The Yankee Dominion.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

The Yankee Dominion.

The following timeline is a spinoff of Lord Caeus’s “American Commonwealth” shared worlds game on AH.com. It follows political events in a parliamentary, commonwealth America from 2010-2013, with Prime Minister Bernie Sanders and Jeanne Shaheen at the helm. The game has since ended, but 2017 was the time of the scheduled election, so I’ve written this spinoff to cover the events. The game is hidden from most viewers, so unless you have an AH.com account, you’ll probably be unfamiliar with this. I’ll do my best to fill in the gaps as the story progresses.

Parties of the American Commonwealth.
Liberal (Jeanne Shaheen): A centrist/center-left party founded in 1821 and has since been one of America’s three major governing parties in the modern era. Espousing an ideology of social liberalism, the Liberals hold the largest number of seats in the parliament and have led a relatively amicable coalition government with the Progressive Democratic Party. With an election approaching, will they maintain the coalition or gain the majority they desire?

Conservative (Bobby Jindal): The leading center-right party, the Conservatives under Bobby Jindal have moved considerably to the right after losing traction to the American Heritage and Libertarian parties in the first half of the decade. Despite Jindal’s message of social conservatism, economic liberalism, and support for a strong foreign policy, do the Conservatives risk alienating the “Red Tory” elements of their base as they attempt to adapt to changing times?

Progressive Democratic (Amy Kloubuchar): America’s leading social democratic party, the PDP was born out of a merger between the archaic Progressive Party and the stagnant Social Democrats. Propelled into power in 2010 during the “Pink Crush,” Bernie Sander’s three years leading the government had mixed results, but established the party as America’s third major political force. Under the leadership of Amy Kloubuchar now, can the party build on the “political revolution?”

Libertarian (Gary Johnson): The party of Barry Goldwater currently finds itself in a identity crisis as the party struggles in the absence of Ron Paul’s leadership. Gary Johnson, who has led the party since his narrow win over Ted Cruz, has seen the party shift towards a more centrist/pragmatic orientation, a move that resulted in numerous defections (including Ted Cruz, Walter Jones, and Phil Roe among others) while other party stalwarts (Mary Ruwart, Michael Badnarik) are retiring in 2017 as growing dissatisfaction threatens party unity. Can Johnson hold the party together through the election?

American Heritage (Tom Tancredo): The American Heritage Party has undergone massive growth since the 2013 election as Tancredo has tapped into a well of discontent over immigration and trade issues that the Tories and Libertarians have failed to address. Will Tancredo build on the American Heritage Party’s unprecedented gains from the 2013 election, or will the party remain locked into his small electoral niche?

Green (Elizabeth May): The eco-socialist Green Party has found new life under Elizabeth May’s leadership in the wake of Ralph Nader’s retirement. Despite this, the rapid growth of the PDP has left the Greens locked out from a majority of the left, and there growth remains sluggish at best. Will the gap left by Bernie Sanders on the left fulfill the Green’s wishes to become the new left-wing protest party in the Commonwealth?

Progressive Conservative (John Tory): The breakaway party of disaffected Red Tories has remained an increasingly weakening force in American politics has most of their centrist base has chosen to back either the mother party or the Liberals. Can John Tory capitalize on the right-wing drift of the Conservative Party and attract disaffected voters? Or will the party remain stagnate in irrelevance?

Republican (Russ Feingold): The Republican Party remains influential only in Wisconsin, where it is aligned with the Progressive Democratic Party. Will the party’s lone MP Russ Feingold keep up the fight? Or will he bow to overtures from Kloubuchar and join the Progressive Democratic Party instead?

Alaska Independence (Don Young): The Alaska Independence Party is a right-wing populist breakaway from the American Heritage Party that favors greater autonomy, and perhaps even independence, for Alaska. Can Young hang on to the parliament’s largest riding?

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

Prime Ministers of the Commonwealth of America
1785-1791: Benjamin Franklin (Crossbencher) (1)*
1791-1795: Joseph Galloway (Tory) (2)
1795-1799: Edmund Randolph (Tory) (3)
1799-1807: Albert Gallatin (Whig) (4)
1807-1816: James Madison (Whig) (5)
1816-1823: William Crawford (Whig) (6)
1823-1827: Henry Clay (Whig/Liberal) (7)
1827-1839: John Calhoun (Tory) (8)
1839-1847: Henry Clay (Liberal) (9)
1847-1853: Lewis Cass (Tory) (10)
1853-1855: William Graham (Liberal-Liberty coalition) (11)
1855-1859: James Buchanan (Tory) (12)
1859-1869: William Seward (Liberal) (13)
1869-1874: Schuyler Colfax (Liberal) (14)
1874-1881: Thomas Hendricks (Conservative) (15)**
1881-1884: Thomas Bayard (Conservative)(16)
1884-1891: James Garfield (Liberal) (17)
1891-1893: Adlai Stevenson I (Liberal-Farmers coalition) (18)
1893-1897: Grover Cleveland (Conservative) (19)
1897-1901: William McKinley (Liberal) (20)**
1901-1904: Thomas Reed (Liberal) (21)*
1904-1906: Joseph Cannon (Liberal-SDP coalition) (22)
1906-1915: Eugene Debbs (SDP-Liberal coalition/SDP) (23)
1915-1919: Charles “Champ” Clark (Liberal) (24)
1919-1925: Robert LaFollette (Social Democratic) (25)*
1925-1926: Hiram Johnson (Social Democratic) (26)
1926-1932: Charles Curtis (Conservative) (27)
1932-1935: Joseph France (Liberal) (28)
1935-1948: William Mackenzie King (Liberal) (29)
1948-1952: Thomas Dewey (Conservative)(30)
1952-1953: Robert Taft (Conservative) (31)*
1953-1962: Harold Stassen (Conservative) (32)
1962-1968: Lyndon Johnson (Liberal-Progressive-Social Democratic coalition) (33)
1968-1975: Jacob Javits (Conservative) (34)
1975-1979: Pierre Trudeau (Liberal-Progressive Democratic coalition) (35)
1979-1987: Ronald Reagan (Conservative-Libertarian coalition) (36)
1987-1991: George HW. Bush (Conservative-Libertarian coalition) (37)
1991-1995: Paul Tsongas (Liberal) (38)
1995-1997: Joseph Clark (Conservative) (39)
1997-2002: Richard Gephardt (Liberal) (40)
2002-2005: George W. Bush (Conservative-American Heritage coalition) (41)
2005-2008: John McCain (Conservative-Libertarian coalition) (42)
2008-2010: Hillary Clinton (Liberal) (43)
2010-2013: Bernie Sanders (Progressive Democratic-Liberal coalition) (44)
2013-20XX: Jeanne Shaheen (Liberal-Progressive Democratic coalition) (45)

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

Tuesday, July 19th, 2017: Shaheen in “no rush” to call election.

PHILADELPHIA, PA: Sources close to Prime Minister Jeanne Shaheen have told ABS News that the Prime Minister is “in no rush” to call a general election. The Prime Minister has until October 4th to schedule a federal election per the constitution, a deadline the government has every intention of awaiting. The government is currently engaged in the early stages of drafting a sweeping plan establish a universal higher education system through the abolition of tuition. The plan, which has the support of the Progressive Democrats, has had a bumpier path through the rightwing of Shaheen’s own party. MP Nancy Boyda of Cansez was one of many right leaning Liberal MPs who expressed concerns about the fiscal feasibility of the plan.

Conservative leader Bobby Jindal went on record in support of an election “as soon as possible” after addressing a small gathering of Conservative activists in Columbus, Ohio with Premier John Kasich. “We think the future of our education is an issue that should be decided by the people, not the parliament” said Jindal as he addressed the press as he departed the rally, before concluding “we’ll see if the Prime Minister agrees with that or not soon enough.” Green Party leader Elizabeth May was also quick to echo the Leader of the Opposition; “the sooner the better” said May, who just concluded a nationwide book tour, “everywhere I went people were talking about it. They know the election is coming. They just want to get on with it.”

Current polling for the next general election shows a virtual three way tie between the Conservatives, Liberals, and Progressive Democrats, with the Progressive Conservatives and American Heritage parties seeing slight upticks in the polls at the expense of the Libertarians and Greens. The decline of the once solid Liberal lead has been credited to allegations that the Minister of Justice Thomas Mulcair declined to order the prosecution of former Prime Minister Hillary Clinton on charges of Obstruction of Justice, a charge that Mulcair and the Prime Minister have roundly denied. The email allegations, which helped contribute to her landslide defeat in 2010, have continued to linger over the Shaheen government as the Liberals attempt to move on.

Wednesday, July 19th, 2017: Trump hints at political ambitions.

NEW YORK, NY: Outspoken real estate mogul and former Mayoral candidate Donald Trump took to Twitter to bash Prime Minister Jeanne Shaheen, lambasting her as being “weak” and claiming that he could “run the government better on his worst day.” Trump has been a regular critic of Prime Minister Shaheen during her four year tenure as Prime Minister, and has been widely condemned by politicians of all stripes for his propagation of “birther” conspiracy theories around Foreign Minister Barack Obama. Trump was also briefly the subject of an FBI investigation in 2016 for his controversial ties to Russian oligarchs associated with Vladimir Putin, hardly an obstacle to an outspoken Trump.

Trump is no stranger to running for office; in 2011, he placed third in the New York mayoral race as the Conservative Heritage candidate. His controversial campaign was plagued by a number of offensive statements and polarizing proposals, and made the once popular Trump a pariah in New York City high society. In 2015, Trump briefly floated the possibility of running for the position of Governor General, before endorsing the failed second campaign of his friend Rudy Giuliani against incumbent Al Gore. The Trump family, however, has been undeterred by the two relatively brief forays into politics made by their father. Interviewed by ABS News, Ivanka Trump was clear about her father’s ability to seek federal office: “if he stands for the House of Commons, he’ll win. And when he enters the House of Commons, he’ll relatively quickly get an opportunity to form a government, because he’s a consensus builder who knows how to get things done.”

Already, a draft committee operated by legendary political consultant Roger Stone has been operating in the constituency of Staten Island, where Trump is most popular in his native New York, and where the previously elected Conservative MP was forced to resign. Now held by Grace Meng since her 2014 by-election win, the seat is a top pick up opportunity for the Tories. The Conservative Party is less keen on a potential Trump candidacy; former leader Mitt Romney, who once personally travelled to Trump Tower to personally ask the billionaire for his endorsement in 2010, has since soured on him. “He’s a charlatan, a backstabber, and a divider” warned Romney, who found himself in a heated Twitter war with Trump earlier this year. “He’d never last a minute in the commons.” Trump’s response? Another tweet.

Wednesday, July 19th, 2017: Former Prime Minister McCain diagnosed with brain cancer.

PHOENIX, AZ: Former Prime Minister John McCain announced that a brain tumor has been discovered by doctors during an emergency surgery to remove a blood clot from above his eye; the former Prime Minister has been resting comfortably at his Arizuma home, where he is currently weighing treatment options. McCain, who served as Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of America from 2005 until his 2008 defeat, has been a vocal critic of Prime Ministers Sanders and Shaheen’s responses to the ISIS insurgency in recent years, and is still active in top defense and public policy circles in Philadelphia. The Tories “leading elder statesman,” McCain’s announcement prompted a flood of well wishes and tributes from other political figures. 

The former Prime Minister, who famously endured a long captivity during the Cuban War, was first elected to the House of Commons in 1984, replacing a retiring John Rhodes. A low level backbencher through most of Reagan and Bush governments known mostly for his involvement in the House banking scandal, McCain rose to the rank of Minister of Veterans under George W. Bush, and was briefly the Defense Minister following Donald Rumsfeld’s retirement. In 2005, he challenged Prime Minister Bush’s leadership of the Conservative Party and won, entering Powel House on 1 America Avenue for his three year premiership. Dealing with the continuing insurgency in Iraq, the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, and the financial collapse of 2007-2008 in a tumultuous premiership, McCain was forced from power in 2008 by Hillary Clinton in 2008. Since retiring from parliament in 2010, McCain has been an active speaker and writer, and it is unclear currently if his diagnosis will affect his public schedule.

Thursday, July 20th, 2017: Ed Rendell announces retirement.

PHILADELPHIA, PA: After twelve years in federal office, Ed Rendell has announced he will be standing down as MP for Philadelphia West. Rendell’s retirement now puts the nomination for the safe Liberal constituency to the forefront of what many Queensway commentators are calling “the shadow election” in which parties begin to prepare for an impending federal election. Dwight Evans, a longtime Philadelphia councilor and friend of Rendell, is the favorite to succeed Rendell as the candidate of the Liberal Party in the constituency.

The constituency has not seriously been contested by the Tories in recent years, though the Progressive Democratic Party fully intends to stand a candidate who can challenge Evans from the left. The leading Progressive Democratic contender to express an interest for standing for the Commons is Katie McGinty, a former Liberal Party activist and environmental regulator. The Green Party is also planning on standing a candidate in the city, which is partially represented by Green MP Cheri Honkala. It is widely expected that the race to replace Rendell will be a test of the PDP’s strength in urban areas, where Liberals have had some success in displacing the PDP’s hold on inner-city voters.

Thursday, July 20th, 2017: Justine Damond shooting raises questions.

MINNEAPOLIS, MN: The police shooting of Justine Damond has raised a plethora of questions as the murky circumstances of the incident remain unclear. Damond was shot and killed by Officer Mohamed Noor, a Somali immigrant, after a caller reported an alleged sexual assault near Damond’s home. The officer’s body camera was off at the time of the shooting. It is the second police shooting of an unarmed citizen to raise controversy in the city since last year’s controversial death of Philando Castile, sparking protests across the city. Thus far, the protests have been smaller in number and less raucous than the demonstrations that took place in the city last year.

Fearing riots, Premier Margaret Kelliher has called for calm and warned protestors that “violence will not be tolerated.” Despite this, large scale protests are expected to occur despite the family of Justine Damond’s wishes, and police remain optimistic that the situation will be controlled. Officer Noor has been temporarily taken off duty until the circumstances of the incident are clear. The shooting and the subsequent media coverage has angered some Black Lives Matter activists, many of whom claim the coverage of Damond, a white woman, has been more positive in comparison to Philando Castile. Van Jones, an Continental Broadcasting Network (CBN) political commentator, echoed these sentiments in a controversial appearance on America Today with Anderson Cooper, in which he argued the case was “a clear cut example of missing white woman syndrome in action,” leading to Tory activists to call for his firing.

[At-Large Senator LouisvilleThunder]

Cool timeline idea. I wonder what the parliamentary map looks like.

[GoTfan]

Could we get a list of the previous Governor-Generals and how they're elected?

[TheSaint250]

I'm loving this trend of a parliamentary America. Great job!

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

Could we get a list of the previous Governor-Generals and how they're elected?

They were appointed by the Queen but are now elected by popular vote. I never liked that feature (or the MMP system used) but that is what the world building experiment came up with. I'll get a list up later.

[Gass3268]

Awesome stuff! Also yeah, gonna need to see a map. Also Robert LaFollette was by no means a socialist, I could actual see him being a Republican, depending how far back you have their party's history.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

Awesome stuff! Also yeah, gonna need to see a map. Also Robert LaFollette was by no means a socialist, I could actual see him being a Republican, depending how far back you have their party's history.

I'm basing it off the list the players developed then, not my own. Otherwise there'd by Nixon, Flora MacDonald, and the Kennedy family in the mix. A map will be forthcoming at some point today. This will be written in real time, by the way.

[Hamiltap]

I'm a member at AH.com and I really liked following this particular TL over there. That said, it struck me as a quintessential left-wank and I hope that this spin-off does well at restoring political balance.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

Friday, July 21st, 2017: New polling for general election.

American Broadcasting System: 1,000 Registered Voters.
Liberal (Jeanne Shaheen): 29%
Conservative (Bobby Jindal): 27%
Progressive Democratic (Amy Kloubuchar): 20%
American Heritage (Tom Tancredo): 10%
Progressive Conservative (John Tory): 5%
Green (Elizabeth May): 4%
Libertarian (Gary Johnson): 4%
Undecided/Other: 1%

Continental Broadcasting Network: 500 Registered Voters.
Conservative (Bobby Jindal): 28%
Liberal (Jeanne Shaheen): 28%
Progressive Democratic (Amy Kloubuchar): 19%
American Heritage (Tom Tancredo): 9%
Libertarian (Gary Johnson): 8%
Green (Elizabeth May): 4%
Progressive Conservative (John Tory): 3%
Undecided/Other: 1%

Gallup: 1,825 Registered Voters.
Liberal (Jeanne Shaheen): 30%
Conservative (Bobby Jindal): 27%
Progressive Democratic (Amy Kloubuchar): 21%
Libertarian (Gary Johnson): 9%
American Heritage (Tom Tancredo): 9%
Green (Elizabeth May): 2%
Progressive Conservative (John Tory): 1%
Undecided/Other: 1%

Friday, July 21st, 2017: Tories call for electoral reform.

BATON ROUGE, WF: Opposition leader Bobby Jindal delivered the first major address of the traditional “shadow campaign,” lambasting the use of the mixed-member proportional system as an example of Philadelphia “shuffling the deck against the American people.” Telling voters in his home constituency that he intends to fight for “more localized elections,” Jindal called instead of the doubling of constituency seats and the elimination of party lists. The proposal immediately drew controversy, with liberal leaning commentators across the Queensway lambasting the Opposition leader for, in the words of Chris Matthews, “proposing a power grab.” Tory pundits on the other hand enthusiastically voiced their support. Hugh Hewitt, appearing on an ABS panel segment this afternoon, praised the plan as “the boldest step taken to put power back in the hands of the people since Ronald Reagan.”

Former Prime Minister Bernie Sanders however was less enthused; the first Prime Minister to serve his tenure in office as a party-list MP, Sanders criticized Jindal’s “hair brained scheme” as being “a desperate move to increase the power of the Tory heartland at the expense of the rest of the country” in a particularly passionate rebuttle given during an interview with NPR. He also noted that the MMP system allowed for the “Pink Crush” of 2010 to occur, echoing sentiments by Green Party leader Elizabeth May who warned such changes could “lock out alternative parties” from Philadelphia.

One unlikely opponent is Libertarian leader Gary Johnson, who once again found himself in hot water with his own party after he attacked Jindal’s proposal as being “unconstitutional.” The Libertarian Party, which in 2010 won a record number of constituency seats (due to a combination of a larger than usual swing to the party and electoral canibalism by their opponents), has been consistently since their founding been against the MMP system implemented by LBJ. Libertarian MP Justin Amash, who represents the constituency of Grand Rapids, chided Johnson for “his low level of confidence” in Libertarian MPs’ “ability to cling on.”

The American Heritage Party has voiced support for Jindal’s proposal, though Tom Tancredo raised doubts over Jindal’s motivations. “Who is going to draw all of these new districts?” asked Tancredo during a CBN appearance today, “and just what kind of districts do they plan to draw?” Other rightwing outlets and organizations, including the non-aligned Americans for Prosperity organization bankrolled by the Koch brothers, voiced support for Jindal’s controversial proposal. The Conservative Party Committee on Platform and Policy is expected to issue an official recommendation, which will likely be entered into the platform at the next party conference.

Friday, July 21st, 2017: Politico: Obama retirement rumors ramp up.

CHICAGO, IL: An anonymous staffer working for Obama’s constituency office told Politico’s Natasha Korecki that the Foreign Minister is considering standing down from parliament. Obama, who has represented Chicago-Hyde since 2002, served as House Speaker under Prime Minister Clinton and later went on to lose the 2011 Liberal leadership election to Jeanne Shaheen. Serving as Foreign Minister since 2013, Obama has been considered the odds on favorite to succeed Shaheen as leader of the Liberal Party and is considered the most likely person to be the first African-American Prime Minister.

Despite being at the height of power in Philadelphia, the Foreign Minister reportedly is “just tired” of politics and is interested in returning to academia. Obama’s chief spokesperson at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Jen Psaki declined to answer inquiries about the Foreign Minister’s intentions as a federal election looms, telling reporters that Mr. Obama is “focused only on securing American interests at home and abroad.” Should Obama choose to retire, his longtime friend, Senator Valerie Jarrett, might enter the race in Chicago-Hyde as the Liberal candidate according to the Chicago rumor mill.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

Saturday, July 22nd, 2017: Trump confirms Goode meeting in tweet.

NEW YORK, NY: Donald Trump has sent out his latest hint of a possible political run after tweeting out confirmation that he met with former American Heritage MP Virgil Goode at Trump Tower. Describing Goode as “a tremendous guy,” the billionaire developer did not disclose the subject of their discussion. The meeting reportedly took place yesterday afternoon, though neither Trump nor Goode have made any comment until this port. Despite their mutual silence, the New York Times learned from a source within the American Heritage Party that the party is attempting to get him to stand for parliament in either a friendly riding or on the party list. It is unknown what decision Trump has made.

Should Trump stand for parliament, many commentators have noted that it is likely he’ll choose to stand as a party list candidate due to New York City’s lack of right leaning constituencies; indeed, only one Tory MP represents the city – Trump’s longtime friend Peter King – making it unlikely that Trump will stand in a geographic constituency. Others expect that Trump will demand a high spot on the party list – perhaps even the top one – if he agrees to stand under the American Heritage banner.

[P. Clodius Pulcher did nothing wrong]

Isn't Peter King from eastern Long Island?

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

Isn't Peter King from eastern Long Island?

Again, I'm building off an already existing universe that doesn't really make as much sense as it should. My long term goal is to "correct" the project over time.

[P. Clodius Pulcher did nothing wrong]

Isn't Peter King from eastern Long Island?

Again, I'm building off an already existing universe that doesn't really make as much sense as it should. My long term goal is to "correct" the project over time.

Gotcha. Great job!

[wxtransit]

Are the Liberals in this TL more akin to the FDP (centrist) in Germany or to the SDP (further to the left)? And, is Canada a part of the same country as the US (confused when I saw Elizabeth May leading the Green Party and Joe Clark as one of the PMs)

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

Are the Liberals in this TL more akin to the FDP (centrist) in Germany or to the SDP (further to the left)? And, is Canada a part of the same country as the US (confused when I saw Elizabeth May leading the Green Party and Joe Clark as one of the PMs)

Bumping this, because why not? I'll probably abandon it again, but the idea has been in my head for a good while. Canada is included entirely, though May actually was born an American citizen in CT and only emigrated to Canada to attend college.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

Thursday, October 12th, 2017: BREAKING: Shaheen to call election tomorrow.

PHILADELPHIA: Prime Minister Jeanne Shaheen will ask the Governor General to dissolve the House of Commons and call a federal election for Monday, November 6th. With only four days until the constitutionally set deadline to call an election, Shaheen has resisted calls all summer from a variety of political factions to call an election as she continued to insist she serve “her full term.” The news broke after a number of Shaheen’s top aides told both the Philadelphia Post and the New York Times that an announcement was imminent. Though the Prime Minister’s office has yet to confirm it, Deputy Prime Minister Obama addressed the rumors in the last hour, telling the Chicago Tribune that he’s “in and in to win” in the constituency of Chicago-Hyde Park, putting to rest speculation that he’d instead retire from the House of Commons.

The Conservative Party quickly released a statement from Opposition leader Bobby Jindal, who ended the communique with a bold challenge to Shaheen: “bring it on.” The Progressive Democratic leader also weighed in, with Amy Kloubuchar promising on Twitter to “continue the fight for progressive change.” Libertarian leader Gary Johnson is expected to comment at an Americans for Prosperity event tonight in Atlanta, though Libertarian MP Mary Ruwart confirmed she’d be standing for reelection and told ABS News that “almost everyone” in the Libertarian caucus would be seeking reelection to the House.

Nomination periods will end next Friday, afterwards sparking a sixteen day frenzy to the finish line. The campaign will make history as one of the shortest in American history, lasting little under a month. This has been the subject of swirling controversy in Philadelphia on all sides of the political spectrum, with some Liberal MPs speaking off the record criticizing the Prime Minister for “waiting until the last minute” to put a campaign into gear. Top Liberal strategists however are confident that the party will be able to pitch its case to voters in the course of the coming weeks, an optimistic spirit shared by the Tories. “This was the worst move by Shaheen imaginable” opined Conservative strategist Rick Wilson on an appearance with ABS News, “because she won’t have enough time to adequately beat back four years of Tory attacks.”

Thursday, October 13th, 2017: New polling for general election.

American Broadcasting System: 1,000 Registered Voters.
Liberal (Jeanne Shaheen): 30%
Conservative (Bobby Jindal): 27%
Progressive Democratic (Amy Kloubuchar): 17%
American Heritage (Tom Tancredo): 11%
Progressive Conservative (John Tory): 6%
Green (Elizabeth May): 6%
Libertarian (Gary Johnson): 3%
Undecided/Other: 1%

Continental Broadcasting Network: 500 Registered Voters.
Conservative (Bobby Jindal): 29%
Liberal (Jeanne Shaheen): 26%
Progressive Democratic (Amy Kloubuchar): 19%
American Heritage (Tom Tancredo): 12%
Libertarian (Gary Johnson): 6%
Green (Elizabeth May): 4%
Progressive Conservative (John Tory): 3%
Undecided/Other: 1%

Gallup: 1,825 Registered Voters.
Liberal (Jeanne Shaheen): 30%
Conservative (Bobby Jindal): 29%
Progressive Democratic (Amy Kloubuchar): 20%
American Heritage (Tom Tancredo): 10%
Libertarian (Gary Johnson): 5%
Green (Elizabeth May): 2%
Progressive Conservative (John Tory): 2%
Undecided/Other: 1%
Current polls show a tight race between the Liberals and Conservatives, with the PDP lingering in a distant third. The Libertarian Party has undergone as the American Heritage Party slowly grows in support due to public dissatisfaction with the ruling parties and a growing populist sentiment.

[TheSaint250]

Great to see this return!

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

Great to see this return!

Thanks! I'm going to try and stick with this through the election. I plan on making a public poll for viewers to decide the results. The poll will be averaged against the last aggregate of polls ahead of the election to determine the swing, which will be applied to a set of specific seats to calculate the exact results.

To prevent an unrealistic surge, I'm limiting all the parties aside from the big three to the a grow cap. Basically, the percentage of seats already held by minor parties will be expanded by the 10 or 20% at most, to allow for incremental growth at first. If say, the Libertarians surge somehow, it would position them for the next general election, where they (or any other minor party) would be allowed to play on the level of the major parties. Does that make sense?

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Great to see this return!

Thanks! I'm going to try and stick with this through the election. I plan on making a public poll for viewers to decide the results. The poll will be averaged against the last aggregate of polls ahead of the election to determine the swing, which will be applied to a set of specific seats to calculate the exact results.

To prevent an unrealistic surge, I'm limiting all the parties aside from the big three to the a grow cap. Basically, the percentage of seats already held by minor parties will be expanded by the 10 or 20% at most, to allow for incremental growth at first. If say, the Libertarians surge somehow, it would position them for the next general election, where they (or any other minor party) would be allowed to play on the level of the major parties. Does that make sense?

So we can't all vote for Gary and have the Libertarians suddenly surge to first, but we can still boost them.  Yeah that sounds like a good idea.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

Great to see this return!

Thanks! I'm going to try and stick with this through the election. I plan on making a public poll for viewers to decide the results. The poll will be averaged against the last aggregate of polls ahead of the election to determine the swing, which will be applied to a set of specific seats to calculate the exact results.

To prevent an unrealistic surge, I'm limiting all the parties aside from the big three to the a grow cap. Basically, the percentage of seats already held by minor parties will be expanded by the 10 or 20% at most, to allow for incremental growth at first. If say, the Libertarians surge somehow, it would position them for the next general election, where they (or any other minor party) would be allowed to play on the level of the major parties. Does that make sense?

So we can't all vote for Gary and have the Libertarians suddenly surge to first, but we can still boost them.  Yeah that sounds like a good idea.

While leaving the door open for a realistic AHP/Green/Libertarian/ProgCon surge, yep. I'll probably make two separate polls when the time comes.

[TheSaint250]

That seems ok. Excited to see it!

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

Friday, October 13th, 2017: BREAKING: Parliament dissolved!

Shaheen addressing the Liberal Party Annual Convention earlier this year.

PHILADELPHIA: The Prime Minister has formally asked the Governor General to dissolve parliament, setting the 2017 American federal election underway. The Prime Minister addressed reporters outside 10 Howe Lane, the official residence of Governor General Gore, where she confidently predicted that "the government's record will stand for itself." Privately, Liberal Party MPs have expressed anger at the short length of the campaign, but the party's grandees insist that the governing party has been preparing for the election for months. The Prime Minister will travel to New Hampshire, her home constituency and province, to formally kick off the Liberal reelection effort.

Meanwhile, Bobby Jindal is currently believed to be en-route to Shreveport, Louisiana, where he'll be joined by a number of prominent Tory MPs including Jeb Bush, John Thune, Paul Ryan, John Baird, and Mike Pence to unveil the Conservative Party's manifesto, which is widely expected to be titled "Unleashing America." Jindal is set to announce a number of new party policy proposals at the event, the latest sign of the Conservative Party's drift to the right in recent years under his direction.

Progressive Democratic leader Amy Kloubuchar is set to address a gathering of the Minnesota AFL-CIO this evening, where she will issue her first comment on the upcoming campaign. The Progressive Conservatives were a bit quicker than their Progressive Democratic counterparts, with John Tory appearing at a press conference before the dissolution was formally requested. "This election is going to be our best shot at a true breakthrough in decades" said a beaming Tory, who predicted that the party would "capitalize across the country" on the public's "discontent" with the "broken political status quo." "We offer a real voice for real change" declared Tory.

Libertarian leader Gary Johnson, who in the last year has been prone to a number of gaffes, is hoping to rebrand his party in the campaign ahead. "Gone now are the days of ideologues like Ron Paul" noted ABS's Chuck Todd, "Gary Johnson is pushing the party in the direction of the Progressive Conservatives with an ideology of low tax liberalism; the question is, will he push the parties base away?" American Heritage leader Tom Tancredo, the most unpopular of the party leaders according to polls, told reporters last month that the party would field "a record number" of candidate in the upcoming general election, and is expected to kick off the American Heritage campaign tonight during a speech to the ongoing Values Voters Summit in Philadelphia.

Lastly, Green Party leader Elizabeth May, who will be leading the party into her fourth campaign, has signaled that the Green Party will actively challenge the Progressive Democratic Party for the support of millennial voters. "Bernie won because he got the youth behind him" May claimed, adding that "Amy just doesn't have that appeal - she represents politics as usual. We're out to change the status quo, and the Progressive Democrats have become it." May, who has retooled the party's image following the controversial tenure of her hard-left predecessor Peter Camejo, led the party to its best performance to date during the 2013 Federal Election, is eyeing constituency seats in Columbia and Maine as part of a strategy to double their parliamentary presence.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

Here is a great link where you can see all the wikiboxes developed in the original thread.

https://www.alternatehistory.com/wiki/doku.php?id=shared_worlds:american_commonwealth_infoboxes