Presidential Tournament

[sentinel]

I'm not sure if a moderator will yell at me for spamming this, but I'm gonna try anyway Wink

I thought it would be pretty interesting to make a tournament bracket with a set of up to 64 possible nominees for President.

I have thought of two options on how the bracket will be organized (let me know which one you guys want):

Option 1): The bracket will have two sides that I'll dub left wing and right wing. So left-wing nominees will compete and right wing nominees will compete amongst themselves and then the left-wing nominee and right-wing nominee will compete at the end. Everyone will be able to vote on each match whether regardless of your own political leanings.

Option 2): The bracket will be randomly organized, so, for example, it is possible that two Republicans would be in the final match.

You will be able to vote on (via poll on a separate website) on who will win each mach.

You guys can nominate people to be on the bracket. Nominate up to 20 people, each person needs at least 2 supporters to make it onto the bracket. I want to leave this part a little vague for creativity but I won't put anything absurd on there (example: Neil Patrick Harris, Barney the Dinosaur, someone from this forum, Rosie O'Donnell). Independents and third parties are allowed.

Nominees can be born outside of the US, but they must be an American (Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jennifer Granholm)
Please try to make your nominees even in number in terms of Dem/Rep (Don't give me 19 Reps and 1 Dem)

If this gets a good amount of support I'll follow through. When we have enough people, I'll post the first brackets.

Thus far, the people who have been nominated (have 2 supporters, will be in the tournament are...

More left candidates:
No one has two supporters

More right candidates (14 - Don't nominate these people again, they're in!):

Bobby Jindal
Dick Lugar
Gary Johnson
Jean Schmidt
Marlin Stutzman
Michelle Bachmann
Mitch Daniels
Rand Paul
Ron Paul
Sue Lowden
Susan Collins
Lynn Jenkins
Bill O'Reilly
Marco Rubio

Potential Nominees on the left (have only 1 supporter, need 2):

Bernard Sanders
Bill Richardson
Brian Schweitzer
Chuck Schumer
Cory Booker
David Paterson
Dennis Kucinich
Eliot Spitzer
George McGovern
George Mitchell
Howard Dean
James Traficant
Jennifer Granholm
Jimmy Carter
Joe Biden
Mike Gravel
Naomi Wolf
Oprah Winfrey
Rahm Emanuel
Russ Feingold


Potential Nominees on the right:

Arnold Schwarzeneggar
Barry Goldwater, Jr.
Bob Corker
Charlie Christ
Chris Christie
Dick Lugar
George H.W. Bush
Greta Van Susteren
Haley Barbour
Jeb Bush
Jim Bunning
Jim DeMint
Jodi Rell
John Boehner
John Stossel
John Thune
John William Warner
Kelly Ayotte
Linda Lingle
Linda McMahon
Lou Dobbs
Marco Rubio
Michael Bloomberg
Mitt Romney
Pat Buchanan
Rick Perry
Rush Limbaugh
Sarah Palin
Sean Hannity
Tom Campbell

[Ameriplan]

I nominate Patrick J. Buchanan.

[Sewer]

Bill Cosby
Bernard Sanders
Howard Dean
Mike Gravel
Russ Feingold
Brian Schweitzer
George McGovern
James Inhofe
Rick Perry
Dick Cheney
Billy Graham
Fred Phelps
David Duke
Mumia Abu-Jamal
George W. Bush
Lou Dobbs
Rush Limbaugh
Barack Obama
Ralph Nader
Jesse Ventura

[Yelnoc]

Barack Obama
Michael Bloomberg
Joe Lieberman
Newt Gingrich
Tim Pawlenty
John Thune
Hillary Clinton
Keith Oberman
Sarah Palin
John Thune
Mike Huckabee
Mitt Romney
Wayne Allen Root

[Zacoftheaxes]

Newt Gingrich
Jeb Bush
John Thune
Michelle Obama

[RIP Robert H Bork]

Please let it be option 2. There's no point in Option 1 since we all know the liberal nominee will win.

[Dancing with Myself]

Do Option 2. You can even do it in the Election Games part of the site if you want to

[Obnoxiously Slutty Girly Girl]

Please let it be option 2. There's no point in Option 1 since we all know the liberal nominee will win.

Yes, Option 1 is stupid. Each candidate should stand on his or her own merits, not pigeonholed into "left" or "right".

[Derek]

This is a great idea. How do we play?

[tmthforu94]

If you're a Republican/conservative, you should want to have Option 1. It's the only guarantee a Republican will even make the finale and give us a chance to win.  With Option 2, all conservatives could be out by the 3rd or 4th round.

[Derek]

Well then I'll start my own game. It will work like March Madness and there will be 4 divisions of 16.

1. Hardcore liberals with partisan agendas (Nanci Pelosi)
2. Hardcore liberals posing as moderates (Daschle, Kerry)
3. self proclaimed moderates in disguise (Leiberman)
4. the media

Each time someone in one of these categories says something anti-conservative, anyone who has that politician, celebrity, or commentator on their team receives 1 point for something typical and 2 points for a J. Wright style comment "God damn America." All players will be capable of selecting 4 people from each of the 4 groups. At the end of the first month round one will end and the next month round 2 will end and so forth. Whoever has the most points at the end will win. That's why picking the right people at the right times is so important. Contestants will be able to change their teams by trading liberals with each other at the end of each round. Eliminations will be based on the number of conservatives playing. Tell your family! Tell your friends!

[Zacoftheaxes]

Why not do one option then the other to confirm your results?

[sentinel]

Please let it be option 2. There's no point in Option 1 since we all know the liberal nominee will win.

Yes, Option 1 is stupid. Each candidate should stand on his or her own merits, not pigeonholed into "left" or "right".

I was leaning towards randomizing it, I agree, I think it would be better that way.

This is a great idea. How do we play?

I will post the link and brackets when we have enough nominees. I might just add a few on my own if we don't have enough, but it will be almost even. We need more Democrats/liberal nominees right now.

Do Option 2. You can even do it in the Election Games part of the site if you want to

I'll make sure to post it there too. I forgot that was even a topic on the forum haha.

[CatoMinor]

James Traficant
Howard Dean
Dennis Kucinich
Michael Badnarik
Jesse Ventura
Scott Brown
Alan Grayson
Bob Saget

[Derek]

I nominate Bush, Palin, and Hannity.

[sentinel]

Sorry guys, I just started the round on this thread: https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=118393.0