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Barry Goldwater (Democratic) 12 22.64%
John V. Lindsay (Socialist) 19 35.85%
Eugene McCarthy (Republican) 22 41.51%
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Old July 14th, 2012, 08:22 PM
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TL-191 United States Presidential Election 1972
OK. This is the election of 1972. A very important one, take note. In OTL, the Republicans enjoyed a resurge, and got several more states then they was expected to do. Let see if you will give them the same favor here...

Democratic Nomination

President: Barry Goldwater, of New Mexico
Vice President: William E. Miller, of New York

Socialist Nomination

President: John V. Lindsay, of New York
Vice President: George McGovern, of Dakota

Republican Nomination

President: Eugene McCarthy, of Minnesota
Vice President: John Bayard Anderson, of Illinois
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Old July 14th, 2012, 08:44 PM
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I voted for Goldwater, but glad to see McCarthy leading Lindsay.
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Old July 14th, 2012, 08:50 PM
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OOC: If the AH.commers vote in Barry Goldwater, then... well, this board is definitely centrist. I still believe that McCarthy can win.
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Old July 14th, 2012, 09:10 PM
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OOC: And the Socialists cruise to yet another victory...
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Old July 14th, 2012, 09:16 PM
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TL-191 is a timeline that makes the Republicans look like the better choice.
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Old July 14th, 2012, 09:33 PM
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Well, the Republicans has started to pull ahead. Let hope this doesn't end up like 1952 and 1956...
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Old July 15th, 2012, 02:20 AM
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*poke* Come on, its a three-way draw now. Which one will you vote for?
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Old July 15th, 2012, 03:30 AM
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Aww, but I'm both a McGovern and McCarthy fanboy...but Lindsay is a mediocre candidate at best, and unless somebody kills him the VP slot doesn't matter. McCarthy it is.
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Old July 15th, 2012, 03:33 AM
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Aww, but I'm both a McGovern and McCarthy fanboy...but Lindsay is a mediocre candidate at best, and unless somebody kills him the VP slot doesn't matter. McCarthy it is.
Nope, if you vote him in, he lives out his whole term, and dies as per OTL.
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Old July 15th, 2012, 03:49 AM
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Nope, if you vote him in, he lives out his whole term, and dies as per OTL.
Yeah, that's what I thought - you're using the same rules on that as Nerdlinger is, right? OTL death dates?
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Yeah, that's what I thought - you're using the same rules on that as Nerdlinger is, right? OTL death dates?
Yeah, unless Turtledove said otherwise. So Smith dies in 1942, and Lincoln doesn't die in 1865.
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Old July 15th, 2012, 08:42 AM
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McCarthy! Let us return moderation, clear thinking and the Republican Party to the White House!

By the way, if McCarthy wins he will be the first Republican President since Blaine left office in 1885 - 88 years ago.
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Old July 15th, 2012, 03:05 PM
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Let us return moderation, clear thinking and the Republican Party to the White House!
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There's something nobody ever expected to see on this site.
Welcome to TL-191.

Or at least Turquoise Blue's very interesting expansion of it. I gotta admit, I really like TL-191's political structure for the US - quite a bit more interesting.
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Old July 17th, 2012, 10:58 PM
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Well, the Republican is in the lead! This is exciting!
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Bump. Sorry I haven't bumped it as much as I should. Vote more, please!
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Old July 21st, 2012, 01:35 AM
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Lindsay's closing the gap on McCarthy. The odds of a tie increase....
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Lindsay's closing the gap on McCarthy. The odds of a tie increase....
NOOOO!!!!!!!!!
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