Make up a map between you and the preceding poster.

[Pessimistic Antineutrino]

Senator Scott (D-CT) 330 EV
Senator Pessimistic Antineutrino (R-NJ) 208 EV

[Goldwater]

Governor Goldwater (R-WA) - 269 EVs
Senator Pessimistic Antineutrino (I-NJ) - 269 EVs

[Supersonic]

nb. Just realised this is the thread where the preceding poster wins. Oh well. Sorry Goldwater.

2028 GOP primaries

Supersonic vs. Goldwater

[Goldwater]

nb. Just realised this is the thread where the preceding poster wins. Oh well. Sorry Goldwater.

Don't worry, we stopped caring about the rule many pages ago.

*SKIP*

[RedSLC]

Supersonic (R-AZ): 285 EV
SLValleyMan (D-UT): 253 EV

[Oldiesfreak1854]

Rep. SLValleyMan (D-UT): 307
Gov. Oldiesfreak1854 (R-MI): 231

[Mad Deadly Worldwide Communist Gangster Computer God]

Oldiesfreak1854 (Republican-MI) - 276 EVs
Scott (Democratic-CT) - 262 EVs

[CatoMinor]

With the Christian vote split, Scott wins. The only thing to save me in the south is the pro-life vote. IN the NE my anti-nanny/police state platform is soundly rejected. Several states are lost to conservative hawkish voters either staying home or supporting 3rd parties as protest.

[Goldwater]

Governor Goldwater (R-WA) - 309 EVs
Governor Jbrase (I-TX) - 229 EVs

[Mad Deadly Worldwide Communist Gangster Computer God]

United States Presidential election, 1960

Governor Goldwater (R-WA)/UN Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. (R-MA) - 284 EVs
Senator Scott (D-CT)/Senator Wayne Morse (D-OR) - 226 EVs
Governor Banjo Broski (I-AL)/Senator Strom Thurmond (I-SC) - 27 EVs

Using the same map each time with the same people has gotten kind of boring.

[TNF]

Democratic Party presidential primaries, 1960

Senator Scott (D-CT) defeats Senator TNF (D-KY) and wins the Democratic Party's nomination. States in yellow were won by favorite son candidates.

[Oldiesfreak1854]

Sen. TNF (D-KY)/Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D-NY): 367
Gov. Oldiesfreak1854 (R-MI)/Sen. John Thune (R-SD): 171

[Mad Deadly Worldwide Communist Gangster Computer God]

United States Presidential election, 1952

Governor Oldiesfreak1984 (R-MI)/Senator Robert Taft (R-OH) - 340 EVs
Senator Scott (D-CT)/Senator Estes Kefauver (D-TN) - 191 EVs

[H. Ross Peron]

Senator Scott (D-CT)/Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)-272 EVs 49.6%
General Mung Beans (I-CA)/Senator Claire MacCaskill (D-MO)-266 EVs 49.5%
Americans For America (True Republicans-OK)/Hip Hop Republican (True Republicans-FL)-O EVs 0.4%

After a divisive Democratic primary between two centrists and the defeat of General Mung Beans, the latter decided to mount an Independent campaign also endorsed by the Republicans. Decried by many conservatives and progressives as a choice between "tweedle-dee" and "tweedle-dum", the election turned on a handful of primarily social issues especially abortion where General Mung Beans attempted to appeal to socially conservative voters. In the end the results were quite close both in the electoral college and in the popular vote where

[Maxwell]

Republians nominated popular Libertarian Governor Maxwell over strong conservatives like Senator Supersonic (R-TN) and moderates like Congressman JerryArkansas (R-AR). Jerry became so disenchanted with the nomination, that he ran a campaign to become the Democrats VP nominee. The eventual winner of the nomination was General Mung Beans, a centrist military general, who beat out narrowly staunch liberal Senator TNF, decided to make that pick. Mung Beans led by margins of 10-15 points until the drug war became a serious issue after a massive riot in the streets of San Franisco, California. Mung Beans held to his idea that drugs should be illegal, while Maxwell fought against it, and made massive gains in Liberal states. Maxwell even led in some polls on the last day, but the General ended up pulling narrow victories in Democratic strongholds like Minnesota and Illinois.

General Mung Beans (D-CA)/Congressman JerryArkansas (R-AR) - 49.8%, 274 EV's
Governor Maxwell (R-OK)/Senator Sbane (R-CA) - 49.5%, 264 EV's
Others - 0.7%

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

1972
Republican President Cathcon (R-MI) is running for re-election. Over the last four years, Cathcon has attempted to battle expansion of the Great Society, has levied tariffs on America's trading rivals, and has attempted to build alliances between the GOP and unions, including an iconic meeting between the President and labor leader Peter J. Brennan. On foreign policy, the Vietnam War has been escalated and there have been tentative talks with the Soviets, though little has come of them. In being re-nominated by the Republicans, he has faced only token opposition and thus has a distinct advantage over the divided Democratic party.

Meanwhile, the Democrats are undergoing severe internal disputes. While labor is backing Hubert H. Humphrey and the South is behind George Wallace, the anti-war left has rallied behind "prairie progressive" Senator Maxwell of Oklahoma. While he has a moderate record on the economic front, it is his social and foreign policy liberalism that is emphasized--in fact, it would only be when history was re-examined that such things would come to light and libertarians would really exalt the Senator. Thanks to an enthusiastic ground game in several Northern and Western states as well as fired-up volunteers (largely comprised of the nation's youth who now have the right to vote), Maxwell was able to win a first ballot victory at the DNC.

In the general election, Maxwell would utilize these new voters, anti-war angst, and the defection of liberal Republicans to build a winning coalition. However, President Cathcon would himself make significant inroads with blue collar voters, Southerners, and "Cold War liberals" and 1972 would be judged in retrospect as a historically significant election. The economic problems in Cathcon's first term--incurred, in part, by his refusal to enact liberal Federal Reserve policies--would as well aid in Maxwell's victory.

Senator Maxwell (D-OK)/Senator William Proxmire (D-WI) 272 electoral votes, 49% of the popular vote
President Cathcon (R-MI)/Vice President J. Strom Thurmond (R-SC) 266 electoral votes, 49% of the popular vote

EDIT: I'm sorry, it's an aesthetically displeasing map in the South-West and with all the light shades in the North-East, but as far as I knew, someone else was trying to post after Maxwell as well, so I didn't have too many options.

[TNF]

1968.

As President Lyndon Johnson decides against seeking a second term, the Democratic nomination ultimately falls to Senator TNF of Kentucky, a man described by media outlets as a kind of 'Red George Wallace' or 'Latter-day Huey Long' owing to his strident social democratic politicking and Southern mannerisms, who wins the nomination as Vice President Humphrey and Governor Wallace bow out in his favor, Senator Kennedy (his closest rival) bites the bullet (literally) and Eugene McCarthy ends up as his running-mate. Running on a platform of peace in Vientam (helped out by LBJ halting the bombing), universal health care, and social reform, the Senator from Kentucky quickly makes inroads where the incumbent had lost ground, regaining the dominant position of the Democrats among blue collar workers, liberal intellectuals, and civil rights activists.

On the Republican side, Governor Cathcon of Michigan seals up the nomination by selecting South Carolina Senator Strom Thurmond as his running mate, balancing the Northern conservative and Southern conservative wings of his party and catching voters who had fallen out from the Democrats as a result. Running on a platform of halting the growth of government, 'victory in Vietnam' and traditional conservatism at home, the Republican nominee proved a formidable foe for the Senator from Kentucky.

Ohio proved to be the closest state and the determinant of the occupant of the White House come January 20, 1969. Governor Cathcon won the White House, defeating Senator TNF 270-268.

Senator TNF (D-KY) / Senator Eugene McCarthy (D-MN) 268 electoral votes, 48% of the popular vote
Governor Cathcon (R-MI) / Senator Strom Thurmond (R-SC) 270 electoral votes, 48% of the popular vote

[Oldiesfreak1854]

1968

Sen. TNF (D-KY)/Sen. Eugene McCarthy (D-MN): 394 (53% PV)
Gov. Oldiesfreak1854 (R-MI)/Gov. John A. Volpe (R-MA): 144 (44% PV)

After President Johnson decides to forgo reelection, Senator TNF of Kentucky wins the Democratic nomination by uniting the Democratic base (populists, New Deal liberals, unions, and Catholics).  Initially planning a campaign of his own, Vice President Hubert Humphrey, realizing the uphill battle he would face against TNF, endorses him instead.  Likewise, Senator Bobby Kennedy, thought to be TNF's strongest opponent for the nomination, is assassinated in June, which all but secures the nomination for TNF.  Though the Senator is a supporter of civil rights legislation, he stays relatively silent on the subject during the campaign in order to maintain his strong populist and Southern support.  This earns him the support of many segregationists in his party, such as Governors George Wallace and Lester Maddox and Senator Robert Byrd, as well as Republican Senator Strom Thurmond.  He also has the strong backing of labor, receiving support from union leaders such as Jimmy Hoffa.  At the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, TNF chooses Minnesota Senator Eugene McCarthy as his running mate, citing his strong opposition to the Vietnam War.

In the Republican nomination contest, moderate Governor Oldiesfreak1854 of Michigan secures the Republican nomination with token opposition.  His only serious challenger is Governor Ronald Reagan of California, who inserts his name at the convention, but by then, the nomination has already been decided.  Governor Oldiesfreak is a strong supporter of civil rights legislation and fiscal conservatism, and as such, draws significant support from wealthier voters.  However, he is also a strong anti-Communist and opposes the militant tactics of black liberation and anti-war protesters.  Similar to Humphrey on the Democratic side, Governor Nelson Rockefeller of New York endorses Oldiesfreak after recognizing his strong support from the liberal and moderate wings of the party.  The Governor also receives early backing from former Vice President Richard Nixon.  At the Republican National Convention, Oldiesfreak chooses Governor John A. Volpe of Massachusetts.

In the general election campaign, Oldiesfreak attacks TNF as weak on civil rights and attempts to tie his economic policy to communism.  He also promises an honorable end to the Vietnam War, promoting a "chicken hawk" policy of de-escalation without complete withdrawal.  TNF accuses Oldiesfreak of being a tool of wealthy bankers and businessmen while promising a complete withdrawal from Vietnam.  In a seeming reversal of 1960, Governor Oldiesfreak also comes under fire for his religious affiliation, which TNF uses to portray the Governor as anti-Catholic, thus further strengthening the latter's Catholic support.  Polls leading up to the election suggest a close contest, but on Election Day, TNF wins comfortably, winning the popular vote 53-44% (with 3% voting third party), and taking the Electoral College 394-144.  Despite accusations of fraud by Republicans, Oldiesfreak refuses to ask for recounts, realizing that TNF's margin of victory is too wide to change the outcome.  TNF narrowly carries Illinois with the help of some dead-vote magic from Mayor Daley, and his strengh with Catholics and labor proves too strong for Oldiesfreak to even carry his home state of Michigan, which he takes by one of the narrowest margins of any state.

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

1868
The Radical faction of the Republican party found itself triumphant at the year's party convention. The Radicals, which had held a very strong position of power in the party after the 1866 elections, were now prepared to take the Presidency. The question remained, however, of who would lead the party to victory. With General Ulysses S. Grant as well as several Congressional leaders bowing out or proving unsuccessful, the nomination went to favorite son Oldies Freak of Michigan. A former Michigan Governor, Lincoln Secretary of the Interior, and Lt. Colonel in the Civil War for his own home state of Michigan, in 1866, Freak had entered the Halls of Congress as part of the Radicals' strong congressional gains. A proud radical and anti-secessionist who had resigned his position in the cabinet in 1862 to "take the fight to Johnny Reb", Freak came from the Mid-Western social Gospel tradition of the Republican Party: anti-slavery, pro-temperance, pro-tariff, and anti-immigration. A Protestant and nativist, several of Oldies Freak's political confidants held nativist and anti-Catholic sentiments.

The Democrats, for their measure, nominated New York Governor Cath Con. The Presbyterian son of Scots-Irish immigrants with a Catholic father, Con had made his career as a foot-soldier for Tammany Hall. Derided by many as "Tweed's candidate", Con nevertheless intended to represent the party proudly. With slavery a settled issue and the war won, Construction was the key political issue. While Con had been a unionist during the war, he and his surrogates called for an end to Reconstruction and "Return to Normalcy". As well, in the East great political hay was made of Freak's stance on temperance, driving up the number of immigrants and Catholics that went to the voting booth in Con's favor.

Mid-campaign, while addressing a crowd of Union war veterans in Ohio, Oldies Freak made the claim that he didn't "care if Reconstructions stretches on  for a century." Having, "no problems if Union soldiers were stationed in the South well into the future". The Cath Con campaign attempted to drive up numbers of white Southerners as well as moderates in border and Mid-West states using what was called "needless war-making". Nevertheless, the Republicans would not be so easily un-seated. Oldies' surrogates worked across the country to bring Union veterans to the polls to ensure victory. Weeks after election day, counts were still being debated in New York, Ohio, Indiana, and the entire Reconstruction South where Union soldies and blacks were in a state of semi-war with white Southerners. Republicans charged that, should Democrats win, it would be the result of "Immigrants, Papists, drunkards, and traitors" while Cath Con's campaign claimed that the entire Republican campaign had been predicated on denying Southerners and Catholics the right to vote. A Republican preacher would make the claim that a Democratic victory meant a victory for "Rum, Romanism, and Rebellion". However, he had little to worry about when, after all other states were settled, Arkansas, Alabama, and North Carolina gave Oldies Freak a win over New York Governor Cath Con.

Congressman Oldies Freak (R-MI)/Senator Charles Sumner (R-MA) 164 electoral votes, 51.3% of the popular vote
Governor Cath Con (D-MI)/Former Congressman Francis Preston Blair, Jr. (D-MO) 130 electoral votes, 48.7% of the popular vote

[Maxwell]

1952

Congressman Maxwell (R-OK) - 45.2%, 523 Delegates
Governor Cathcon (R-MI) - 34.8%, 600 Delegates
Former Governor Harold Stassen - 16.4%, 59 Delgates
Unaffiliated - 3.6%, 24 Delegates

Harry Truman's bludgeoning unpopularity allowed an opening for Republicans. Would they go for the interventionist Governor of Michigan Cathcon, or the non-interventionist Congressman from Oklahoma Maxwell? As it ended up, it became clearer that Cathcon won the delegate race on the second ballot in spite of Maxwell's late delegate surge because of the state of California.

[Oldiesfreak1854]

1868
The Radical faction of the Republican party found itself triumphant at the year's party convention. The Radicals, which had held a very strong position of power in the party after the 1866 elections, were now prepared to take the Presidency. The question remained, however, of who would lead the party to victory. With General Ulysses S. Grant as well as several Congressional leaders bowing out or proving unsuccessful, the nomination went to favorite son Oldies Freak of Michigan. A former Michigan Governor, Lincoln Secretary of the Interior, and Lt. Colonel in the Civil War for his own home state of Michigan, in 1866, Freak had entered the Halls of Congress as part of the Radicals' strong congressional gains. A proud radical and anti-secessionist who had resigned his position in the cabinet in 1862 to "take the fight to Johnny Reb", Freak came from the Mid-Western social Gospel tradition of the Republican Party: anti-slavery, pro-temperance, pro-tariff, and anti-immigration. A Protestant and nativist, several of Oldies Freak's political confidants held nativist and anti-Catholic sentiments.

The Democrats, for their measure, nominated New York Governor Cath Con. The Presbyterian son of Scots-Irish immigrants with a Catholic father, Con had made his career as a foot-soldier for Tammany Hall. Derided by many as "Tweed's candidate", Con nevertheless intended to represent the party proudly. With slavery a settled issue and the war won, Construction was the key political issue. While Con had been a unionist during the war, he and his surrogates called for an end to Reconstruction and "Return to Normalcy". As well, in the East great political hay was made of Freak's stance on temperance, driving up the number of immigrants and Catholics that went to the voting booth in Con's favor.

Mid-campaign, while addressing a crowd of Union war veterans in Ohio, Oldies Freak made the claim that he didn't "care if Reconstructions stretches on  for a century." Having, "no problems if Union soldiers were stationed in the South well into the future". The Cath Con campaign attempted to drive up numbers of white Southerners as well as moderates in border and Mid-West states using what was called "needless war-making". Nevertheless, the Republicans would not be so easily un-seated. Oldies' surrogates worked across the country to bring Union veterans to the polls to ensure victory. Weeks after election day, counts were still being debated in New York, Ohio, Indiana, and the entire Reconstruction South where Union soldies and blacks were in a state of semi-war with white Southerners. Republicans charged that, should Democrats win, it would be the result of "Immigrants, Papists, drunkards, and traitors" while Cath Con's campaign claimed that the entire Republican campaign had been predicated on denying Southerners and Catholics the right to vote. A Republican preacher would make the claim that a Democratic victory meant a victory for "Rum, Romanism, and Rebellion". However, he had little to worry about when, after all other states were settled, Arkansas, Alabama, and North Carolina gave Oldies Freak a win over New York Governor Cath Con.

Congressman Oldies Freak (R-MI)/Senator Charles Sumner (R-MA) 164 electoral votes, 51.3% of the popular vote
Governor Cath Con (D-MI)/Former Congressman Francis Preston Blair, Jr. (D-MO) 130 electoral votes, 48.7% of the popular vote

Did you make me a nativist and anti-Catholic because of my religious affiliation?

SKIP

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

Of course not, Oldies. I just wanted the greatest possible bloodbath of '68.

[Torie]

Ah Pub versus Pub. NY and TX are a bit off (TN, MD, Mass, Hawaii and Del too), but I ain't doing it again. 10 electoral votes might be in serious play.  

[RedSLC]

Governor Torie (R-CA) - 398 EV
Congressman SLValleyMan (D-UT) - 140 EV

[Goldwater]

Senator  SLValleyMan (D-UT) - 272 EVs
Governor Goldwater (R-WA) - 266 EVs