Collaborative Presidential Elections - New

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One more election and then on to the CSA

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Time for the CSA. Shall we put the first election at either 1866 or 1867?

1866 would make the years even numbered, if that means anything That was by far the best list we have done, and I can't thank you guys enough for it

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I'd sincerely like the honor of doing 1866. If that's okay with the rest of you.

Go ahead

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1872

Secretary of State Judah Benjamin (N-VA)/Senator Stephen Mallory (N-FL)-71 EV, 53.0% of the popular vote.
Mr. Edmund Ruffin (I-VA)/Congressman Robert Rhett (I-SC)-36 EV, 47.0% of the popular vote.

The election of 1872 saw Judah Benjamin, the Secretary of State, was elected the third President, (and first ever Jewish President) of the Confederate States. At the 1872 Democratic convention, the party voted to change their names to the National Party, and declared their support for a stronger central government. Edmund Ruffin, a farmer and activist, launched an independent bid in opposition to the new platform.

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I'd love to make a map, but I don't know how to edit out the electoral votes.

Its not that hard. Basically, take the map code (for the 1878 election, I would use the 1876 map as a base), delete all the Union States in the code, and there you have it

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Senator Woodrow Wilson (P-VA)/Senator William Hall Milton (P-FL)-74 EV, 34.5% of the popular vote.
Former Governor Coleman Blease (S-SC)/Former Governor Braxton Comer (S-AL)-45 EV, 32.7% of the popular vote.
Senator Stephen Mallory II (N-FL)/Governor James Ferguson (N-TX)-20 EV, 31.9% of the popular vote.
Others (Socialist, African Rights, Prohibition)-0.9% of the popular vote.
 
Woodrow Wilson and his supporters took over the Populist Party at their 1914 convention, changing the platform into a much more Progressive force. President Wilson was elected President in an extremely close, three way race, campaigning on a platform of a strong national defense, universal education and healthcare, a progressive tax system, and most controversially, total abolition of slavery. Wilson finally pushed through the 20th amendment to the Confederate Constitution, totally banning slavery on May 18th, 1918.

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What was the house vote?

I assume you're talking about the fact Wilson didn't get a majority? Hmmm. Should that be posted separate, or should we get ChairmanSanchez to include it in his update?

Forgot 65 was the majority! Sorry I will edit my post.

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1926

Vice President John Nance Garner (S-TX)/Senator Park Trammell (S-FL)-126 EV, 66.5% of the popular vote.
Mrs. Edith Wilson (P-VA)/Former Treasury Secretary William Gibbs McAdoo (P-VA)-13 EV, 33.1% of the popular vote.
Other (Communist, Prohibition, National)-0.4% of the popular vote.

After former President Wilson died of a stroke in 1921, his widow, Edith Wilson, became the face of the Populist Party. Despite her activism, it was a surprise to many when she announced at the Populist Convention that she was a candidate. Edith Wilson was nominated on the first ballot, and became the first female nominee of a Confederate political party. Woman, having gained the right to vote in the CSA in 1924, flocked to Wilson, but her sex alone was enough to deem her for a landslide defeat.

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That was an interesting twist.

Yeah, I figured I would have the CSA come ahead of the Union a little bit...just 70 years

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I'd like to make a note about the US-CSA war in the 1940's....by 1944, Arkansas, Kentucky, and Virginia should be occupied. We have made the timelines match up really well so far, so lets not forget about the 1940's war

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1938

Senator Huey Long (P-LA)/Senator Claude Pepper (P-FL)-127 EV, 62.0% of the popular vote.
Vice President Harry F. Byrd (S-SC)/Congressman James Carson Breckinridge-8 EV, 37.5% of the popular vote.
Other (Socialist, Communist, Prohibition)-0.5% of the popular vote.

1933 saw the global economic depression hit the Confederacy. The economic boom truly ended with the dust bowl of 1932. Dust storms rolled across western Texas, the result of years of planting loosening the soil. The prices of food skyrocketed across the country, particularly in Texas, which was formally known as the “breadbasket of Dixie”. The collapse of the stock market in New York City ruined investors in the Confederacy and Union, many of whom were industrialist. By late 1936, unemployment was at 14%, and poverty had skyrocketed. Huey Long took advantage of this, and was elected President in a landslide. But war looms on the horizon, as tensions regarding Kentucky once again boil over….

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Anyone else want to go next?

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I guess I will go again. I feel like I have been going too much though. If anyone else wants to follow me, please do

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1950

Senator Richard Russell (S-GA)/Governor Strom Thurmond (S-SC)-108, 59.8% of the popular vote.
Vice President William Cooper (P-TE)/Governor Earl Long (P-LA)-8 EV, 40.0% of the popular vote.
Other (Socialist, Communist, Prohibition)-0.2% of the popular vote.

After nearly six years of continuous war, with Virginia and Kentucky under occupation, the Populist Party’s twelve year hold on government collapsed, and the Sovereignty Party, under Richard Russell, won a landslide election, with the state of Florida being the only state carried by the Populists. Russell, running on a platform of “total victory or honorable peace”, and opposition to voting rights for non-whites.

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That was a good one, Rooney . I think William Faulkner was a great choice of a candidate. Anyone else want to go? Lets keep this going

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1. Jefferson Davis (D-MS)/Alexander H. Stephens (D-GA) February 18th, 1861-March 4th, 1867
2. John H. Reagan (D-TX)/Alexander H. Stephens (D-GA) March 4th, 1867-March 4th, 1873
3. Judah Benjamin (N-VA)/Stephen Mallory (N-FL) March 4th, 1873-March 4th, 1879
4. James Longstreet (N-LA)/James Seddon (N-VA) March 4th, 1879-March 4th, 1885
5. Robert E. Whithers (N-VA)/Charles W. Jones (N-FL) March 4th, 1885-March 4th, 1891
6. William L. Wilson (S-VA)/James L. Pugh (S-AL) March 4th, 1891-March 4th, 1897
7. John W. Daniel (S-VA)/John S. Henderson (S-NC) March 4th, 1897-March 4th, 1903
8. Thomas Watson (N-GA)/Albert Goodwin (N-AL) March 4th, 1903-March 4th, 1909
9. Samuel D. McEnery (N-LA)/Thomas S. Martin (N-VA) March 4th, 1909-March 4th, 1915
10. Woodrow Wilson (P-VA)/William H. Milton (P-FL) March 4th, 1915-1921
11. Carter Glass (S-VA)/John Nance Garner (S-TX) March 4th, 1921-March 4th, 1927
12. John Nance Garner (S-TX)/Park Trammell (S-FL) March 4th, 1927-1933
13. Jesse Jones (S-TX)/Harry Byrd (S-VA) March 4th, 1933-March 4th, 1939
14. Huey Long (P-LA)/Claude Pepper (P-FL) March 4th, 1939-March 4th, 1945
15. Claude Pepper (P-FL)/William Cooper (P-TN) March 4th, 1945-March 4th, 1951
16. Richard Russell (S-GA)/Strom Thurmond (S-SC) March 4th, 1951-March 4th, 1957
17. William Faulkner (P-MS)/Tom Clark (P-TX) March 4th, 1957-???

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1968

Senator Lyndon Johnson (P-TX)/Senator Robert Byrd (P-NC)-85 EV, 52.4% of the popular vote.
Former Governor George Wallace (S-AL)/Governor Orval Faubus (S-AR)-43 EV, 47.3% of the popular vote.
Other (Socialist, Communist, Prohibition)-0.3% of the popular vote.

President Faulkner and Long strongly pushed reforms in the Civil Rights sector, but it was the election of 1968 that was the pinnacle of the civil rights movement in the Confederacy. The African Confederates had been emancipated under Wilson (though slavery had been abolished in every state except Georgia and Alabama by that point) had yet to gain the right to vote. Johnson campaigned on voting rights, continuation of “Dixiecare” (a federal healthcare insurance company founded by the Faulkner administration), and a federally administered system of highways. The election was close in many states, but Johnson triumphed with a comfortable majority in the end.

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1. Jefferson Davis (D-MS)/Alexander H. Stephens (D-GA) February 18th, 1861-March 4th, 1867
2. John H. Reagan (D-TX)/Alexander H. Stephens (D-GA) March 4th, 1867-March 4th, 1873
3. Judah Benjamin (N-VA)/Stephen Mallory (N-FL) March 4th, 1873-March 4th, 1879
4. James Longstreet (N-LA)/James Seddon (N-VA) March 4th, 1879-March 4th, 1885
5. Robert E. Whithers (N-VA)/Charles W. Jones (N-FL) March 4th, 1885-March 4th, 1891
6. William L. Wilson (S-VA)/James L. Pugh (S-AL) March 4th, 1891-March 4th, 1897
7. John W. Daniel (S-VA)/John S. Henderson (S-NC) March 4th, 1897-March 4th, 1903
8. Thomas Watson (N-GA)/Albert Goodwin (N-AL) March 4th, 1903-March 4th, 1909
9. Samuel D. McEnery (N-LA)/Thomas S. Martin (N-VA) March 4th, 1909-March 4th, 1915
10. Woodrow Wilson (P-VA)/William H. Milton (P-FL) March 4th, 1915-1921
11. Carter Glass (S-VA)/John Nance Garner (S-TX) March 4th, 1921-March 4th, 1927
12. John Nance Garner (S-TX)/Park Trammell (S-FL) March 4th, 1927-1933
13. Jesse Jones (S-TX)/Harry Byrd (S-VA) March 4th, 1933-March 4th, 1939
14. Huey Long (P-LA)/Claude Pepper (P-FL) March 4th, 1939-March 4th, 1945
15. Claude Pepper (P-FL)/William Cooper (P-TN) March 4th, 1945-March 4th, 1951
16. Richard Russell (S-GA)/Strom Thurmond (S-SC) March 4th, 1951-March 4th, 1957
17. William Faulkner (P-MS)/Tom Clark (P-TX) March 4th, 1957-March 4th, 1963
18. Russell Long (P-LA)/Terry Sanford (P-NC) March 4th, 1963-March 4th, 1969
19. Lyndon Johnson (P-TX)/Robert Byrd (P-NC) March 4th, 1969-???

Not a single Confederate President has died in office. Thats interesting

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1980

Vice President John Connally (S-TX)/Senator Jesse Helms (S-NC)-83 EV, 53.1% of the popular vote.
Governor Reubin Askew (P-FL)/Former Senator Martin Luther King (P-GA)-47 EV, 45.0% of the popular vote.
Mr. William Luther Pierce (NA-GA)/State Senator David Duke (NA-LA)-1.4% of the popular vote.
Others (Heritage, Socialist, Prohibition)-0.5% of the popular vote.

President Wallace remains popular throughout his term. He devolves Dixiecare back to the states, and cracks down on illegal immigrants, particularly Mexicans in Texas and Haitians in Florida. He cuts taxes, but fails to cut spending, leading to a serious deficit. Despite his promises to overturn African voting rights during the campaign, he fails to take action, to the relief of several African Confederates. The late 70’s depression fails to hit the South hard, and Vice President Connally cruises to victory over Florida Governor Askew, who made history when he picked the first ever African Senator, Martin Luther King, as his running mate. As a result, several leading white nationalists formed the National Alliance Party.

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The first ever 100% sweep of the EV for Jesse Helms in 1984  

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Rooney, you're awesome.

Every single one of his entries are just amazing!

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1998

Vice President Ross Perot (I-TX)/Former Governor Lamar Alexander (I-TE)-77 EV, 39.5% of the popular vote.
Former Governor Carroll Campbell (S-SC)/Senator Phil Gramm (S-TX)-37 EV, 30.0% of the popular vote.
Senator Al Gore (P-TE)/Former Governor Bill Clinton (P-AR)-33 EV, 19.1% of the popular vote.
Former Congressman David Duke (NA-LA)/Mr. Eric Rudolph (NA-FL)-5.8% of the popular vote.
Congressman Medger Evers (Jus-MS)/Agriculture Commissioner Jim Hightower (Jus-TX)-4.6% of the popular vote.
Mr. Howard Phillips (C-VA)/Mr. Albion Knight (C-FL)-1.0% of the popular vote.

President Warner’s term is a stark contrast to Helms administration. In his term, he orders the prosecution of the Panama filibusterers as well as former President Helms himself, who was later sentenced to seven years in prison for illegally ordering the wiretapping of private citizens and the unconstitutional detainment of Martin Luther King. The Warner administration also reformed the military, and was able to remove the influence of several South American drug cartels over CS military by dismissing several corrupted officers from its rank.

Vice President Perot declared he would seek the Presidency as an independent, refusing to accept the nominations of several minor parties as it would “defeat the purpose” of the Warner administration. He asked moderate former Tennessee Governor Lamar Alexander, formally of the Sovereignty Party, was tapped as his running mate.

The Sovereignty Party nominated Governor Carroll Campbell, the anti Robertson candidate in 1990, as their nominee to recover their tarnished post Helms reputation. Senator Phil Gramm was nominated as his running mate.

The Populist Party nominated Senator Al Gore, and Governor Bill Clinton as their ticket. The platform was criticized by the left as “watered down”, and its foreign policy positions were much more hawkish then before. The Populist Party, once the left wing party of Long, Faulkner, and Johnson, was now a centrist “Third Way” organization.

The National Alliance Party nominated one of their founding members, and their first ever nominee, David Duke. He asked the controversial firebrand activist Eric Rudolph as his running mate. The National Alliance campaigned not on a platform of White supremacy, but on one advocating conspiracy theories about the extent of the Confederacies federal governments’ power. They were able to take a large amount of the far rights vote.

The Justice Party nominated Medger Evers, and Jim Hightower of Texas. The party’s platform was modeled after its larger (albeit equally as unsuccessful) Progressive counterpart in the United States. The party was quickly able to establish itself as the main leftwing party in the CSA, as the Populist Party was beginning to move towards the ideology known as the “Third Way”.

1996 also saw the rise of another right wing party-the Christian Party. Running on a noninterventionist, protectionist, and social conservative platform, it was able to co-opt those on the right who were against the Sovereignty Party and the National Alliance. They nominated activists Howard Phillips and Albion Knight as their ticket.

The race was not as close predicted. With a strong money advantage, Perot was easily able to pull ahead of his opponents, spending millions on televised ads. He also was able to build up a base of centrists from every party, and was able to bring in Lee Atwater, the most feared politico in Dixie, as his campaign manager. Perot won Arkansas, and thus the election, after former Governor Clintons sexual affairs (including an alleged incident with US Congresswoman Hillary Rodham of Illinois which was never proven) as well as a controversial real estate venture that became known as “Whitewatergate”.

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1. Jefferson Davis (D-MS)/Alexander H. Stephens (D-GA) February 18th, 1861-March 4th, 1867
2. John H. Reagan (D-TX)/Alexander H. Stephens (D-GA) March 4th, 1867-March 4th, 1873
3. Judah Benjamin (N-VA)/Stephen Mallory (N-FL) March 4th, 1873-March 4th, 1879
4. James Longstreet (N-LA)/James Seddon (N-VA) March 4th, 1879-March 4th, 1885
5. Robert E. Whithers (N-VA)/Charles W. Jones (N-FL) March 4th, 1885-March 4th, 1891
6. William L. Wilson (S-VA)/James L. Pugh (S-AL) March 4th, 1891-March 4th, 1897
7. John W. Daniel (S-VA)/John S. Henderson (S-NC) March 4th, 1897-March 4th, 1903
8. Thomas Watson (N-GA)/Albert Goodwin (N-AL) March 4th, 1903-March 4th, 1909
9. Samuel D. McEnery (N-LA)/Thomas S. Martin (N-VA) March 4th, 1909-March 4th, 1915
10. Woodrow Wilson (P-VA)/William H. Milton (P-FL) March 4th, 1915-1921
11. Carter Glass (S-VA)/John Nance Garner (S-TX) March 4th, 1921-March 4th, 1927
12. John Nance Garner (S-TX)/Park Trammell (S-FL) March 4th, 1927-1933
13. Jesse Jones (S-TX)/Harry Byrd (S-VA) March 4th, 1933-March 4th, 1939
14. Huey Long (P-LA)/Claude Pepper (P-FL) March 4th, 1939-March 4th, 1945
15. Claude Pepper (P-FL)/William Cooper (P-TN) March 4th, 1945-March 4th, 1951
16. Richard Russell (S-GA)/Strom Thurmond (S-SC) March 4th, 1951-March 4th, 1957
17. William Faulkner (P-MS)/Tom Clark (P-TX) March 4th, 1957-March 4th, 1963
18. Russell Long (P-LA)/Terry Sanford (P-NC) March 4th, 1963-March 4th, 1969
19. Lyndon Johnson (P-TX)/Robert Byrd (P-NC) March 4th, 1969-June 7th, 1973
20. Robert Byrd (P-NC)/VACANT June 7th, 1973-March 4th, 1975
21. George Wallace (S-AL)/John Connally (S-TX) March 4th, 1975-March 4th, 1981
22. John Connally (S-TX)/Jesse Helms (S-NC) March 4th, 1981-March 4th, 1987
23. Jesse Helms (S-NC)/John Warner (S-VA) March 4th, 1987-March 4th, 1993
24. John Warner (I-VA)/Ross Perot (I-TX) March 4th, 1993-March 4th, 1999
25. Ross Perot (I-TX)/Lamar Alexander (I-TE) March 4th, 1999-???

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Does anyone want to do the honors of capping this epic list off?

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2010

Governor Mark Warner (R-VA)/Speaker of the State House of Representatives Marco Rubio (R-FL)-84 EV, 50.5% of the popular vote.
Vice President Rick Perry (S-TX)/Senator Jim DeMint (S-SC)-76 EV, 45.5% of the popular vote.
Mrs. Kat Swift (P-TX)/Mr. Alvin Greene (P-SC)-2.9% of the popular vote.
Mr. Don Black (NA-AL)/Mr. Louis Beam (NA-TX)-1.0% of the popular vote.
Other (Justice, Christian, Prohibition)-0.1% of the popular vote.

The Huckabee administration would grow unpopular during the 2008 economic crash when President Huckabee spent more time battling the state of Virginia (which became the first state to legalize gay marriage in 2009) instead of focusing on the economy. Furthermore, the nearly ten year insurgency in Mexico was spilling over into Texas, further alienating the Confederate people who were growing tired of the war.

The Reform Party nominated Virginia Governor Mark Warner, and Florida’s State House Speaker, Marco Rubio, at their convention in Charlotte, North Carolina. The Sovereignty Party nominated Vice President Perry and Senator Jim DeMint at their convention in Little Rock, Arkansas.

The Populist Party, in a continuously declining state, nominated Activists instead of politicians, causing most of the last few Populist members of Congress to endorse Mark Warner. The National Alliance nominated Don Black, and Louis Beam, white supremacist activists.

The general election was the most expensive in Confederate history. Both sides bombarded each other with TV ads, billboards, and negative websites. The election would be extremely close, but in the end, it was Mark Warner who came out as the winner, after Vice President Perry’s pitiful performance in the debates.