Talk Elections

Dead game.

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Democratic party:

-Fmr Gov. Phil Bredesen (D-TN) [New Tennessean Politician]

-Fmr Rep. Joe Sestak (D-PA) [Joe Sestak 2020]

-Sec. Janet Napolitano (D-AZ) [MyCool]

-Fmr Gov. Jim Hodges (D-SC) [Ninja0428]

-Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) [Yankee_Mapper]

-Gov. Deval Patrick (D-MA) [Vespucci]

-Gov. Mark Dayton (D-MN) [GoTfan]

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Republican party:

-Gov. Chris Christie (R-NJ) [NOTTYLER]

-Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) [ThatConservativeGuy]

-Gen. Jim Mattis [Jaguar4life]

-Sen. Rob Portman (R-OH) [terp40hitch]

-Gov. Nikki Haley (R-SC) [Evans]

-Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) [x-Guy]

-Fmr Sen. Rick Santorum (R-PA) [History505]

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Independent (Only 2 allowed at the most):

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Potential D Candidates:
Joe Biden (D-DE)
Hillary Clinton (D-NY)
Bernie Sanders (D/I-VT)
Jim Webb (D-VI)
Martin O' Malley (D-MA)
Lincoln Chafee (D-RI)
Tim Kaine (D-VA)

Potential R Candidates:
Ted Cruz (R-TX)
Marco Rubio (R-FL)
Scott Walker (R-WI)
Jeb Bush (R-FL)
Rand Paul (R-KY)
Chris Christie (R-NJ)
Mike Huckabee (R-AR)
Carly Fiorina (R-CA)
Ben Carson (R-MI)
Rick Santorum (R-PA)
Bobby Jindal (R-LA)
Rick Perry (R-TX)
George Pataki (R-NY)
Lindsey Graham (R-SC)
John Kasich (R-OH)
Mike Pence (R-IN)
Paul Ryan (R-WI)
Jim Gilmore (R-VA)

I like to be bold. I will take Moderate Republican Derek Jeter

Unfortunately, I'm too busy in IRL life to fully commit to a campaign like this (why I had to drop out of the 2012 game), but I will be eagerly watching!

No sports celebrities, sorry.

Any politician will do.

Hey. I’ll be Chris Christie

Ok. Remember not to spam updates, and do one per term.


Game starts in 5 days.

Military generals fine?

Sounds good. Bon Jovi forever

James Mattis?

Can I be Nikki Haley?

Sure!




Welcome!

I want him to be Republican

Senator Kelly Ayotte of New Hampshire

Phil Bredesen of Tennessee (this time, I'm doing it right)

We will be starting on Friday at 9:00 AM EST, so remember to get your announcement speeches ready.

Can I actually be Senator Rob Portman?

Ok welcome.

Fmr. Rep. Joseph A. Sestak

(also hope some more Dems join lol)

Welcome!

And yes we do need some more dems. And maybe a few more republicans to make for a really competitive campaign.

Why am I 2 People?

Whoops, fixed.

I'd like to be Ted Cruz!

I'm currently the only actual Dem playing this.

Please join, someone!

General James Mattis Presidential run announcement
On April 26th 2015
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Hello Tacoma!! It is so glad to be back in my home of the Pacific Northwest!!!  *Crowd cheers*
In November of 2008 America elected Barrack Obama to be our next president and I am going to be honest I gave him a chance and I tried to work with him and hope for his pun intended hope and chance he was going to bring us!

Well it’s now 2015 and I still am wondering where is the change and hope we were promised?  We are still losing our jobs overseas, We have higher taxes, We still are arming people we don’t know about and have a even weaker military than before! We are in a even higher defict than we were a decade ago and government is bigger than it has been in recent time!

Amercia needs real change right now!! *Crowd cheers* and that is why I am running for President Of the United States!  *Crowd cheers lounder*.   I am a well respected Marine general who will bring back the Amercia I grew up with and loved!!  I will rebuild our milltary and crush the everlasting life out of ISIS and will arm the right rebel groups in the Middle East and try to end our mission in Afghanistan once and for all!!   I will cut taxes for hard working Americans and businesses and get out or reform these unfair trade deals!!  I will reduce wasteful spending and go for a balence budget amendment!!   I will make Amercia one of the best places of getting healthcare with a competitive system that gives you cheap and excellent healthcare! And I will put Amercia First over any other country, Thank you!!  *Crowd cheers*

*Crowd Cheers loudly*


Phil Bredesen would Leave Nashville and would campaign for the entirety of March in Iowa on his policies before going to the key state of New Hampshire and campaign there.

CHRIS CHRISTIE CAMPAIGN ANNOUNCEMENT
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“Hello my fellow Americans! I’m here today to make a huge announcement. I am running for the Republican Nomination. I love this country and I want to see it prosper. For 8 years we have been led by Barack Obama. I’m sure he’s a great person, but he’s been a failed leader and you all deserve better. We have some other good candidates running this year, but I ask for your vote. As Governor of New Jersey, I have achieved a lot. I will approach the country with the same attitude: The well being of the people are my main concern. I will defend the rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness like our founding fathers stood up for. I love you all! May God Bless all of you. Thank you! Bon Jovi Forever!”
There were big cheers from the crowd.

Could I join as Janet Napolitano?

Senator Rob Portman of Ohio Presidential Annoucment

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March 15th, 2015

Ohio State University

"Today I am proud to announce that after discussion with my wife and children I will run for president of the greatest nation in the world, the United States of America. For the last eight years, we have had a president who is inexperienced with both the economy and foreign policy, a president that is a party good-old-boy and today I say enough! We need an experienced conservative maverick in the white house. We need a president that puts real hard-working Americans before their party.

We need a president that is going to call it as he sees it, When I am president I will call it the opioid epidemic and I will call it radical Islamic terrorist. We need to fix real problems plaguing Americans today and stop the partisan turmoil.

I am ready to serve for the coal miners of West Virginia, the small business owner from New Hampshire, the soldier overseas, I am going to serve you. Let's put America back to work! "

Rick Santorum Campaign Announcement
 April 3rd, 2015
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“Today, I am announcing my candidacy for President of the United States! The last 8 years has seen a decline in moral values, and that has got to be put to a stop. As someone who fought against the big government for 12 years and for those core values, I know what it takes to restore them. We have to remember those forgotten men and women, those blue collar workers that work day and night in jobs such as manufacturing. The term ISIS must be called out by its name, radical Islamic terrorism. The enemy cannot be defeated until we call it out my its name with true intention and meaning. I have a plan to defeat ISIS, by adding the necessary resources to the region to make them retreat from their hidden locations. I plan to campaign door by door and county by county to get my message across and I need your help to help restore the values of this great nation. Thank you all and God bless!”

Janet Napolitano Steps Down as President of UC, Announces Run For President in Phoenix

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“As many of you know, it’s been made public that I have announced my resignation as UC President. I did not take this decision lightly, and it’s been an honor to work for such an incredible American institution, as it was an honor to serve all of you as Attorney General and then Governor of this great state. The United States is at an inflection point, much like we were 8 years ago, when the Great Recession began to show its first stages around the world. As a country, we made a decision, and that was to elect Barack Obama and his message of hope, change, and a brighter tomorrow. After serving with the President for four years, I can say we don’t agree on everything, but we both believe in a stubborn optimism for this country. He was handed the largest financial crisis since the Depression, chaos around the globe due to mistrust of America after the war in Iraq, and a political establishment in Washington that decided to obstruct his every move.

After 8 years of successes, failures, victories, and defeats, what we need is a leader with broad, executive experience. We need a leader with solutions. We need someone who has run a state government and had to work across the aisle to ensure the wheels wouldn’t come flying off. America needs a steady hand, who can whip Contess into shape. When they refused to help children brought to this country without documentation, I wrote DACA to give them a chance in the only country they’ve known as home. I promise you, as I have before, that I will fight for you. I’ll fight to stabilize our healthcare system by adding a public option and allowing the US government to negotiate prescription drug prices. I’ll fight to ensure that we retrain our forgotten workers whose jobs have been lost to automation. I’ll fight to make our energy production greener, cleaner, and more efficient. I’m here to announce I’m running for President to carry my fight for you to Washington!”

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I would like to run as former governor Jim Hodges (D-SC).

Welcome!

Portman First Month Of Campaigning

Portman spent much of March finishing senate business but he started to visit New Hampshire, Iowa, and Nevada. He also met with some high profile endorsements to try a woo over their support.

The game hasn't started yet. The game starts on Friday, and I will create a new thread for the gameplay.

why is MyCool 2 candidates?

Fixed, I copy paste the format and enter the new candidate when someone joins, but I forgot to change the name.

Does the game start 9 am or pm

It starts on Friday so there is still some time

9 AM Friday EST

(COLUMBIA, SC)-"Hello fellow South Carolinians, Columbians, and fine people that I had the honor to serve years ago. Many of you may be aware that there has been some speculation, mostly online, about me running for president. While many of these rumors have been passed of as nonsense and completely unrealistic dreams I still wanted to address them personally. And the truth about these rumors is that—they're true. I, Jim Hodges, am officially running for the highest office in the United States."

"Recently, I have become concerned about the growth of divisive and extremist politics over the past few years. I'm worried about a takeover by extremist politics because we know that they do not work. We have seen several examples of nations with extremist policies over the years, right and left, and they have all resulted in failure, economic collapse. America has always been most prosperous under moderate policy, moderate presidents, and that is exactly what I hope to deliver."

"Our divided society is also a problem. People talk about how lazy congress is and how our government never gets anything done. And the true fault lies in our current congress's lack of cooperation, it's inability to ever be bipartisan. I've already talked about how moderate politics are best, and these policies happen when opposing sides come together. I want to be the encouraging voice for the bipartisanship. I want things to get done, and I want these things to be helpful and successful."

"There is much more I would like to talk about, many more ideas that I have for our country, much more than I have time for today. But what I can tell you is that these ideas all follow my philosophy of moderation and cooperation. This is the philosophy that we want, these are the policies that we need, and these are the ideals that will be delivered if you vote for Jim Hodges in 2016!"

Well, there goes the chance that a New Democrat wins, pack up boys, we're leaving! (I'm just joking with you. Welcome)

Welcome, this will be interesting since in early 2015 Sanders was barely known and it will be interesting if he can perform without running against Clinton (establishment)

Welcome!

Will this 2016 have the Iowa Ames straw poll?

I will think about it, it didn't occur in 2016 in RL but its a cool experience so we will see.

Can I jump in as Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton for the Democrats?

Sure, Welcome!

Can I be Deval Patrick as a Democrat?

Deval Patrick running for President
Boston, MA

Hello, everyone!
Recently, rumors have been going around that I will be running for this country's highest office. Well, starting tonight, they will be rumors no more. I would like to officially announce my candidacy for President of the United States!

Throughout the past seven years, we have seen one of the most successful administrations since FDR. However, Barack Obama's accomplishments been under attack since the day he took office, particularly the Affordable Care Act. Since Republicans took control of the House of Representatives in 2011, they have voted over 60 times to repeal the greatest reform American health care has ever seen. It will literally be hazardous to your health to vote Republican next November, because if they get control over both houses of Congress and the Presidency, millions could lose the health insurance they need. As governor of Massachusetts, I oversaw the implementation of a health care bill, and it worked wonders; within three years, 98% of Massachusetts citizens were insured.

My own reforms will mostly fall under three categories: education, innovation, and infrastructure. We need to give a boost to our public schools. These children are the generation that could have to pick up the pieces from ours if we don't fix problems like climate change. I strongly support and support investment in green technology. As governor, I joined a regional initiative to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Regional initiatives are a good start, but we need national reduction of emissions to save our planet.

The first thing I will advocate for as President is a bipartisan infrastructure bill. Republicans and Democrats agree that America's infrastructure needs improvements.  I created the Massachusetts Department of Transportation as governor, and as president I will strengthen the federal DOT.

Thank you for your time. I enjoyed serving you as Governor, and I look forward to serving you as president!

Minneapolis, Minnesota.

"Thank you all for coming here today. I stand before you to say that there have been a lot of people out there throwing their names around out there for President. Let me ask you something, can any of them truly claim that they have achieved progressive results despite being forecast as the bringer of the apocalypse and the destroyer of Minnesota?

As Governor, I raised taxes on the wealthy in our state by $2.1 billion and invested $900 million in public education, as well as raising our minimum wage. Republicans predicted an economic disaster. Our budget surplus is now $2 billion. Median household income in our state is now $8000 above the national average and our job growth is second in the Mideast.

Why do I say this? Because I get results! It's all well and good to push for these laws in the Senate-believe me, I know how hard it is, seeing as I was there once-but it is another thing altogether to enact these laws. I have, and they are working! I am a progressive with results, and it is because I want to see these policies enacted nationwide, that I am declaring my candidacy for President of the United States of America!

is the game about to start?

There is a bit of delay for me to finish the gameplay thread due to classes. It will be up within 6-7 Hours.

alright then. Will there be a debate per turn in the primaries?

First turn will have no debate but the second and most turns will have debates.

is it up yet?

Will be up tonight.

Will the game be posted within the next two hours? We're just a little impatient, lol.

Sorry for the delays, I assure you it will be up around 12AM EST.

EDIT: Its up. Sorry for the delay.

When we have Endorsements and their people, like a Senator or rep, can we post them giving an endorsement speech?

Can I be Rep. G.K. Butterfield from North Carolina?

Can I change from Nikki Haley to Sen. Joe Manchin?

Alright.

Also, is the state Polls going to be posted very soon?

Sure, but let me post your endorsements next turn so that people know that you are campaigning with someone you are actually endorsed by.


Welcome!


Sure! Just be Haley this turn and I will post some news about Haley dropping out next turn due to budget concerns. Post Manchin's announcement speech now and his polling will be shown next turn.


I'm working on the post currently. Will be up in like, 20 mins.

This is the first Turn, everything does not take effect until turn 2. You'll Begin to see results then.

Oh. Okay. Thanks! I’m hoping the campaigning helped

Is there going to be early state dem. Polling too?

Later today. Sorry, I'm really busy today.

If it's alright, once the DEM Polls are in, I would like to make a primary prediction. I'll update each prediction per Turn and look at the stats to see how well each Candidate may do.

They're in. Feel free to make any constructive commentary. :)

45% chance for Bredesen Nomination
25% chance for Dayton Nomination
25% chance for Sanders Nomination

I think that Phil Bredesen can carry the south if he can attract enough conservatives and Attack Sanders enough. He may also be able to carry several other conservative states simply because he is a Conservative DEM.

Dayton and Sanders, However, will have a slugfest. They will both be seen as Progressives with Bernie only saying that he's a democratic Socialist. If Dayton can hit him enough times on that, he may be able to focus on Bredesen then. Sanders will just have to appeal to the masses and attempt to get the youth vote. All in all, unless one of the two becomes a strong number two, Bredesen could ride to the Nomination.


37% chance of Cruz Nomination
35% chance of Portman Nomination
20% chance of Paul Nomination

For the Republicans, it might be extremely tight, but Cruz may be able to take enough conservatives and Paul may be able to take enough Libertarians and youth to defeat Portman. Portman, at the same time, will have to attempt to attract all 3 groups and keep the establishment happy with him, which won't be an easy feat. All in all, Portman may be doomed to lose if he doesn't find a way to attract those 3 specific groups and shake off the establishment.


And that's my election Prediction. Honestly, a lot can change from then to now, but at this point, it looks like it'll be Cruz v Bredesen.

Thoughts?

I think with the Sandoval endorsement Portman may be able to pick up Nevada but Cruz would beat Paul in Lousiana, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama and West Virginia.

Patrick (and probably Sestak) would be favored in their home states if the're still in the race.

Unless the slush fund is continuesly talked about.

Could we also get polling for South Carolina, Nevada, and Florida for both parties, so we know how each Candidate is doing in those vital early primary states?

Polling for SC and NV starts in October.

Alright.

Sestak Announcement Speech
Independence Hall - June 19, 2015

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Ladies and gentlemen...

My life has been dedicated to serving America. To helping protect our freedoms. My father fought to defend democracy in the face of tyrannical regimes across the globe in World War II. I served in the Navy for thirty years. After that, I served in Congress for four years, making sure I always put the people first. I have always been devoted to democracy and serving the people first and foremost, as was my father before me.

So it pains my heart to see what's happening in this country right now. Throughout the country, America's wealthiest - Wall Street Bankers, Corporate Executives, political machine leaders, special interests - are all gathering in luxury office rooms... in Washington, in New York, in San Francisco, in Chicago, in... Boston. They are gathering and they are deciding who will be the Democratic Nominee for President.

They may have already decided. I don't know. They've already propped up their foil... the spooky bogeyman socialist Senator Sanders, who they're hoping will push the masses to vote for the loyal party establishment candidates. On the other side, the Republicans are trying to do the same thing with Senator Cruz. They both want the same thing: a President who will look out for their interests above all others.

When I ran for Senate five years ago, the Democratic establishment refused to support me in the election. They preferred to have a conservative, Wall Street Republican over an outspoken liberal, progressive veteran. During the Iraq war, I was fighting wastefulness and inefficency on defense from inside the Navy, while the Democratic establishment silently signed off on George Bush's Wastefulness as he handed over billions of taxpayer dollars in a gift to the military-industrial complex. In fact, it was the Democratic establishment, along with their corporate backers, who allowed this unnecessary, costly war in Iraq to happen in the first place, and it's time to let them know that we have had enough!

I first ran for Congress after my daughter beat cancer in 2005. It was thanks to TRICARE, a government health insurance program for veteran families, that she was able to get the treatment she needed to survive through it. If it hadn't been for that program, I... I... (holding back tears)...I would have lost her ten years ago. And it was then that I thought: "Why shouldn't everyone have access to the same treatment. No one should have to go through losing a loved one because they couldn't pay for healthcare costs."

I decided to run for Congress because I wanted to give that opportunity to everyone. And we've made tremendous progress: we passed Obamacare five years ago. But it's still not enough. If we want affordable healthcare for all, we need a strong public option, which was removed from the Obamacare bill by Democratic corporate interests. We need to keep pushing. And yet, some of the candidates in the Democratic field want to undo the progress we've already made on affordable healthcare.

And this ultimately speaks to the main issue with today's politics: both parties, the Democrats and the Republicans, are dominated at the top by these corporate interests. Goldman Sachs. Lockheed. Countless other banks, hedge funds, and massive corporations, holding the levers of our government. And I think we ought to remind the corporations of something I said five years back. I think we ought to remind them that the words of our Constitution that was signed in the very building behind me are we, the people. Not we, the corporations, nor we, Wall Street. And that is why I am running to be the President - the People's Presdent - of the United States. Corporations have held far too much power for far too long, and we need to send a bold statement reminding them who holds the power in our democracy. WE, THE PEOPLE.

Thank you all, and God bless America.

45% chance for Bredesen Nomination
25% chance for Dayton Nomination
25% chance for Sanders Nomination




37% chance of Cruz Nomination
35% chance of Portman Nomination
20% chance of Paul Nomination

I see Hodges's winning SC if he stays in and Napiolanio or Sestak winning Nevada making it a much tighter race

Rand Paul winning in the South? I don't know about that, those states seem like a better fit for Santorum or Cruz.

Yeah. I think a Paul coalition would be spread across the map, including some of the western desert states, some of New England, maybe parts of the Upper South, and states like CO and AK.

Can we do Candidate interviews?

Also, I reccomend writing up the next turn's National and State Polls as well as the debates today so you can post them all at once tomorrow.

Candidate interviews can only be done for candidates over 15% in the national polling, and its one per term.

So someone like Bredesen and Cruz can have interviews and those might boost the Candidate in several Polls?

Why is everyone attacking Patrick? He is at 7% and attack ads hurt the other candidate too sometimes

Politics is a dirty, dirty business. No matter how high or low you are in the Polls, if you have scandals and something to be discussed, then expect to be attacked on it. It'll also be possible that doing such a thing is a Kamikaze move, in which a candidate is going down but they take someone down with them. It can happen, though it's rare.

But why not when later near the caucus and primary so the attacks could be fatal to the campaign

Knock them out quickly. At the same time, Patrick practically left himself wide open. Had he not attacked Bredesen when he was so low in the Polls, then he would've been seen as a better Candidate.

Did not see this before posting my update. I’ll adjust accordingly.

Fu ck it, can I just take Hillary?

RIP any chance of a Bredesen and other Democrat candidacy unless the Emails and Benghazi still happened.

They did since it is the same thing except candidates

Maybe you shouldn't play as Hillary at this time. You can choose Gov. John Kasich, Sen. Marco Rubio, Gov. Andrew Cuomo, or Sen. John Edwards, as I don't think anyone wants the hot potato Hillary Clinton had.

What time will the next turn be posted?

Ok. I will endure that all candidates have an equal chance (cause you know, Hillary Clinton), so I will not be placing you as a front runner. Is that clear?


Turn closes tomorrow night and turn officially starts 9:00AM EST Tuesday.

Just a note to all of the candidates, I think there is too much negative campaigning going on. Some candidates are getting in back and forth political quarrels with each other. While there is nothing I can do to stop candidates from running negative campaigns, I would like to politely encourage candidates to run more positive campaigns, so that there is a lighter feel to the game, and so that all candidates have a decent chance at winning.

This will probably hurt Bredesn the most...he loses a lot of Clintonite support and backing.

I can just regain it all by attacking Hillary on her emails and Benhazi.

You might be able to regain some...but not all of it.

Time will tell... (Oh the suspense!)

It will be interesting how superdelegates come into play in the Democratic Primary.

They're probably going to be the biggest issue for me as Sestak, as the established party bosses hate his guts.

muh emails and muh Benghazi aren't going to help anything

As I said, time will tell.

Did everyone get there endorsements approved because I think Cruz has four this round

There are still plenty of other things to attack Hillary on (Killing Gadaffi even though he said he would step down). Not to mention, I can hit her where she hurts by just striking up my likability while I doubt Hillary could After everything she has done thus far.

Bredesen isn't likeable though 🤔

Then why was he re-elected overwhelmingly in 2006 by all of Tennessee (Every county and 68% of the vote)?

That's like saying Tim Kaine is likeable because he got re elected over and over.

You may never know, Bredesen may prove to be the best candidate against Hillary as he doesn't have the Scandals Hillary has and has quite a bit of support from Moderates

No, we are not going to debate a candidates character here. The polls determine if a candidate is likeable, other candidates do not. We need to all be respectful of one another. Is that too much to ask?

We were really just messing with each other. The best candidate wins.

I only got endorsements from Branstad and Grassley this round. The two New Hampshire politicians Cruz met with weren't endorsements.

I don't understand why you're letting early state endorsements begin this early.

An endorsement is an endorsement.

Endorsements from early states never come out this early.

I only choose endorsements that endorsed this early in real life

I'll give off a Howard Dean scream

https://youtu.be/jBGR2I6pFYk

when is the new turn coming up

Tomorrow Morning IIRC

Turn closes at 10:00PM EST tonight and the next turn starts 9:00AM EST tomorrow morning.

Until Nikki Haley officially drops out and Hillary gives an announcement speech, I think Hillary shouldn't count. Other than that though, I'm fine with Hildog being in.

Agreed

That Christie response seems both Forced and Antagonistic, two things I don't ever recall Christie being. If Chrisitie continues this behavior and instead of giving speeches on policy, he'll lose.

Don’t worry! He’s gonna be better. He’s gonna give speeches and stuff. That was a one time thing

NOTTYLER is clearly violating the game rules, which say simply put, do not leave tons of replies and campaign updates. It is hurting the gameplay.

NOTTYLER is also violating another game rule. Constantly responding and attacking other candidates obsessively.

If NOTTYLER keeps this up, I will ask (more like force) him to drop out and drop out his candidate myself. Is that clear?

I also want to give a reminder to History505 of these rules, just because he is giving too many attacks and campaign updates.

Both of you, this is your last warning. Am I clear?

My sincerest apologies good sir

Turn Closed.

Next Turn about to start?

Very soon. In the next hour.

Great, also, as I said, I don't Hillary should be counted in until Nikki Haley officially drops out and Hillary gives an announcement speech. It's your game, however, and I won't mind no matter how you do it

What about the Democrats?

Can I be Bobby Jindal instead of Rob Portman

This is a lot of changes for late september.

Also I liked Portman and how he was focusing on issues like the opioid epidemic.

NEW TERM UP. DEBATES TO BE POSTED TONIGHT OR TOMORROW MORNING AS WELL AS STATE POLLS.


Sorry, I can't just let any more people switch candidates this late. For the first term it was ok, but now its too much. Just be Portman, its just a game anyway.

ok, that is actually better since without Portman there would be no moderate

REMINDER TO ALL: Debate is on September 22nd in-game. You if you have or are planning on creating a campaign schedule, put that in and keep it in mind. IRL it will be posted tonight or tomorrow morning.

Get the Mattis endorsements?

What's the debate location? Iowa?

Cleveland for Republicans. (Where the Republican convention will take place.)

Las Vegas for Democrats. (Democratic convention will take place in Philadelphia.)

Is state polling coming up

Later today, ig.

R debate up, D debate coming in a bit.

State polling coming today.

is the Democratic debate and state polls about to be posted?

To be posted shortly.

Sorry for being impatient but are they ready now?

Debate and polls soon? (Sorry for impatience).

Just PMd him to see if he needed any help.

Today.

is anybody going to post their schedules

I'm waiting for the debate and polls.

I posted mine because I Legit thought the debates and polls were about to be posted

Its up, sorry for the wait

when will the DEM state polls be up?

Tonight.

Monday Night I believe

Hey guys! Just posted my debate answers for Rand. Sorry I am pretty late. Plan to post campaign schedule soon.

Yes.

The turn ends on monday night. Are you sure?

are the state polls about to come up?

Yes. I'm currently working on them.

State polling is now up.

In order to avoid a long lull like this happening again, I reccommend that a day before the turn is finished to write a basic outline for the state polls, debates, and National poll and then factor in last minute information once the current turn is closed so you can be ready to post the next turn.

Where is G K butterfeild

That is what I did last time, but I accidentally closed the tabs in which my drafts were on. I need to be more careful next time.

also, what's the current National polls?

Use Google Docs and then select 'available offline" if you ever find yourself without wifi. GD is a life saver for these things.

At the post which I posted at the beginning of the second (the current) turn.


The user, thefoxatnight, who has Butterfield has not been active on this forum for more than a week, thus either he/she has no interest in the forum anymore, or its a puppet of someone.

I meant GE National Polls :P

I will not be posting that every single turn, but I will post it next turn.

It make no sense for the players to decide when their own stuff goes viral.

we could use what we did in Lumine's game, which is rally/speech attendence and views don't count in the polls.

I unfortunately can not mandate or make rules on minor stuff like this. Note however, that no matter how many views or how many people attended or liked your rally, it doesn't affect the polls.

is it ok to send you our endorsements for next round yet

I would wait until next round.

when the Caucuses and primaries happen, will county maps be posted or just the overall result?

that would be hard for super Tuesday and beyond

I was able to do it for my Timeline in rapid succession.

I can only really do overall result.

how are you going to announce the Dayton withdrawal

Wait, Dayton isn't withdrawing, is he?

looks like he is.

I'll get my schedule out soon. I'm a bit focused on the 2012 game right now.

Whoops, sorry. I will announce at beginning of next turn.

our you going to extend the turn since a lot of players haven't posted yet

turn ends monday, at the same time, I think we've had a very long extension already.

will this have primaries for things like Puerto Rico and Virgin Island

Sestak drops out, endorses Sanders.

I fear that we may have Bernie v Bredesen v Hillary Democratic primary soon.

Any prediction maps with all the new changes?

Can I play Hillary?

Hillary has been taken by Evans

You could play as joe Biden

Pls no

Yeah that would probably split the Brendsen vote

Play Mary Landrieu or Joe Manchin to troll NTP.

Why is everyone hating on me :'(

For the ultimate meme, I should just jump in as Bobby Jindal.

Yes, crush Cruz!

Be gentle, Mr. Jindal. ;)

I reenter as Jimmy Carter.

Immediately loses

Ahh, why not, I'll enter as Jindal. I am quite busy though, so I might be slow to get updates in. What's the state of the race so far?

welcome, maybe with the conservative vote splitting Portman has a chance in Iowa

You know what, no. Not Carter.

I'll enter on the Republican side as Sean Hannity.

Choose Trump for VP

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I couldn't resist... sorry...

Hahahaha hahahaha hahahaha

That's one way to welcome a new candidate.

Lol. What website did you use?

https://tweeterino.com

That or https://faketrumptweet.com/ work.

Awesome. The old website I was using was very clumsy, so thank you.

Grassroots said no celebrities

You're welcome

It’s a stretch to call Sean Hannity a celebrity.

More or less, he's that guy you don't want to admit is around though he is

With Jindal in the race, Santorum is going to drop out and endorse either Jindal or Cruz very soon. Who will be? Stay tuned...

Hannity will announce by denouncing all the other GOP candidates on his show (on a day with extremely high viewership) and making the case that he is the only one who can save good, Christian America.

That's a solid strategy. Don't see anything wrong with that. ;)

He also attacks Jindal as being a "fake American" and shows "solid evidence" that he's not loyal to the US, he spends 15 minutes "proving" Ted Cruz was linked to the JFK assassination and "an agent of George Soros", and attacks Rob Portman as being a "liberal in disguise" who's "connected to the Clinton Foundation".

This game just got nasty

Hannity just went Full Trump!

Jindal is in. Nice to see wx has jumped in!


I'm not letting Hannity in because I really want every candidate to have an equal chance of winning, and clearly Hannity would not be getting above 6% in this game and wouldn't really be adding anything constructive to it so I'm going to veto this one.

Trump does not have an hour long nightly show which half the party watches and believes every word of.

I dare you to call Jindal a "chicken diddler". I dare you. ;)

If you want context, have a laugh here: https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=281063.msg5987304#msg5987304

Bredesen officially begins Chickengate

(Pls, don't put that in, tis a joke!)

Hannity's first endorsements will be from Rush Limbaugh and Bill O'Reilly.

Oh wait Rip OK.

Wait wait wait.

Could I play as Hannity as a non-candidate actor?

Edit: considering half the party considers his show gospel, I think Hannity would probably have an unfair advantage if he ran.

[citation needed]

It's called H Y P E R B O L E

anyway, could I play Hannity as a political commentator?

The Jindal is back

Sure. One update per turn.

looking at the current polls, here is my predicted results if the nominee was chosen when the polls were taken:

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Clinton Nomination or Bredesen nomination likely, also same for a brokered convention

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Cruz Nomination is the most likely

I see Portman doing better in the northeast and west but less in the Midwest

The #JindalWave is coming.

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Will the turn end Tonight?

It ends in 2 hours.

I hope to have the next turn, debates, polls, and GE poll to be posted shortly afterwards

I’m very busy. Can I. Have an extension on my second turn?

when is the new turn going to be put up?

Turn closed. If you are still working on something, you may finish it. (I'm not as strict as Lumine.)

Do you know when the next turn & national and state polling will go up?

Are Hodges and Butterfield still in? They haven't posted at all in the gameplay thread, and Butterfield doesn't even have an announcement speech.

If I understand this right, aren't the fields effectively:

Republican:
Cruz
Jindal
Paul
Portman

Democratic:
Clinton
Bernie
Bredesen

I'm trying to read the last few turns to get a feel of what's happened so far.

You forgot Mattis, Napotionol and Patrick

I'm talking about the candidates that are polling high enough to win a state, and the convention at-large.

I think that's about right, though you may have to reconsider Mattis

Has he been running a campaign?

I see some surprises coming, I think no candidacy is doomed yet

I think going from 6% to 9% is very considerable during the campaign. Next thing we, he could turn the 4 way race into a 5 way race

New turn up.


NOTE: I will be gone from the forum for three days starting tomorrow morning. (On vacation). Will reply to all requests and endorsements when I get back.

What’s in the news for this turn?

-Bobby Jindal announces candidacy for president.

-Mark Dayton announces he is dropping out of race.

-Joe Sestak drops out of race for president.

Rick Santorum dropped out too, don't forget that.

Here is my own prediction for the Dems and Reps that have been slightly modified with Jindal and the war between Bernie, Sanders, and Clinton:

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I just don't see Sanders having an appeal to the Indiana and Great Plains voters when there is Bredesen as an alternative to Clinton. Result is the same, Clinton nomination

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If Jindal does what he did in the 2012 game, then, well, we could be seeing a Nomination of Jindal as he would be seen as a more moderate Ted Cruz. Still, as of rn, Cruz and Paul might get the nomination.

Here's the image:

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I think you're short changing Bernie in the West/Desertland. He did well there when it was just against Hillary, he should do even better with moderates splitting vote between Hillary and Bredesen.

Also I think Portman would probably win his home state.

That map is definitely wrong because you have Ohio to Paul and D.C. And Virginia to Jindal but those are definitely going to Portman since they are D.C. Insiders and moderates. And if Portman doesn't win Any of the first four states he would drop out

What if Mattis is the nominee?

Santorum dropped out. You can endorse Jindal though.

or portman

https://youtu.be/sYU_eDMr4xE

Without Christie, Portman is the only establishment left

Unless the Mitchpocalypse happens

I’ll endorse Portman. But I better be considered for VP

I will definitely put you on a short list

Thanks

Wow, alrighty here. If you didn't know, there's a helpful tool called Personal Messages.

Typically it is bad form to put this stuff out in the open (and in general I try to not make deals like these anyway, seems a tad deceptive IMO).

Yeah, I usually wouldn't do that but he offered it first

Tempted to join, I love me a election game. Dunno if I wanna jump into the primaries, or maybe pick a 3rd party.

You could run as  Lamar Alexander for the REPs

You could run as Rick Scott, Jim Webb or Joe Biden

Wario Voice: No Joe!

I have a better idea:

I'll play as Jesse Ventura running with the Libertarian party.

If Rand Paul get the nomination, you're doomed tho.

That is something to consider yes. Hmm, I'd hate to wait till primaries are over.

You can go for Angus King, who is quite popular already.

I was also considering him yes. Though I'd run into a similar issue if Bernie wins.

Than perhaps the best choice is Lieberman. He has been an Indpendent since 2006 and has more favorable stances than Bernie and can easily sneak voters from the Reps.

Two different niches. Angus is centrist, Bernie's left. Bernie nomination might actually help Angus.

Good point. Only Bredesen's nomination would hurt King or Lieberman.

King is no centrist and Lieberman would be taking votes away from Portman and Brendsen

Does the turn End today?

Yes.

Let's wait for Grassroots then.

After more thought i'm leaning towards king.

Alright, make an announcement speech and then prepare to campaign once the Next Turn has been posted.

On here or game thread?

Post the announcement speech in the game thread.

If I do lose the Primary, I'll announce my Candidacy for the TN Senate in 2018 that way Bredesen may be able to remain a strong challenge to any Republican or Democrat President that he thinks doesn't have the best ideas in mind for America.

#JustSaying

Is Grassroots going to close the turn tonight?

When he gets back, yes. But I think we should still follow his rules and elect a temporary moderater when he isn't here.

is hillary still playing

Shush, shush, shush

Is it possible for me to get an extension on my schedule post? I've been quite busy the last two days and will be much more free tomorrow.

I think grassroots is still on vacation

Back, turn ends Saturday.

Glad to see ya back! Be sure to check the PMS. Also, do you know when you can release state polling for other states like South Carolina or Nevada?

Next turn.

I think this will be the first official results of each primary for each state if the current polls continue:

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Bredesen is currently leading in Iowa and possibly SC too, so expect him to win those states, Bernie may be able to snatch NH, but NV is a sure Clinton win.

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Cruz can definitely carry IA but he may not be the best fit for NH, SC, and NV. I fully expect Jindal to carry SC and NV while Portman carries NH

also, here is the current Cruz v Clinton v King situation:

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Due to vote splitting, quite a few states will be very different

I think Rob Portman will do better in Nevada than 4th since he has the endorsements from both the sitting Senator and Governor

What would Mattis vs Clinton look like?

I think Rand Paul would be able to outperform in South Carolina when you take into consideration he already has endorsements from Senator Tim Scott and Governor Nikki Haley. Nonetheless I digress.

Rob Portman will probably do worse in SC since I won't really campaign there since it is basically a winner take all in delegates and I know Portman will not win.

Pretty bad

Endorsements do matter, but not as much as campaign quality.

Agreed. If you have an endorsement from the President himself but you run a sucky campaign, you'll be running into a brick wall with voters and getting knock backed hard.

This is how I think it will turn out for Republicans:

Ted Cruz: 1st in Iowa, 4th in New Hampshire, 2nd in South Carolina and 3rd in Nevada

Rob Portman: 3rd in Iowa, 1st in New Hampshire, 4th in South Carolina and 1st in Nevada

Bobby Jindal: 2nd in Iowa, 5th in New Hampshire, 1st in South Carolina and 5th in Nevada

Rand Paul: 4th in Iowa, 2nd in New Hampshire, 3rd in South Carolina and 2nd in Nevada

Jim Mattis: 5th in Iowa, 3rd in New Hampshire, 5th in South Carolina and 4th in Nevada

Agreed. Although, not sure what I am doing wrong exactly. I don't play these types of campaign games often. Any tips?

You're best bet is to continuously state how you're going to implement your ideas and what they are. If possible and needed, defend them. Don't rely on surrogates, fight to show everyone how you stand.

I think your running a good campaign but there are just not that many libertarian Republicans in the party and you are focused too much on youth who usually don't vote Republican or even vote at all

So I essentially need to outreach towards different voters. I think that's probably best.

Yeah, talk less about social issues and more about fiscal issues like debt

I’ll take these tips too! Good advice. I definitely feel like I could use some of these. It’s my first real campaign as well.

Can I be an Independent Jeb Bush or Jimmy Carter or George H.W. Bush

1 day in: https://youtu.be/3fr9m2cmbYo

Content is definitely a big part of it. Detail and effort go a long way in these games. The ones who do the best tend to be the ones who put the most effort into their posts.

Jeb Bush is a republican, and Carter is a former president, and so is Bush.

While I am unsure on their chances, Jeb would not be the first person to be in one party, only to run under a third. George Wallace was a democrat who went to a third party in 68, teddy did it in 1912, and both Carter and daddy bush only had one term so could still run.

Well, for realisms sake, I am going to say that Jeb Bush is only available as a republican.

GrassRoots, did you get my PM about third turn endorsements?

Yes, Im not replying to them but all of them which I know are ok are being logged.

Logged?

Can I get Mondale Quayle Bob Dole Dick Cheney or Al Gore  as an Indy?

Did you get my message about endorsements?

Means they are being reserved for the candidate which requested them.

As I have said, no. All of those figures are major alignments with a major party. Realism is valued in this game.

If possible, Jason can play as Wesley Clark, Jill Stein, Gary Johnson, Joe Lieberman, Bill Walker, or Jesse Ventura

Or maybe even Lamar Alexander (IIRC, the GOP hates him a lot for his Bi-Partisanship, especially the Tea Party members, who practically control the GOP by now and they threatened to primary him in 2014)

Can I play Vermin Supreme?

No celebrities or oddities. So, no.

If you want to be an independent, here are my suggestions, JH. I doubt that there better choices that aren't celebrities or oddities. If you want to be an underdog, Bill Walker as an independent is your best bet.

Does anyone know what time the turn ends? since its Saturday.

Can I get Lamar Alexander?

I think the same time as always

What time exactly? I don't really keep track of time. Only the amount of days I got.

Around 9-10 PM EST

Is the next turn ready to be posted?

Turn closed?

Turn closed.

wow didn't even notice it's been 4 days

That's twice Hillary hasn't Campaigned in a turn rip.

prepare for the j i n d a l w a v e

Nope, Time for that B r e d e s e n d e f e n s e

Jindal and Cruz will share Santorum 2012 support but Portman has Romney's 2012 support and Paul has Paul's 2012 support

Problem is, Romney had to Flip flop to win the Nomination. You can't win the GE after Flip flopping. Romney proved that.

Next Turn to be posted in a few?

Tonight. I'm really busy today.

Let it be known that several days before the states are called, I'll do something that could will really boost my chances of winning both states.

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Just know an governor did it to win

should we try and find a new Hillary?

Pls, no

EDIT: at least let me be happy for 2 more turns 😢

Turn is on the way?

Currently working on it.

Great!

Can I jump in the race as Angus King?

Already in the race.

You seriously forgot you want to join as Lamar Alexander?

Is the new turn coming up today

The best election game that I ever have seen is Electoral.io (back in 2016). Despite the fact that it is the online game, not a real political race,  should say it is more interesting and exciting. Like in the real presidential election you should choose your candidate (Trump or Clinton) and start to collect money and votes for it, absorbing opponents. It is really fun and unpredictable. As politics in real life though...

I hope so

New turn is up.

Great. What specifically will the debates happen and what time would we most likely see them and the State polls posted?

Also, Santorum dropped out, IIRC, so it'll be 17% undecided for the Reps

How can I reach undecided voters?

It's really difficult, but your best bet is to appeal to them specifically. How they live and what not. Treat every state like a touch me feel me state. Get up close and personal with them and get to know them. Maybe do a few interviews too

Well I will do some Mattis interviews.

Remember, 1 interview per turn.

Hey Grassroots, did you get my endorsements from the last turn? ;)

Mine too

Hey guys, just letting everyone know Tim Scott's endorsement was already taken from Rand Paul a while ago. Just making sure everyone is aware of that......

Ok. Didn't remember.

well can I get Lamar Alexander then????

Are the state Polls and debate about to be posted?

I would say wait until the general election stage.

Unless he was joining as a REP

If REP then he could join. I will wait for confirmation as rep or ind to bring him in or wait.


Debates, in a bit. State polling, later tonight.

Republican debates just posted.

are the DEM debates coming up with the State Polls?

Im doing dem debates next turn, rep debates the turn after that, dem debates the turn after that, etc.

Alright then. will the state polls be up soon?

In a few hours. I got classes.

Everyone needs to remember to post their campaign schedules and if you are a republican, your debate performances. I am extending this turn for tomorrow night.

I think everyone's waiting for the state polls.

Lost most of my schedule last night when the forum shut down, lol. I'll be retyping it up tonight.

Will the turn end Tonight, as the site shutdown probably halted some players from posting.

Due to shutdown, turn will not end until friday night.

Hey Grassroots, I'm out right now and likely won't be back until 10 PM CST. However, I will post shortly after I get back.

I'll have everything done before 10 pm EST if we can end the turn on that time Ok?

Alright. Got everything done.

Do we know what time the turn is ending?

I don't think Cruz would endorse a libertarian like Paul. More than likely, Jindal would get the Support.

I mean it is his choice. Nonetheless I am surprised! I'll probably make a statement about this and thank him for the support.

Paul isn't a pure libertarian and given that Cruz and Paul both rode in on the same Tea Party sense of anger at government, I feel that they have a certain kinship. Either way, I'm not going to change it now.

Alright, I'm back. Furiously typing up my schedule right now. ;)

Turn Closed.

Do you know when the next turn is coming up?

Hey. Can I jump back into the Republican Race as Rockstar Marilyn Manson? As a protest candidate?

why tho?

Nope. Not happening.

next turn coming up?

Manson isn’t a Republican though.

he is on the right, tho. He has a habit of ciriticizing the Left's political correctness

So when can I make my announcement speech?

I would appreciate it if you could look at my reply to your post.


No, you are not joining. Let alone as a celebrity.

Why? What would be the big deal?

can we just put NOTTYLER on ignore for now and just play the game?

Or you could just allow me to play

not if you're on this Manson binge fsfr

What is the issue with Manson being a candidate? We don’t have any celebrity candidates in this game, so it doesn’t hurt to have one

it specifically says in the rules no celebrity candidates.

Why doesn’t anyone allow celebrity candidates?

They're very unrealistic and just bad ideas for candidates. I also don't think Mason ever had interest in running.

Yes he does

when?

Listen to his music

I have as much right to play as anyone else

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You may not play as a celebrity.

It is in the rules for the game, so respect my rules or I will bring your reckless behavior up to the mods.

So can we know when the next turn is coming up? Is it going to be posted today?

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can we make a ban petition now?

No. I just made a post. I didn’t do anything wrong

Ban petition on the way. You clearly don't know how this site works and you need quite a bit more time.


Tomorrow. Sorry, really busy today.

Not to nag, but any time estimate for the next turn?

yeah, we're getting a bit impatient, dude.

Very busy these days, pretty much no time to work on the new turn. I might get to it tomorrow, but most likely friday.

You put this in the wrong area

So, is this still happening?

I think so...