest States:

GA: D+4
MT: D+4
MO: D+2
IN: D+1
AK: D+0
TX: R+2
KS: R+3

Democrats take control of both the House and Senate.

[Confused Democrat]

Authors note: I'll be going into further detail about the new makeup of the House and Senate in my next post. I also hope for this to be an interactive timeline (see Hindsight is 2020) with users participating as pundits. Reply and claim a pundit if interested.

[Blackacre]

Authors note: I'll be going into further detail about the new makeup of the House and Senate in my next post. I also hope for this to be an interactive timeline (see Hindsight is 2020) with users participating as pundits. Reply and claim a pundit if interested.

I'm touched

Also, I would very much like to claim Rachel Maddow

also, how exactly did Bernie win the nomination over HRC in this verse?

[GoTfan]

Authors note: I'll be going into further detail about the new makeup of the House and Senate in my next post. I also hope for this to be an interactive timeline (see Hindsight is 2020) with users participating as pundits. Reply and claim a pundit if interested.

I'm touched

Also, I would very much like to claim Rachel Maddow

also, how exactly did Bernie win the nomination over HRC in this verse?

I once again would like to claim my friend Kyle Kulinski.

And I assume that the email scandal really started moving, superdelegates started flipping.

[America Needs R'hllor]

Authors note: I'll be going into further detail about the new makeup of the House and Senate in my next post. I also hope for this to be an interactive timeline (see Hindsight is 2020) with users participating as pundits. Reply and claim a pundit if interested.

I'm touched

Also, I would very much like to claim Rachel Maddow

also, how exactly did Bernie win the nomination over HRC in this verse?

Yeah, this looks very interesting, some more background will be appreciated!

[MAINEiac4434]

Just fyi - there's a pretty major typo in the title.

[Confused Democrat]

Authors note: I'll be going into further detail about the new makeup of the House and Senate in my next post. I also hope for this to be an interactive timeline (see Hindsight is 2020) with users participating as pundits. Reply and claim a pundit if interested.

I'm touched

Also, I would very much like to claim Rachel Maddow

also, how exactly did Bernie win the nomination over HRC in this verse?

To be honest, I haven't really thought about it.

If I had to say, I would say that Sanders manages to beat her decisively in Iowa and carries that momentum on to win NH and NV as well. His winning streak serves as a cushion for him in the Southern primaries, where he's still beaten but not as badly.

He over performs Obama in caucus states and the Midwest (winning states like PA, IL, OH), and Wikileaks begins leaking Podesta e-mails way before the DNC. This causes Clinton to start bleeding support, Super Delegates start defecting, etc. Sanders manages to pull off wins in states like CA and AZ, and pulls really close in states like NY and picks off a couple more North Eastern States .







 

[Confused Democrat]

Just fyi - there's a pretty major typo in the title.

Thanks, I think I got it.

[brucejoel99]

Bernie Sanders (D-VT) / Elizabeth Warren (D-MA): 402 EVs
Donald Trump (R-NY) / Chris Christie (R-NJ): 136 EVs

So what causes Trump to go w/ Christie instead of Pence??

[NeederNodder]

I'm not sure whether I'm interested in either Trump post election after losing or a Sanders Administration. Great Timeline so far!

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

Can Burlington even support 300,000 people for a rally?

[Confused Democrat]

Can Burlington even support 300,000 people for a rally?

I don't see why not.

[NHI]

Looks great!!!

[JustinTimeCuber]

Looks great!!!

yeh, 'specially because those were my maps and they were swiped out from under me D:

[bagelman]

Looks great!!!

yeh, 'specially because those were my maps and they were swiped out from under me D:

you posted them in a request thread for maps that mentioned the timeline though, I thought it was implied that they could be used.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

Can Burlington even support 300,000 people for a rally?

I don't see why not.

That's half of Vermont's population.

[Confused Democrat]

Can Burlington even support 300,000 people for a rally?

I don't see why not.

That's half of Vermont's population.

True, but I'm sure accommodations can be made.

[GoTfan]

Can Burlington even support 300,000 people for a rally?

I don't see why not.

That's half of Vermont's population.

They adore Bernie there. In fact, there's stories of Bush/Cheney signposts sticking in the same lawns as "Re-elect Bernie" signposts. They adore him in Vermont.

It honestly wouldn't surprise me if half of the state's population turned out for him.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

Can Burlington even support 300,000 people for a rally?

I don't see why not.

That's half of Vermont's population.

They adore Bernie there. In fact, there's stories of Bush/Cheney signposts sticking in the same lawns as "Re-elect Bernie" signposts. They adore him in Vermont.

It honestly wouldn't surprise me if half of the state's population turned out for him.

That's literally impossible physically or logistically.

[BuckeyeNut]

Sanchez is, unfortunately, correct.

Very curious to see Senate results. Did Republicans like Portman and Toomey still run wildly ahead of Trump?

[Blackacre]

Sanchez is, unfortunately, correct.

Very curious to see Senate results. Did Republicans like Portman and Toomey still run wildly ahead of Trump?

Toomey didn't run wildly ahead of Trump in the actual election. He and Trump both won PA by very narrow margins.

I'm guessing Dems, in addition to winning everything they won ITTL, pick up WI, PA, MO, IN, FL, and NC. I wouldn't be surprised if AZ, OH, GA, IA, and OH were in danger as well.

[Thunderbird is the word]

A better world, I can only imagine.

[Gass3268]

Authors note: I'll be going into further detail about the new makeup of the House and Senate in my next post. I also hope for this to be an interactive timeline (see Hindsight is 2020) with users participating as pundits. Reply and claim a pundit if interested.

I'm touched

Also, I would very much like to claim Rachel Maddow

also, how exactly did Bernie win the nomination over HRC in this verse?

To be honest, I haven't really thought about it.

If I had to say, I would say that Sanders manages to beat her decisively in Iowa and carries that momentum on to win NH and NV as well. His winning streak serves as a cushion for him in the Southern primaries, where he's still beaten but not as badly.

He over performs Obama in caucus states and the Midwest (winning states like PA, IL, OH), and Wikileaks begins leaking Podesta e-mails way before the DNC. This causes Clinton to start bleeding support, Super Delegates start defecting, etc. Sanders manages to pull off wins in states like CA and AZ, and pulls really close in states like NY and picks off a couple more North Eastern States .

This is my guess on how a Sanders primary win would look like:

[Lord Admirale]

This is probably one of the biggest wanks I have ever seen...

...which has now motivated me to make a setting where Jim Webb wins a 400+ EV landslide over Ted Cruz.

[Shadows]

Phenomenal !