President Forever results thread...

[Attorney General, LGC Speaker, and Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Did an Obama/Santorum simulation, played as Johnson and did almost no campaigning. To ensure that any change in results came only from Santorum, I made him have Ryan as his running mate. Obama won the popular vote 51.8-46.4-1.7. (Yeah, somehow I got better than rl results for Johnson without even trying)

This was the map. Looks okay, right?:

But the list of margins in close states looks just bizarre:

States won by Obama by less than 10 points:
Florida - 0.8%
Nevada - 1.9%
Ohio - 2.2%
Colorado - 2.3%
Virginia - 3.3%
Iowa - 4.8%
Washington - 4.9%
Pennsylvania - 5.4%
Wisconsin - 5.4%
Michigan - 7.2%
Oregon - 7.5%
New Hampshire - 7.5%
North Carolina - 8.1%
New Mexico - 9.9%

States won by Santorum by less than 10 points:
Missouri - 3.4%
Arizona - 4.3%
Arkansas - 4.5%
Montana - 6.6%
Georgia - 8.0%
Indiana - 9.1%
West Virginia - 9.7%

[Attorney General, LGC Speaker, and Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

My Obama/Bachmann simulation resulted in an Obama win as expected, but the map may shock you:

Obama/Biden: 293 ; 51% (PV)
Bachmann/Jindal: 245 ; 47.2%
Johnson/Gray (me, no campaigning): 0 ; 1.8%

States won by Obama by less than 10%:
Oregon: 1.0%
Wisconsin: 2.9%
Missouri: 3.3%
New Hampshire: 3.6%
Minnesota: 7.3%
Washington: 9.5%


States won by Bachmann by less than 10%:
Virginia: 0.6%
Colorado: 1.1%
Indiana: 5.1%
Montana: 5.7%
Georgia: 6.7%
West Virginia: 7.1%
Arizona: 7.3%
North Carolina: 8.9%

[Attorney General, LGC Speaker, and Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

A battle of two (fairly) weak tickets results in the electoral loser winning the popular vote:

Alan Grayson (D-FL)/Martin O'Malley (D-MD) - 312 Electoral Votes; 49.7%
Ben Carson (R-MI)/Sarah Palin (R-AK) - 226 Electoral Votes; 49.9%
Jill Stein (G-MA)/Cheri Honkala (G-PA) - 0 Electoral Votes; 0.4%

I played as Stein and did nothing, but ended up causing Grayson's loss in the popular vote.

States won by Grayson by less than 10%:
Michigan: 0.6%
North Carolina: 2.0%
Iowa: 2.4%
Pennsylvania: 4.1%
Washington: 4.3%
Minnesota: 5.4%
Ohio: 6.1%
Maine: 7.9%
Colorado: 8.4%
California: 9.5%

States won by Carson by less than 10%:
Oregon: 0.3%
Virginia: 0.8%
Missouri: 4.2%
New Mexico: 5.2%
Nevada: 8.4%


(New Hampshire has the distinction of having a margin of exactly 10%)

[Attorney General, LGC Speaker, and Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Played as Bloomberg, sat back and watched a Cruz/Castro matchup, and was massively surprised:

Ted Cruz (R-TX)/Rand Paul (R-KY): 365
Julian Castro (D-TX)/Amy Klobuchar (D-MN): 173
Michael Bloomberg: 0

[Attorney General, LGC Speaker, and Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

And here's another amazing scenario:

Sarah Palin/Mike Lee - 324 (53%)
Hillary Clinton/Julian Castro - 214 (47%)
Jill Stein/Cheri Honkala - 0 (<1%)

States won by Sarah Palin by less than 10%
Rhode Island - 0.1%
Colorado - 1.5%
Wisconsin - 1.9%
Delaware - 3.5%
Maine - 4.6%
Ohio - 4.8%
Nevada - 5.2%
Oregon - 5.9%
New Mexico - 8.9%
Virginia - 9.5%
New Hampshire - 9.6%

States won by Hillary Clinton by less than 10%
Washington - 0.7%
Minnesota - 1.3%
Illinois - 2.3%
Michigan - 2.8%
New Jersey - 7.1%
Connecticut - 7.4%
New York - 9.0%
Pennsylvania - 9.8%

[Attorney General, LGC Speaker, and Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Brian Sandoval/Susana Martinez: 48.3%, 310 EVs
Hillary Clinton/Andrew Cuomo: 47.1%, 228 EVs
Michael Bloomberg/Chuck Hagel: 3%
Gary Johnson/Jim Gray: 1.1%
Jill Stein/Cheri Honkala: 0.5%

States won by Hillary Clinton by less than 10 points:

Washington: 0.9%
Iowa: 2.1%
Pennsylvania: 4.3%
Wisconsin: 6.4%
California: 7.4%

States won by Brian Sandoval by less than 10 points:

Michigan: 0.3%
Florida: 1.2%
North Carolina: 1.2%
West Virginia: 3.5%
Ohio: 4.1%
Colorado: 5.5%
Indiana: 8.3%
Missouri: 8.3%
New Mexico: 8.3%

[Attorney General, LGC Speaker, and Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

PF 2008: Clinton vs. Brownback

Clinton - 52.7%, 346 EVs
Brownback - 46.8%, 192 EVs
Peroutka - 0.5%, 0 EVs

States won by Hillary Clinton by less than 10%:

Louisiana: 0.4%
Colorado: 3.1%
North Carolina: 3.8%
Missouri: 5.1%
Illinois: 8.5%
Ohio: 8.5%

States won by Sam Brownback by less than 10%:

Georgia: 3.4%
Florida: 3.5%
Arkansas: 4.3%
Arizona: 7.0%
Texas: 7.7%
Montana: 8.5%
South Carolina: 9.1%

[Attorney General, LGC Speaker, and Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

President Forever 2016, 2008 Scenario:

Hillary Clinton manages to defeat Barack Obama for the democratic nomination. On the republican side, Fred Thompson never fades during the primaries and eventually wins the nomination. Thompson, hoping to appeal to moderates, selects Rudy Giuliani as his running mate. Meanwhile Clinton makes a move to counter Thompson's southern appeal as she selects Wesley Clark as her running mate.

The Thompson/Giuliani ticket is a alienating and gaffe-prone team who is inept at debating. Meanwhile Clark does wonders in the south.

Election Day is a Clinton landslide:

Clinton/Clark: 431, 54.7%
Thompson/Giulani: 107, 44.3%
Barr/Root: 0, 1%

States won by Hillary Clinton by less than 10%

North Carolina: 0.2%
Idaho: 0.3%
Kentucky: 1.4%
Mississippi: 1.5%
South Carolina: 2.3%
Arkansas: 2.8%
Arizona: 3.3%
Alaska: 3.3%
Florida: 3.3%
Indiana: 3.4%
West Virginia: 5.2%
Missouri: 5.6%
Wisconsin: 6.0%
North Dakota: 6.8%
Montana: 7.8%
Virginia: 9.8%

States won by Fred Thompson by less than 10%:

Georgia: 2.1%
Louisiana: 4.5%
Kansas: 7.5%
Texas: 7.6%
Alabama: 8.5%

[Attorney General, LGC Speaker, and Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

1912 Deadlock (Congress chooses Taft)

Clark (D) - 263 (43.7%)
Taft (R) - 152 (24.7%)
Roosevelt - 116 (25.6%)
Debs - 0 (6%)