Electoral Reform - Optimistic look at future of Democracy in US

[LastVoter]

"With all almost all the ballots counted, it looks like quite a clear Obama victory. With depressed Democratic turnout in Northeast, Obama is the biggest popular vote loser to win the Electoral College. Obama leads Ohio by 3 points, and Virginia by 2 points. Virgil Goode got 3 percent of the vote in Virginia. It should be noted that turnout was depressed in north Virginia."

Popular vote
Barrack Obama/Joe Biden - 274 Electoral Votes, 45.7%
Mitt Romney/Paul Ryan - 264 Electoral Votes, 50.5%
Gary Johnson/Jim Gray - 0 Electoral Votes, 1.5%
Virgil Goode/Jim Clymer - 0 Electoral Votes, 1.2%
Jill Stein/Cheri Honkala - 0 Electoral Votes, 0.6%
Senate:

Democrats make gains in the senate.
Democrats: 52(+2)
Republicans: 46

House:
Republicans: 220
Democrats: 215

[NHI]

Looks good!

[Gass3268]

Looks good!

What he said!!!

[LastVoter]

Election Aftermath:
Obama Approval ratings:
Approve: 41%
Disapprove: 56%

Rush Limbaugh:
"This is a travesty, the American people have spoken! They did not want four more years of the last four! We need to scrap the electoral college, and replace it with National Popular Vote Interstate Compact..."

"I would like to say thank you to the American people for re-electing me. We were able to save our banking industry from collapse, and thus the economy. We also made sure that every American will have access to quality healthcare. Finally, the world is a lot safer now thanks to the work that our troops had done in the Middle East. While some people say that I don't have the support of the nation, you cannot change the rules of the game while playing it. I would like to tell you this though America: I'm prepared to work with Republicans on electoral reform, so that future elections are fair, transparent, and the winner has support of the majority."

Puerto Rican status referendum passes. After a recount, the referendum passed by 1,532 votes. Congress now has to decide whether to add more seats, or redistribute the current ones.

[Gass3268]

Puerto Rican status referendum passes. After a recount, the referendum passed by 1,532 votes. Congress now has to decide whether to add more seats, or redistribute the current ones.

Congress would still have to approve Puerto Rico's desire to become a state. I guessing the Democrats would be in favor as would most Republicans, but you have some Tea Party loons (Bachman, Gohmert, etc) that would probably be against.

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

Awesome pic of Rush.

[H.E. VOLODYMYR ZELENKSYY]

Awesome pic of Rush.

[Antonio the Sixth]

Seems interesting! Electoral reform is a pipe dream in the US, but there's nothing wrong with dreaming a bit...

[Jerseyrules]

Dude if this happened in real life I'd fly to DC to protest, with a layover in MI to pick up Cathcon on the way.

[LastVoter]

Shortly after the election many new states with Republican controlled legislature sign the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact.

Congress approves it without much debate, with nearly all Democrats crossing over to vote for it. A recount procedure is established if the vote is closer than 0.1% of the total popular vote, and nation wide rejection of Voter ID laws for Presidential race is adopted. Puerto Rico is on track to become a state by 2016.

After the election US economy continues to recover, with unemployment falling below 7.0% by early 2014. Unfortunately in the Summer of 2014, Brent crude oil rises to over $150 for a barrel. Economic growth slows down to nearly nothing, but unemployment rate holds steady. The economic outlooks is also clouded when SYRIZA wins elections in 2014 as Greece is about to need the fourth bailout. But shorty after that, in a historic vote the European parliament humiliates Merkel and Germany as left-wingers and poor Eastern European states vote to create a transfer payment scheme, which would allow Greece to almost stay solvent. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_transfer_payments

The election of 2014:
This election ends up having low turnout, which favors the Republicans and allows them to reclaim the Senate, and they even manage to pick-up a couple seats in the House.
Senate:

R: 51
D: 47
I: 2

House:
R: 222
D: 212
J: 1

Luis J. Rodriguez wins a Hispanic majority seat in California, defeating an incumbent democrat.