Title: What if Bob Dole had won in 1996?
Post by: Phony Moderate on June 17, 2009, 07:06:48 PM
Please discuss.
Title: Re: What if Bob Dole had won in 1996?
Post by: Mechaman on June 18, 2009, 06:00:02 AM
It would have to require a huge error on Clinton's part, like dividing by zero.
Title: Re: What if Bob Dole had won in 1996?
Post by: Mechaman on June 18, 2009, 06:10:27 AM
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I think it might've looked something like this.
Bob Dole-282
Bill Clinton-256
This scenario is of course, very unlikely
I think it might've looked something like this.
Bob Dole-282
Bill Clinton-256
This scenario is of course, very unlikely
Title: Re: What if Bob Dole had won in 1996?
Post by: RIP Robert H Bork on June 18, 2009, 01:38:41 PM
This thread belongs in the What If boards.
Title: Re: What if Bob Dole had won in 1996?
Post by: Kevin on June 18, 2009, 06:12:35 PM
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I think it might've looked something like this.
Bob Dole-282
Bill Clinton-256
This scenario is of course, very unlikely
I think it might've looked something like this.
Bob Dole-282
Bill Clinton-256
This scenario is of course, very unlikely
However if you look at the county by county maps of some swing states like OH and PA many crucial areas for delivering the states to Clinton in 1996. Could have easily gone for Dole and handed him at least those two states. The same could be said for MO and FL.
Title: Re: What if Bob Dole had won in 1996?
Post by: 12th Doctor on June 19, 2009, 01:25:31 PM
This thread belongs in the What If boards.
The line between the Alternative History and the What-If board have always been very vague. Frankly, I allow it to remain that way.
Title: Re: What if Bob Dole had won in 1996?
Post by: phk on June 19, 2009, 02:38:03 PM
We'd be discussing Clinton's epic fail more than anything.
Title: Re: What if Bob Dole had won in 1996?
Post by: Lief 🗽 on June 24, 2009, 03:47:31 AM
What if Bob Dole had won in 1996?
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Title: Re: What if Bob Dole had won in 1996?
Post by: JSojourner on June 24, 2009, 08:55:58 AM
We would have had a President who was funnier than the previous one, but less effective.
Title: Re: What if Bob Dole had won in 1996?
Post by: Stranger in a strange land on July 31, 2009, 11:07:23 PM
What if Bob Dole had won in 1996?
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We survived 8 years of Bush; I seriously doubt Dole would have been any worse.
Title: Re: What if Bob Dole had won in 1996?
Post by: MASHED POTATOES. VOTE! on August 01, 2009, 01:17:54 PM
What if Bob Dole had won in 1996?
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We survived 8 years of Bush; I seriously doubt Dole would have been any worse.
Comparing Dole to Bush is unfair. After all Dole was pretty moderate, if we compare to current GOP. And he was not an idiot ;)
Title: Re: What if Bob Dole had won in 1996?
Post by: Mechaman on August 01, 2009, 03:27:04 PM
We'd be discussing Clinton's epic fail more than anything.
And this has nothing to do with Bob Dole's political views, just the sad unfortunate fact that he is Bob Dole. Kind of like it wasn't Michael Dukakis' views that cost him election 1988, it was just being Michael Dukakis that did it in.
Title: Re: What if Bob Dole had won in 1996?
Post by: Wakie on August 12, 2009, 10:51:49 PM
Well, what happens is really highly dependent on why Clinton loses.
If it is just a bad campaign then I think we see ...
1996 - Dole/Kemp over Clinton/Gore
2000 - Clinton/Gore over Dole/Kemp
9/11 still happens ... War in Afghanistan still happens ... War in Iraq doesn't happen
2004 - Kemp/Giuliani over Gore/Leiberman
Hurricane Katrina handled much better than before
2008 - Kemp/Giuliani over Kerry/Richardson
2009 - Kemp dies in office and Giuliani becomes President
If it is just a bad campaign then I think we see ...
1996 - Dole/Kemp over Clinton/Gore
2000 - Clinton/Gore over Dole/Kemp
9/11 still happens ... War in Afghanistan still happens ... War in Iraq doesn't happen
2004 - Kemp/Giuliani over Gore/Leiberman
Hurricane Katrina handled much better than before
2008 - Kemp/Giuliani over Kerry/Richardson
2009 - Kemp dies in office and Giuliani becomes President
Title: Re: What if Bob Dole had won in 1996?
Post by: RScannix on August 22, 2009, 03:34:53 PM
I don't think it likely that the Dems would have repeated a losing ticket, i.e. running Clinton/Gore in 2000 after they lost in '96.