Preliminary Round of the Atlas President Forever Championship

[Gabu]

Nobody more seems to be signing up for the APFC, so let's get this party started!  This is the thread in which the results for the preliminary round will be posted.

The preliminary rounds are straightforward enough: we have 11 Democrats and 11 Republicans (that is, if Bacon King is okay with the contents of the PM I sent him which make him a Republican).  Each contestent will play against a candidate called Punching Bag who is either a far-left Democrat from Idaho (the strongest Republican state), if the contestant is a Republican, or a far-right Republican from DC (the strongest Democratic... well, not state, whatever), if you contestant is a Democrat.  Punching Bag's attribute points will be 1's across the board, and his running mate is Boxing Gloves, also from either Idaho or DC, who raises Charisma (one of the lesser useful attributes).

If anyone actually loses to Punching Bag, then that person can officially consider himself screwed.  Nobody should get much less than 400 EVs in this round.

I'll be running myself as a Libertarian Punching Bag whose platform is far-left on social issues and far-right on economic issues.  I'll be just holding space bar down the entire time, and I'll be switching my platform to far-right on social issues and far-left on economic issues on the last day of the campaign in order to minimize the number of votes I get.

Also, to even things out, Republicans are not the incumbents, and Democrats have been given a party establishment of 4 instead of 5.  Yes, the Democrats; that is not a typo.  I have no idea why, but having a party establishment of 4 instead of 5 seems to make you do better.  I've run the Democratic Punching Bag against the Republican Punching Bag several times under these circumstances and it was extremely equal, so this should be good.

This round will be run with regionalism, but without dynamism.  Results will be coming hot off the press as soon as I've got them.  Candidates will be run in the order that they signed up for the APFC.

FINAL STANDINGS

Democrats

1^st   nini2287 - 529 EVs (63% PV)
2^nd   Peter Bell - 529 EVs (63% PV)
3^rd   Max Power - 529 EVs (61% PV)
4^th   Cosmo Kramer - 528 EVs
5^th   Speed of Sound - 521 EVs (62% PV)
6^th   Hughento - 521 EVs (61% PV)
7^th   Jake - 521 EVs (61% PV)
8^th   Sam Spade - 520 EVs
9^th   afleitch - 516 EVs
10^th   Blerpiez - 515 EVs
11^th   Gabu - 510 EVs
12^th   Ilikeverin - 499 EVs

Republicans

1^st   Mr. Hobbes - 535 EVs (67% PV)
2^nd   TheWildCard - 535 EVs (64% PV)
3^rd   AndrewBerger - 535 EVs (64% PV)
4^th   htmldon - 535 EVs (64% PV)
5^th   FezzyFestoon - 535 EVs (64% PV)
6^th   True Independent - 535 EVs (63% PV)
7^th   Mike Naso - 535 EVs (62% PV)
8^th   Josh22 - 535 EVs (62% PV)
9^th   Emsworth - 528 EVs
10^th   Bacon King - 514 EVs
11^th   PBrunsel - 513 EVs
12^th   DanielX - 480 EVs

[Gabu]

Gabu



Longley/Warner: 510 EVs, 59% PV
Bag/Gloves: 28 EVs, 40% PV

Bastard got a scandal on me that cracked two states outside of the Mormon Triangle.

[Gabu]

Aw nuts, is it too late to get in on this? I guess that would make things uneven...

I'll accept last-minute entrants until the preliminaries are done.  Post your stuff on the other topic.

[Gabu]

Sam Spade



Anderson/Richardson: 520 EVs, 62% PV
Bag/Gloves: 18 EVs, 36% PV

Don't really know why Anderson lost Colorado.  His victory in Wyoming makes him the first Democrat to put one of the Mormon Triangle states in the Democratic column.

[Gabu]

Hughento



Bartlett/Benalcazar: 521 EVs, 61% PV
Bag/Gloves: 17 EVs, 38% PV

The Mormon Triangle is proving to be a tough nut to crack.

[Gabu]

DanielX



Smith/Alexander: 480 EVs, 59% PV
Bag/Gloves: 58 EVs, 39% PV

The day started out fantastic with Smith receiving over 70% in Kentucky, and looking like he was going to sweep all 50 states, but a surprise win by Bag in California crushed his hopes.

[Gabu]

Mike Naso



Naso/McCain: 535 EVs, 62% PV
Bag/Gloves: 3 EVs, 37% PV

Very strong showing by Naso in the preliminaries.  A razor-thin margin of 50.2%-49.7% in Washington very nearly deep-sixed his efforts to sweep all 50 states, but Naso overcame this obstacle.

[Gabu]

Mr. Hobbes



Hobbes/Watterson: 535 EVs, 67% PV
Bag/Gloves: 3 EVs, 32% PV

Hobbes got a power 9 scandal on Bag that lingered for quite a while.  There's not much more to say.  Bag never had a chance, and even got less then 60% in DC.  Hobbes' performance will be very, very tough to beat.

[Gabu]

nini2287



2287/Clinton: 529 EVs, 63% PV
Bag/Gloves: 9 EVs, 36% PV

Only Nebraska and Idaho withstood 2287's onslaught, making him the first Democrat to win a majority of the Mormon Triangle.  Will we see a Democrat who sweeps it?  Time will tell.

[Gabu]

I have to go for dinner now, but I'll pick this up again when I return.

[Gabu]

And we're back!  I hope you enjoyed that commercial break.

afleitch



Leitch/Edwards: 516 EVs, 62% PV
Bag/Gloves: 22 EVs, 37% PV

At the last moment, Minnesota decides that it doesn't like Leitch.  The Mormon Triangle votes as usual.

[Gabu]

Josh22



Craddock/Rice: 535 EVs, 62% PV
Bag/Gloves: 3 EVs, 37% PV

Another 50-state sweep for a Republican.  The Republicans have DC and the Democrats have the Mormon Triangle.  DC remained over 60% this time.

[Max Power]

The Republicans have DC and the Democrats have the Mormon Triangle.

Funny what President Forever can do, right Gabu?

[Gabu]

Speed of Sound



Leh/Hackett: 521 EVs, 62% PV
Bag/Gloves: 17 EVs, 37% PV

The Mormon Triangle and Nebraska ignore reality once again.

Is there no Democrat who can do worse than me?

The Republicans have DC and the Democrats have the Mormon Triangle.

Funny what President Forever can do, right Gabu?

Yes, funny how it can emulate reality like that.

[Gabu]

It's time for the power populist from the South...

Cosmo Kramer



Kramer/Bayh: 528 EVs, 61% PV
Bag/Gloves: 10 EVs, 37% PV

Idaho and Wyoming fell to Kramer's appeal, but alas, Utah was not to be.

[Gabu]

True Independent



Independent/Clinton: 535 EVs, 63% PV
Bag/Gloves: 3 EVs, 36% PV

Oh, hell, Republican against Punching Bag.  You know the drill.

[Gabu]

TheWildCard



Lanay/Longwell: 535 EVs, 64% PV
Bag/Gloves: 3 EVs, 35% PV

zzzzzz

[Gabu]

Max Power



Reese/McCain: 529 EVs, 61% PV
Bag/Gloves: 9 EVs, 38% PV

Nebraska and Wyoming fall to Reese, but Idaho and Utah hold fast, denying Reese the Mormon Triangle.

[Jake]

Aw nuts, is it too late to get in on this? I guess that would make things uneven...

I'll accept last-minute entrants until the preliminaries are done.  Post your stuff on the other topic.

If I can still get in, I'll run as a democrat to balance things out.

[Gabu]

Emsworth



Doe/Roe: 528 EVs, 62% PV
Bag/Gloves: 10 EVs, 36% PV

It was a Republican against Punching Bag, but Oregon just said "no".  Maybe Doe wasn't green enough.

Aw nuts, is it too late to get in on this? I guess that would make things uneven...

I'll accept last-minute entrants until the preliminaries are done.  Post your stuff on the other topic.

If I can still get in, I'll run as a democrat to balance things out.

Go ahead; the preliminaries are not done yet.

[Gabu]

AndrewBerger



Berger/Sanford: 535 EVs, 64% PV
Bag/Gloves: 3 EVs, 35% PV

Back to the norm.

[Gabu]

Blerpiez



Blerpiez/Moore: 515 EVs, 61% PV
Bag/Gloves: 23 EVs, 38% PV

Blerpiez got struck by Scandal Syndrome™, the same one I got struck by, which ate away at his lead in a few states enough for Bag to take them.  He did manage to win Wyoming, however.

[Gabu]

PBrunsel



Brunsel/Innamorato: 513 EVs, 62% PV
Bag/Gloves: 25 EVs, 37% PV

Brunsel, much to his disapproval, proves that Republicans can become afflicted with Scandal Syndrome™ too.

[Gabu]

Peter Bell



Bell/Bennett: 529 EVs, 63% PV
Bag/Gloves: 9 EVs, 36% PV

All three of the Mormon Triangle were statistically tied one day before Election Day, but Bell only managed to win Wyoming.  Bell has also set the record for "most 70+% states for a Democrat".

[Gabu]

htmldon



Johnson/Schwarzenegger: 535 EVs, 64% PV
Bag/Gloves: 3 EVs, 35% PV

Johnson decided to be a purely normal Republican.