List of Alternate Presidents 2.0.

[NHI]

44. Barack Obama: 2009-2013
45. Willard Mitt Romney: 2013-2017
46. Hillary Rodham Clinton: 2017-2025
47. Marco Rubio: 2025-2033
48. Cory Booker: 2033-2037

[NHI]

Presidents:
41. William Jefferson Clinton: 1989-1993
42. Robert J. Dole: 1993-2001
43. Jack Kemp: 2001-2005
44. John Edwards: 2005-2009
45. Willard M. Romney: 2009-2013
46. Hillary Rodham Clinton: 2013 Present

Almost-Presidents

1988: George H.W. Bush
1992: William Jefferson Clinton, Defeated for Reelection
1996: Albert Gore
2000: Robert Kerrery
2004: John McCain
2008: Wesley Clark
2012: Mitt Romney; Defeated for Reelection

[NHI]

36. Lyndon B. Johnson: 1963-1973
37. Nelson Rockefeller: 1973-1979
38. Ronald Reagan: 1979-1985
39. Robert F. Kennedy: 1985-1993
40. Paul Tsongas: 1993-2001
41. John McCain: 2001-2009
42. Rudy Giuliani: 2009-2013
43. John F. Kennedy, Jr: 2013 - Present

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Almost Presidents:

1964: Barry Goldwater
1968: Richard Nixon
1972: Edmund Muskie
1976: George McGovern
1980: Walter Mondale
1984: John Connolly
1988: Robert Dole
1992: Jack Kemp
1996: Lamar Alexander
2000: Albert Gore
2004: John Kerry
2008: Jeanne Shaheen
2012: Rudy Giuliani
2016: Mitt Romney

[NHI]

35. John F. Kennedy: 1961-1969
36. Barry M. Goldwater: 1969-1973
37. Hubert H. Humphrey: 1973-1981
39. George H.W. Bush: 1981-1989
40. George P. Schultz: 1989-1993
41. Mario M. Cuomo: 1993-2001
42. Edmund G. Brown: 2001-2009
43. Willard M. Romney: 2009-2017
44. Bernard Sanders: 2017 - Present

[NHI]

List of American Presidents
45. Donald John Trump (R-NY) - 2017-2018¹
46. Michael Richard Pence (R-IN) - 2018-2021²
47. Bernard Sanders (D-VT) - 2021-2025³
48. Jason Kander (D-MO) - 2025-2033<sup>4


1</sup> Following investigations and continued annoyance with the job, President Trump resigns March 15th, 2018.
² President Pence takes over with initially decent approval ratings before tanking due to widespread unpopularity of the GOP agenda. Pence faces 2019 with a Democratic House and Senate, with polls showing a even more sour mood against Pence in 2020. Pence runs in the primary, but faces a three way challenge between Ohio Governor John Kasich, a notable anti-Trumper, and ex-White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon, who accuses Pence of disloyalty towards the past administration. Pence dispatches both challengers in Iowa with ease, but faces more difficulty in New Hampshire, where Pence gets a distant second to John Kasich (Bannon taking a sizable chunk of the ex-Trump vote that Pence might have gotten). Pence wins the nomination over Kasich and Bannon in an underwhelming fashion, and loses to Sanders/Kander by 10 points.
³ Sanders announces to a beloved nation on June 25th, 2023 that he has cancer and will not seek a second term. Vice President Jason Kander defeats a wide field to become the next President. Kander picks Kamala Harris as his running mate, and with a healthy economy and a still fractured GOP, dispatches Governor Eric Greitens by 9 points.
⁴ The economy takes a hit in 2027, which is enough to shake up Washington and send in a Republican majority in both houses. This makes Kanders' job harder (even as Kander wins again in 2028 against Katko/Haley), and his second term is considered one of Democratic ideological stagnation after years of large social democratic reforms under Sanders and most of Kanders' first term. Democrats lose in 2032 to a fundamentally re-organized, more moderate opposition.

Plausible.

[NHI]

45. Donald J. Trump: January 20, 2017 - Nov. 7, 2020*
46. Michael R. Pence: Nov. 7, 2020 - Jan. 20, 2021**
47. Joseph R. Biden: Jan. 20, 2021 - Jan. 20, 2025
48. Kirsten Gillibrand: Jan. 20, 2025 - Jan. 20, 2033
49. Corey Gardner: Jan. 20, 2033 - ***

*Resigned following his defeat to Frm. Vice Pres. Joe Biden in 2020 Election. Pres. Trump lost 296 to 242, and received 47.41% of the popular vote to Biden's 49.15%.

**Declined a second term, citing age. Vice President Gillibrand succeeded him, defeating Frm. President Mike Pence and Frm. Ambassador Nikki Haley 320-218; and 51.04% to Pence's 46.95%

***Following President Gillibrand's landslide reelection over Sen. Tom Cotton in 2028 (372-166), the Republican Party finally collapsed paving way for the Union Party. The new party struck a populist cord, contrasting itself with Gillibrand's attention on foreign affairs over domestic matters.
The party drew a wide array of members including some Democrats. The first nominee was Corey Gardner, who became an independent after the 2024 Election. He narrowly defeated Tim Ryan and and Ted Cruz; the last nominee of the Republican Party. Gardnder was elected 275 to Ryan's 197. Cruz received only 66 electoral votes and a meager 18.89% of the vote, compared to Gardner's 41.06% and Ryan's 39.04%

[NHI]

NHI, I assume the electoral map looks like this(EV calculations are made using 2016 electoral vote map)

275: Senator Cory Gardner/Governor Jaime Herrera Beutler - 46.4%
198: Vice President Tim Ryan/Governor Alicia Menendez(D-FL) - 39.6%
65: Senator Ted Cruz/Representative Ed Henry(AL-5) - 11.9%
Others - 2.1%

Spot on.

[NHI]

43. Colin Powell: Jan. 20, 1997 - Jan. 20, 2005
44. Howard Dean: Jan. 20, 2005 - Jan. 20, 2009
45. Willard Mitt Romney: Jan. 20, 2009 - Jan. 20, 2017
46. Joseph Biden: Jan. 20, 2017 - Jan. 20, 2021
47. Joseph P. Kennedy: Jan. 20, 2021 - Jan. 20, 2029

Defeated Tickets:

1996: Bill Clinton/Al Gore
2000: Al Gore/Bill Bradley
2004: John McCain/Mike Huckabee
2008: Howard Dean/John Kerry
2012: Hillary Clinton/Evan Bayh
2016: Bobby Jindal/John Thune
2020: Tim Pawlenty/Mitch Daniels
2024: Tagg Romney/Duncan Hunter

[NHI]

39. James "Jimmy Carter: 1977-1985
40. George Herbert Walker Bush: 1985-1993
41. Jerry Brown: 1993-2001
42. Robert Kerrery: 2001-2005
43. George Walker Bush: 2005-2013
44. Willard Mitt Romney: 2013 - Present


1980:

Carter: 288 (48.57%)
Reagan: 250 (48.29%)

1984

Bush: 397 (53.95%)
Mondale: 141 (44.86%)

1988:

Bush: 462 (57.90%)
Dukakis: 76 (41.04%)

1992:

Brown: 304 (51.09%)
Baker: 234 (47.04%)

1996:

Brown: 502 (60.69%)
Buchanan: 36 (38.03%)

2000:

Kerrery: 275 (48.79%)
McCain: 263 (49.20%)

2004:

Bush: 333 (50.86%)
Kerrery: 205 (47.59%)

2008:

Bush: 342 (53.85%)
Wyden: 196 (45.16%)

2012:

Romney: 281 (51.10%)
Clinton: 257 (47.26%)

2016:

Romney: 346 (52.53%)
Cuomo: 192 (45.96%)

[NHI]

35. Lyndon Baines Johnson: 1961-1965
36. Barry M. Goldwater: 1965-1969
37. John F. Kennedy: 1969-1977
38. Hubert H. Humphrey: 1977-1978*
39. Walter F. Mondale: 1978-1985
40. Robert Dole: 1985-1989
41. Edward M. Kennedy: 1989-1993
42. Colin Powell: 1993-2001
43. Peter Wilson: 2001-2005
44. Wesley Clark: 2005-2009
45. John Edwards: 2009-2013
46. Willard M. Romney: 2013 - Present
*Died in Office

[NHI]

44. John Forbes Kerry: (D-MA) 2005-2009
45. Michael Huckabee: (R-AR) 2009-2013
46. Hillary Rodham Clinton: (D-NY) 2013-Present

[NHI]

43. John McCain: 2001-2009
44. Julius Caesar "J.C." Watts: 2009-2017
45. Joseph Manchin: 2017-2025

Defeated Tickets:

Al Gore/Joseph Lieberman
Howard Dean/John Kerry
Hillary Clinton/Evan Bayh
Kathleen Sebelius/John Edwards
John Ellis "Jeb" Bush/Tim Pawlenty
John Thune/John Kasich

[NHI]

40. Ronald Reagan: 1981-1993
41. Paul Tsongas: 1993-1997
42. Albert Gore, Jr.: 1997-2005
43. John McCain: 2005-2009
44. Howard Dean: 2009-2013
Willard Mitt Romney: 2013 - Present

[NHI]

44. Howard Dean: 2005-2009
45. John McCain: 2009-2013
46. Hillary Rodham Clinton: 2013-2021
47. Timothy Scott: 2021-2029

[NHI]

45. Donald J. Trump: 2017-2019*
46. Michael Pence: 2019-2019*
47. Nancy Pelosi: 2019-2021
48. Joseph R. Biden: 2021-2025
49. Robert Francis O'Rouke: 2025-2033
50. unknown Republican Senator: 2033-2041

*Resigns

[NHI]

The Age of the One Term Presidents:

1989-1993: 41. Michael Dukakis (Defeated for Reelection)
1993-1997: 42. Robert Dole (Declined to run for reelection in 1996)
1997-2001: 43. John McCain (Defeated for Reelection)
2001-2004: 44. John Edwards (Resigned)
2004-2005: 45. Albert Gore (Defeated for Reelection)
2005-2009: 46. Willard Mitt Romney (Defeated for Reelection)
2009-2013: 47. Donald J. Trump (Declined to run for Reelection)
2013-2021: 48. Barack Obama (1st President to be reelected in 32 years).

Defeated Tickets:

1988: Bush/Dukakis: 272-266 (49.9% - 49.1%)
1992: Dukakis/Bentsen: 288-250 (51.5% - 48.0%)
1996: Clinton/Richards: 280-258 (49.6% - 49.4%)
2000: McCain/Kemp: 271-267 (50.0% - 49.1%) *McCain wins PV
2004: Albert Gore/Jeanne Shaheen: 316-222 (50.7% - 48.5%)
2008: Mitt Romney/John Thune, Jeanne Shaheen/Deval Patrick: 344-113-81 (37.5% - 30.9% - 29.8%)
2012: John Thune/Mike Pence Bloomberg/Mattis 373-165 -0 (44.1% - 40.6% -15.2%)
2016: Mike Pence/Paul Ryan: 422-116 (55.4% - 43.0%)

[NHI]

41. George H.W. Bush: 1989-1993
42.  Mario M. Cuomo: 1993-1997
43. Colin L. Powell: 1997-2005
44. William J. Clinton: 2005-2009
45. Willard M. Romney: 2009-2017
46.  Bernard Sanders: 2017 - Present

1988:
Michael S. Dukakis/Lloyd M. Bentsen
1992:
George H.W. Bush/James D. Quayle
1996:
Mario M. Cuomo/Albert A. Gore
2000:
Albert A. Gore/John F. Kerry
2004:
John S. McCain/Samuel D. Brownback
2008:
William J. Clinton/Joseph R. Biden *Won Popular Vote by 0.50%
2012:
Barack H. Obama/Hillary R. Clinton *Won Popular Vote by 2%
2016:
Sarah L. Palin/Michael R. Pence

[NHI]

43. Colin Powell: 2001-- 2009
44. John Danforth: 2009 -- 2013
45. Hillary Clinton: 2013 -- 2021
46. Jon Huntsman: 2021 -- Present