2020: Donald Trump (R) vs James Buchanan (D)

[UnselfconsciousTeff]

Trump wins the republican nomination but the dems where deadlocked between Sanders and Biden... to compromise the DNC ressurects Fmr President James Buchanan  as a compromise candidate... and it becomes the race of who is the worst president ever

Discuss with maps you pick Buchanans VP... Trump is running with Pence

[coolface1572]

Trump runs as "The party of Lincoln" while Buchanan runs on repealing the 13th amendment.

Trump wins 538-0.

[P. Clodius Pulcher did nothing wrong]

I'll vote for the gay one

[Vosem]

Hard to say about 2020, but here's the result if Trump were teleported backwards to 1856 (...or if you just compare statewide percentages between Trump and Buchanan). Trump ran about a percentage point ahead of Buchanan nationally, 46%-45%, and wins the Electoral College 169-127. Alabama was interestingly an exact tie -- Trump and Buchanan both received 62.08% -- but I awarded the state to Trump as he had the larger margin against his main opponent. I gave South Carolina to Buchanan partially to cancel this out and partially because the 1850s Democratic legislature would've been unlikely to grant the state's votes to Trump.

Trump would carry his home state against Buchanan!

[bagelman]

2020:

An interesting election, but FPTP prevents an interesting result

Donald Trump (R) 358

(Green Party) 180

James Buchanan (D) 0

Nobody really supports the candidate that was, at minimum, tolerant of slavery.

1856

James Buchanan (D) 133 (below 148 needed)

John Fremont (R) 125

Donald Trump (A) 38

Trump is refused the nomination of the Republican party, but finds a home among the Know Nothings for his fiery oration. The election is made more complicated, but Trump's offense against Buchanan is unable to dislodge Fremont from his home state.

Members of the "Opposition Party", proto-Republicans, in Congress strongly prefer Fremont over Trump. Trump seems to have a lack of understanding regarding the importance of the slavery problem. I would need to do deeper research on who would win in the house, but it seems possible for Buchanan or Fremont to win. The Senate is able to install John Breckenridge as Vice President pretty easily.

[redeagleofficial]

Trump would win at least 80% of the vote in a 2 way race.

[LAKISYLVANIA]

I would vote for Trump for sure.