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[Del Tachi]

Used 538's demographic calculator to simulate a national election where college-educated Whites and Blacks are solidly Republican voting, with Hispanics and non-educated Whites being mostly Democrats.

[Goldwater]

Used 538's demographic calculator to simulate a national election where college-educated Whites and Blacks are solidly Republican voting, with Hispanics and non-educated Whites being mostly Democrats.

What situation would cause this to happen? Time traveling back to the late 1800s?

[‼realJohnEwards‼]

[NeverAgain]

I have always assumed Texas as a power bottom.

[Del Tachi]

Used 538's demographic calculator to simulate a national election where college-educated Whites and Blacks are solidly Republican voting, with Hispanics and non-educated Whites being mostly Democrats.

What situation would cause this to happen? Time traveling back to the late 1800s?

Probably don't have to go that far back.  Could potentially arise in a situation where a Republican like Prescott Bush or Nelson Rockefeller is President during the 1960s and passes Civil Rights/the Great Society.  National Democrats would be more likely to pander to the WWC class in such a scenario, Hispanics could be brought in mostly on labor issues as well.

[Del Tachi]

United States presidential election, 1960

(✓) Senator John F. Kennedy (D-MA) / Senator Lyndon Johnson (D-TX) - 277 EVs
Vice President Richard Nixon (R-CA) / Senator Barry Goldwater (R-AZ) - 260 EVs

[President of the great nation of 🏳️‍⚧️]

Similar concept to my last set of maps, but instead of having the previous election's margin, the popular vote is tied.

[100% pro-life no matter what]

I decided to try to create a Republican gerrymander for the country using real state lines and dividing us into 7 roughly even regions.  The smallest is New Texas, which carries 59 EV, but will probably grow, and the largest is The Great Northeast, with 92 EV, but which will likely decline in size.  The result is two solidly Democratic states and five Republican-leaning states.

NOTE: All percentages are calculated using two-party vote share only.

THE GREAT NORTHEAST (Light Red, 92 EV)
Capital: New York City
Obama: 12,874,496, 62.2%
Romney: 7,822,035, 37.8%
PVI: D+10

THE SOUTH ATLANTIC (Dark Blue, 91 EV)
Capital: Atlanta
Romney: 12,662,622, 51.7%
Obama: 11,823,431, 48.3%
PVI: R+4

THE OHIO VALLEY (Light Green, 73 EV)
Capital: Cincinnati
Romney: 9,729,585, 52.4%
Obama: 8,849,219, 47.6%
PVI: R+4

THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY (Medium Green, 62 EV)
Capital: St. Louis
Romney: 7,551,659, 50.9%
Obama: 7,273,077, 49.1%
PVI: R+3

GREATER TEXAS (Light Blue, 59 EV)
Capital: Dallas
Romney: 7,002,199, 56.1%
Obama: 5,490,107, 43.9%
PVI: R+8
Adding any neighboring states would only make this state more Republican, and it's important to save them for other states.  It could do without Oklahoma as well, but I didn't want to make it any smaller.

LAKES, PLAINS, MOUNTAINS, AND DESERT (Dark Green, 81 EV)
Capital: Boise
Romney: 9,179,582, 51.3%
Obama: 8,718,638, 48.7%
PVI: R+3

ECOTOPIA (Dark Red, 78 EV)
Capital: San Francisco
Obama: 10,886,827, 60.8%
Romney: 7,005,518

Barring a Democratic landslide, Republicans should win 368-170.

[President of the great nation of 🏳️‍⚧️]

[Orthogonian Society Treasurer]

2004: Payback

President George Bush/Vice President Dick Cheney - 266 EV (50.9%)
Senator Hillary Clinton/Senator Sam Nunn - 272 EV (48.1%)

2008: Backlash

Former Governor Mitch Daniels/Governor Mark Sanford - 373 EV (54%)
President Hillary Clinton/Vice President Sam Nunn - 165 EV  (44%)

2012: New Majority

President Mitch Daniels/Vice President Mark Sanford - 333 EV (51%)
Former Senator John Kerry/Senator Barack Obama - 205 EV  (47%)

[‼realJohnEwards‼]

270 Freiwal

[100% pro-life no matter what]

[NHI]

McCain/Engler: 282 (50.7%)

Gore/Gephardt: 256 (47.9%)

McCain/Engler: 532 (61.9%)

Dean/Clark: 6 (36.4%)

Bush/Ridge: 339 (53.1%)

Clinton/Wyden: 199 (45.0%)

Obama/Warner: 269 (49.14%)

Bush/Ridge: 269 (48.75%)

Obama/Warner: 270 (49.29%)

Kasich/Rice: 268 (48.80%)

Huntsman/Sanford: 386 (51.8%)

Warner/Coakley: 149 (42.3%)

Sanders/Stein: 3 (4.1%)

[‼realJohnEwards‼]

Tried to get MA as polarized as I could... Blue is 55-44-2 Obama-Romney-Other (2008 results), green is 71(!)-28-2.



Same with NY- blue is almost tied (51-48-1), while green is 76-22-1.

Does this go in a different thread?

[NHI]

Make America Great Again!

Donald J. Trump/George W. Bush: 346 (51.8%)

Albert Gore/Joseph Lieberman: 192 (45.9%)

Donald J. Trump/George W. Bush: 535 (62.5%)

Wesley Clark/John Kerry: 3 (35.1%)

[LLR]

Tried to get MA as polarized as I could... Blue is 55-44-2 Obama-Romney-Other (2008 results), green is 71(!)-28-2.



Same with NY- blue is almost tied (51-48-1), while green is 76-22-1.

Does this go in a different thread?

Not sure that this is the right place (TimTurner's "DRA stuff" thread might be better) but that's super cool. Your maps are great, dude.

[NHI]

From a timeline I originally wrote, but ultimately lost part of... maybe I'll finish it one day.

✓  Sarah Palin: 59% (Becomes the nominee after winning the WI Primary)

Jon Huntsman: 24% (Suspended his campaigning after losing WI Primary)

Ron Paul: 9% (Suspended his campaign at the convention)

Mitt Romney: 6%(Suspended his campaign after Feb. 7th)

Other: 3%

* Palin wins IA with 39% of the vote, while Huntsman upsets Romney in NH 31% to 27%. Palin crushes the field in SC with 42% to Huntsman's 21%. Huntsman remains in the race, but cannot overcome Palin's structural and grassroots support. She wins enough delegates to be nominated in early April, after winning WI 54% to Huntsman's 37%.

2012: Palin Makes History

✓ Sarah Palin/Robert Portman: 270 (49.28%)

Barack Obama/Joseph Biden: 268 (49.20%)

* A recount in WI affirms Palin as the winner. She carries the state: 49.54% - 49.53%

[Maxwell]

2016 - 50 Cent as Trump
8 years of President John McCain left many Americans unsatisfied with the direction of the country. Democrats, tired of losing, faced a rambunctious primary of many many candidates. The race consolidated quickly after Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson, a rapper and a former gangster, announced his candidacy for President. His opening remarks were controversial - "these cracker motherers don't give a damn about you or me, that's why we need to take America back!". His following among minorities grew rapidly as his rallies began getting very popular. He faced controversy over past conservative views, like his positive opinion of Former Republican one term President George W. Bush, his prior support for cutting taxes for the rich, and his many controversies over previous gang behavior. But no matter what his large smattering of opponents threw at him, 50 Cent came away on top.

Rapper Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson (D-NY)/Governor Terry McCauliffe (D-VA) - 49.3%, 294 EV's
Former Treasury Secretary W. Mitt Romney (R-MA)/Senator Pat Toomey (R-PA) - 47.3%, 244 EV's

[Devout Centrist]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but 50 cent is a Republican.

[Maxwell]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but 50 cent is a Republican.

Trump used to be a democrat. Like Trump, 50 Cent's politics aren't really definable - he's been for Republicans and he's been for Democrats (he supported Hillary Clinton in 2008, for example).

[NHI]

If things remain as they are now:

Clinton: 292

Trump: 246

[mencken]

Carter pulls a (swimming) rabbit out of his a*s¹

Carter 297 47.4%
Reagan 241 47.7%

¹Working title: The 297 freiwall

[NHI]

Gary Hart/Albert Gore: 281 (50.9%)

George H.W. Bush/Dan Quayle: 257 (47.6%)

[Representative simossad]

Fmr. Sen. Jim Webb (D-VA) / Fmr. Gov. Lincon Chafee (D-RI): 342 EV
Fmr. Gov. Jim Gilmore (R-VA) / Mr. Ben Carson (R-DE): 196 EV

[mencken]

The Lowest-Budget Presidential Campaign in History

Gilmore/Pataki 49% 272
Chafee/Webb 48% 266