1848 U.S. Presidential Election

[Zioneer]

About one more day to go on this if you wanna vote.

Should it go to a second round if nobody wins 50%, since that would indicate a potential split Electoral College?

In RL, we've had election winners with like 39% of the vote. In theory, the Union party could be easily carried to victory thanks to their strength in the East, an advantage their opposition lacks.

Then I repeat, dang Redeemers.

[H.E. VOLODYMYR ZELENKSYY]

If we get enough Smithmentum today we can probably peel off enough Redeemers to win in the House - maybe a Smith/Davis unity ticket?

[Cassius]

The Redeemers will obviously do well in the south, but the north, a straight fight between Adams and SMith, will probably be an Adams landslide. So I'd imagine Adams comes away with a fairly comfortable win.

[Zioneer]

If we get enough Smithmentum today we can probably peel off enough Redeemers to win in the House - maybe a Smith/Davis unity ticket?

Too bad the forum software doesn't allow for that.

[H.E. VOLODYMYR ZELENKSYY]

If we get enough Smithmentum today we can probably peel off enough Redeemers to win in the House - maybe a Smith/Davis unity ticket?

Too bad the forum software doesn't allow for that.

No, I was thinking during the hypothetical House vote that would occur as a result of a deluge of Smith votes coming in in the next fifteen minutes or so.

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

The 1848 United States Presidential Election
It would come to be said that 1840 was the height of the Union Party's strength. With full support for the war effort behind it, Martin Van Buren had cruised to easy victory over a split opposition. In 1844, the same man would win only a bare majority over Joseph Smith and Francis Preston Blair, Sr. However, by 1848, it appeared the party's dominance was on the wane. Even with party stalwart Charles Francis Adams being as popular as he was with the party at-large, the nation was looking for a change. While Union campaign strategists saw both Smith and Donelson as particularly weak contenders, their combined strength would be enough to keep Adams to only a plurality. With the Upper South wanting a change in its favor and an end to the massive presence of soldiers on their borders, and with the sparsely populated Western states agitating heavily for expansion, a simple rerun of the last four years was not enough for a majority of the country. It didn't help that radical Gerrit Smith had been nominated for Vice President. Nevertheless, with Adams reaching out to moderate expansionists, and having heavy Eastern backing, he won an electoral majority and presided over another four years of Union party dominance.

Senator Charles Francis Adams (Union-Massachusetts)/Congressman Gerrit Smith (Union-New York) 167 electoral votes, 43.2% of the popular vote
Mayor Joseph Smith (Manifest-Illinois)/Former Member of the MA House of Representatives George T. Curtis (Manifest-Massachusetts) 63 electoral votes, 34.1% of the popular vote
Congressman Andrew Jackson Donelson (Redeemer-Tennessee)/Governor Garrett Davis (Redeemer-Kentucky) 56 electoral votes, 22.7% of the popular vote