Make an election map between you and the last two posters.

[GM Team Member and Senator WB]

see above. I guess we'll need one other person to post before getting this truly started.

[wxtransit]

I'll post.

[America's Sweetheart ❤/𝕿𝖍𝖊 𝕭𝖔𝖔𝖙𝖞 𝖂𝖆𝖗𝖗𝖎𝖔𝖗]

weatherboy 315 Electoral Votes ~ 42% Popular Vote
wxtransit 175 Electoral Votes ~ 40% Popular Vote
Me 48 Electoral Votes ~ 17% Popular Vote

[Mr. Smith]

Me (D-TX) 237 EV, 35% pv
wxtransit (R-TX) 174 EV, 32% pv
Texarkana (I-VA)  126 EV, 28% pv

The Black vote moves significantly less D, with mass migration to an Independent bid in The South from Texarkana, but I manage to move a lot of WWC and Mormon votes my way while holding roughly the same on most other minority votes one would expect a Democrat to get. Little change from the expected from the Republican side, except maybe a slight rise in Southern Baptist turnout to stop that Mormon.

The House gives the Presidency to WX.

[GM Team Member and Senator WB]

Texarkana: 38%, 224 EV
MormDem: 37%, 199 EV
Weatherboy1102: 25%, 115 EV

My campaign mostly focuses on the WWC and progressive voters, however, my support is really only concentrated in the rust belt areas and my home state.

[Dr. MB]

I did a general but then realized I should've done a D primary. oh well...

Something like this.

Weatherboy 239
MormDem 170
MB 129

Election goes to the House. MormDem wins with most Republicans and a minority of Democrats. Weatherboy gets the majority of Democrats. I win a minority of Democrats and some libertarian-minded Republicans.

[Sestak]

Me
Weatherboy
MB

D primary, probably ends in contested convention. As I think I'd have the most raw delegates (especially if there are superdelegates), I'd probably make a deal with one of them for the VP position. Or maybe they make a "progressive deal" with each other, IDK.

[TPIG]

ThatConservativeGuy - 348 EVs ~ 47% PV
Lord Sestak - 161 EVs ~ 35% PV
MB - 29 EVs ~ 18% PV

Sestak and MB would split the left-of-center vote, giving me an easy electoral win.

[P. Clodius Pulcher did nothing wrong]

ThatConservativeGuy - 400
Sestak - 71
Razze - 67

Sestak and I split the left-wing vote by our coasts, and TCG mops up the rest.

[America Needs R'hllor]

I can't imagine a scenario where I run against Razze as an independent, so here's a fun one:
It's 1980. The Communist Party has ruled the U.S. for the past four years, ever since their shocking victories in the 1974 midterms and the 1976 Presidential election. However, America's democracy is strong and its constitution still stands- the Communists tried, but did not yet manage to overturn it and turn the U.S. into an autocracy. Sensing the need, the pro-democracy, liberal forces in the country merge into the Democratic-Republican Party. Now, in 1980, the primary is heating up to decide who will face President Gus Hall in the general election. There are three candidates: TCG (DR-GA), running as a staunch conservative in the mold of the imprisoned Ronald Reagan, promising to strike down Communism in any means necessary and erase the past four years completely. Parrotguy (DR-NY) is running from the (relative) center, promising to combat Communism and make sure the U.S. remains a liberal democracy, but agreeing to keep some of the "achievements" of President Hall like universal healthcare and some of the free education system. Razze (DR-FL) is running from the party's relative left, promising to return the U.S. to liberal democracy but also advocating for a social democratic system, agreeing to keep some of what Hall did (more than Parrotguy) and allowing the Communist Party to remain legal (the other two want to outlaw it). This is the primary map:

The convention is tense from the start. Razze and Parrotguy strike a deal, as the latter endorses the former in exchange for a spot on the ticket. Trying to prevent a conservative revolt, the three candidates hold a meeting in which Parrotguy assures TCG that he will make sure America remains a fundamentally capitalist nation while Razze offers him the SoS spot. Seeing the grave need to combat the communists, TCG agrees and endorses the ticket, campaigning for it vigorously. As a bonus, general election map:

Razze (DR-FL)\Parrotguy (DR-NY): 47.8%, 277 electoral votes ✓
President Gus Hall (CP-OH)\Vice President Jarvis Tyner (CP-NY): 45.4%, 261 electoral votes
Others (mainly conservative and socialist 3rd parties): 6.8%

Yay, the country is saved, now we can keep fighting I'm not saying TCG should make the next post in a 1988 general election between Vice President Parrotguy and himself, but he totally should

[TheLeftwardTide]

Democratic Party Primary:

Sen. Angry Socdem (D-MD)
Gov. Razze (D-FL)
Mayor Parrotguy (I-NYC)

I think I would do well in the Midwest due to economic populism, as well as in the Great Plains and Mountain West which tend to have the most left-wing Democratic bases. I guess I would only win MD/VA due to influence in the DC metro area. Razze would sweep the Sunbelt and be very popular with Hispanic voters. Parrotguy, being an Independent Mayor, would have little influence outside of the NYC metro + PNW (which neither myself nor Razze would hold enough influence over).

[Dr. MB]

Democratic Primary:

MB
Angry Socdem
Parrotguy

I win west of the Mississippi minus a few states, while Parrotguy wins fairly establishment eastern seaboard states. Socdem is able to find a common ground between most party wings, so he wins much of the east and large states in the west, and would most likely become the nominee.

[Sirius_]

Democratic Primary

Socdem
Ninja0428
MB

[America's Sweetheart ❤/𝕿𝖍𝖊 𝕭𝖔𝖔𝖙𝖞 𝖂𝖆𝖗𝖗𝖎𝖔𝖗]

[The Govanah Jake]

Democratic Primary: The Democratic Primary of 2020 pitted Governor Jake Jewvinivisk of New York against Governor Texarkana and Senator from South Carolina Senator Ninja0428. The initial favorite for the race, Senator Angry SocDem of Maryland, declined in early 2019 that he would in-fact not run citing that he didn't want too "leave his state". The race was thus wide open but three candidates remained. Going into Iowa, Governor Jewvinivisk proved a favorite and won the primary 43-31% over Senator Ninja, running on a campaign similar too Bernard "Bernie" Sander's primary run in 2016. He emphasized "Progressive Populism" calling for things included a Multi-Payer Healthcare system, a raised minimum wage, a end too oversea's wars, and tuition free college. He gained large crowds because of this. His main rival, Senator Ninja, meanwhile portrayed himself very much as the "Real Democrat" in the race citing the Governor's long held independent nature and calling his plans unfeasible. He was able to garner mostly Black and more Conservative Democratic votes and was viewed by the media as the "Clinton of 2020". The final main canidate was long-shot Governor Texarkana. He ran on a libertarian platform but was immediately undermined by sex scandals and a certain affair with a "big bootied" black women by the name of Samantha Jones. He refused too drop out, and ran until the last primary in D.C. which was one of the few he did win. New Hampshire and Nevada were both won strongly by the New York Governor and spelled the end of Ninja's chances at the nomination. In the end - the North and West went too Jewvinivisk while the South was mostly held by Ninja with vote splitting by Texarkana giving Jewvinivisk Texas and Tennessee, making states like North Carolina much closer then they normally would be. In the end, the party rallied behind the Governor who would defeat Donald Trump in November and start a new progressive golden age*
*Wishful thinking.

[Dr. MB]

Dem Primary

I wouldn't have much difference with Jake, and we'd probably split the progressive/populist vote so Texarkana would win.

[Sirius_]

Dem Primary:

Ninja0428
Jake Jewvinivisk
MB
Similarly to the last one, vote splitting would spell doom for the two progressives.

[GM Team Member and Senator WB]

Governor Ninja (D-SC)
Senator Weather (D-SC)
Representative MB (D-OR)

MB's campaign focuses more on economic issues, showing a more center-left position on social issues. Ninja is the "Clinton of 2020" and wins due to progressive vote splitting

[Mr. Smith]

Democratic Primary

I, L.D. Smith, pull off an upset with my centrist social views while the SJW-Donor Establishment bickers over whether to roll with Donor favorite Ninja, or the milequetoast but more palatable to college kids Weatherboy. The whole thing lets me survive Super Tuesday despite long odds and turn it around in The Midwest and seal the deal with Pennsylvania.

[Oldiesfreak1854]

Gov. Oldiesfreak1854 (R-MI)/Sen. John Thune (R-SD): 275 EVs (48% PV)
Sen. L.D. Smith (D-CA)/Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA): 263 EVs (47% PV)
Rep. Weatherboy1102 (I-SC)/Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT): 0 EVs (4% PV)

After hotly contested nomination fights for both parties, the general election match is set up between two candidates whom many voters see as virtually identical aside from the R or D next to their names.  On the Republican side, Governor Oldiesfreak1854 wins the GOP nomination after dispatching a series of more conservative challengers, including Senators Ted Cruz of Texas and Rand Paul of Kentucky.  The Democrats give their nod to California Senator L.D. Smith, making him only the second Mormon after Mitt Romney to win a major party's presidential nomination.  Weatherboy1102, a progressive white Democratic Congressman from a majority black district in South Carolina, runs for the Democratic nomination, but due to low polling and a lack of fundraising, withdraws before any contests to run as an independent.  He receives the support of Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, whom Weatherboy chooses as his running mate.  Many progressives are disappointed, however, when Elizabeth Warren accepts an offer to be Smith's running mate, in which she urges the Democrats to unite for the general election.  

Oldiesfreak and Smith are both moderates on social issues, prompting many party line votes and leaving swing voters confused over which one to support.  However, this allows economic and foreign policy issues to take center stage more than usual.  During the campaign, Oldiesfreak touts his high popularity and record of success and bipartisanship as governor, but stuns and chagrins many in the Republican base with calls for paid family leave and a new push to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment.  Smith and Weatherboy, fearing a loss of progressive voters, moderates, and suburban women, also endorse these measures, prompting Oldiesfreak to attack their efforts as "too little, too late" while highlighting his longtime support of these policies.  The governor also proposes a large across the board tax cut, which Smith and Weatherboy both attack as "just a big giveaway to millionaires and billionaires."  With Oldiesfreak and Smith largely matching each other in the debates and voters seeing little difference between them, the final result proves to be one of the closest presidential elections in history.  Oldiesfreak wins a narrow 275-263 Electoral College majority with narrow victories in Ohio, Florida, and North Carolina; he also wins a razor-thin victory in the national popular vote, propelled by his inroads with moderate suburban voters in the Democrats' "top three" presidential states of California, Illinois, and New York.  Smith's Mormonism helps him to carry the close western states, particularly Nevada and Colorado.  Though he wins no electoral votes, Weatherman pulls in a large percentage of the vote in progressive strongholds such as Vermont, Minnesota, and Hawaii, prompting Democrats to accuse him of acting as a spoiler.

[P. Clodius Pulcher did nothing wrong]

L. D. Smith mounts a moderate third party campaign against Oldiesfreak and myself, making the election a tossup for most of the season until the moderate defectors in various states make me the winner. Oldiesfreak could have also won under these circumstances, but I won because I made the map

Razze (D-Florida) - 301 votes
Oldiesfreak (R-Georgia) - 205 votes
L. D. Smith (I-Texas) - 32 votes

[P. Clodius Pulcher did nothing wrong]

P.S. I love this thread. Great thinking, weatherboy!! Such a fun thread (SKIP)

[TPIG]

Razze (D-Florida) - 417 EVs
ThatConservativeGuy (I-GA) -  66 EVs
OldiesFreak1854 (R-MI) - 55 EVs

OldiesFreak runs in an extremely crowded GOP primary field and manages to eek out a narrow win, but a sizable majority of the party is against his candidacy. Out of frustration with the lack of a true conservative on the ballot, ThatConservativeGuy launches an independent bid for the Presidency, fracturing the GOP. Razze runs a standard Democratic campaign with no gaffes and relative unity between the progressive and establishment wings of his party and coasts to victory.

[America Needs R'hllor]

Continuing the Communist takeover scenario I wrote from a few posts before.

It's 1984, and the country is saved from communism. President Razze is running for reelection, but the economy is still in turmoil from the four years of communism and society is even in more of a turmoil. The President refused to outlaw the communist party, however, his Vice President (me) teamed up with conservatives and moderates in congress to pass an amendment outlawing this party, along with nazi ones, overriding Razze's veto. As a response, Parrotguy is dumped from the ticket in 1984 and replaced by Senator George McGovern, accused (mostly wrongly) by many as a communist apologist. TCG, the Conservative candidate from 1980 who endorsed the Democratic-Republican ticket of Razze\Parrotguy, is running again, this time as nominee of the reestablished Republican Party. Parrotguy announces an independent bid, teaming up with a moderate Republican, frustrated by his party's rightward turn, John B. Anderson. But this mostly causes a fracture between social-democrats and liberals\moderates, allowing Republicans a decisive (though not huge, given Razze's popularity and the reluctant support he received from voters of the former Communist Party) win:

Senator TCG\Senator Howard Baker- 40.3%, 283 Electoral Votes ✓
President Razze\Senator George McGovern- 169 37.6%, Electoral Votes
Vice President Parrotguy\Representative John B. Anderson- 21.2%, 86 Electoral Votes

[America's Sweetheart ❤/𝕿𝖍𝖊 𝕭𝖔𝖔𝖙𝖞 𝖂𝖆𝖗𝖗𝖎𝖔𝖗]

Parrotguy/Kirsten Gillibrand (D) 291 electoral votes, 40% popular vote
ThatConservativeGuy/Mitt Romney (R) 141 electoral votes, 37% popular vote
TexArkana/John Bel Edwards (I) 106 electoral votes, 22% popular vote

I run a populist, largely centrist campaign and spend most of my time campaigning all over the South, from Maryland to Texas, reaching out to rural blacks in the black belt and poor Hispanics in Texas, I tone down my perverted image and campaign as a socially liberal, fiscally moderate Independent, making special appeals to black voters based around the war on drugs and the negative effects that it's had on the African-American community, as well as emphasizing my ties to the community and sending my wife (I obviously have to marry her before I run for POTUS ) to campaign across the black belt. at the same time, I make appeals to rural whites and have Bel Edwards campaign for me in more white areas of the Deep South, which allows me to win most Southern states. Parrotguy runs as a third-way Democrat with a strong focus on foreign policy and national security, while the TCG/Romney ticket runs as a "return to classical conservatism" after 8 years of Trump. in the end, Parrotguy narrowly wins the electoral college and a slim plurality of the popular vote, with TCG running close behind and me lingering in the low to mid 20's. the closest states are Florida, Louisiana, South Carolina, Arizona, and New Jersey, where my suburban appeal takes away from Parrotguy and almost hands the state to ThatConservativeGuy. a majority of states are decided by less than 10% due to my strong third party candidacy.