Alternate Electoral Maps

[Turquoise Blue]

The Elections of 1972 in The Brightest of Days- An American Electoral Timeline. (PoD in 1947)

John Lambert (Democrat)
Michael J. Gold (Republican)
Nicholas Trelawney (Progressive)

 

[Lyly]

Convinced that in his absence from the Presidency that the political rivalries will tear the young nation apart, and urged on by his cabinet members, Washington eventually agrees to serve a third term, despite having initially wished to retire after only the first.
In his third term, Washington presided over the Half-War with France and delivered his Farewell Address, one of the most important and insightful speeches ever given by an American President.
Modern historians believe that Washington was less directly involved in his administration during his third term. Alexander Hamilton is thought to have been especially influential in Washington's decisions, as he had been throughout the first President's second term.

 

[wilcoxchar]

1992 if you give Perot all the states where in OTL he got at least 25% of the popular vote. Clinton still wins easily.

You forgot to give Perot Alaska and Wyoming, which makes Clinton's victory even larger.

 

[vultan]

I thought this was an interesting idea, so I decided to do it myself with another of the USA's most lopsided elections, 1972. I gave McGovern all the states Nixon won by a margin of 10% or less, like you did. I expected McGovern to maybe reach triple figures at best.

The result was really unexpected, and I swear I did not do this on purpose...

Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72... with a twist!

 

[vultan]

The 2008 election where John McCain picks a better running mate (Lieberman? Romney? Pawlenty?), a more aggressive campaign on the Republicans' part, Obama picks Edwards as his running mate, and the housing bubble doesn't burst until several months later than our timeline.

Again, all of the states McCain lost by ten points or less he takes.

McCain 301/ Obama 237

 

[eaglesfan101]

1912: United GOP

William Howard Taft (R-OH) / Robert La Follette (R-WI) - 268 EV
Woodrow Wilson (D-NJ) / Thomas Marshall (D-IN) - 222 EV
Eugene V. Debs (S-IN) / Emil Seidel (S-WI) - 41 EV

 

[Andrew T]

1988

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Gary Hart (D) / Bill Bradley (D) -- 314 EV
George H. W. Bush (R) / Jack Kemp (R) -- 224 EV

 

[Thande]

The 1892 election if you give James Weaver's Populist ticket all the states he got at least 20% of the popular vote in. Doesn't change the overall result but more than triples the already respectable third party electoral vote from OTL.

 

[Thande]

Carrying on the theme of boosting third party performances, here is the election of 1848 but with Van Buren's Free Soil ticket winning all the states he got 20% or over in in OTL. This is enough to hang the electoral college, and South Carolina's 9 state legislature-determined electors are not enough to give anyone a majority. Maybe in this timeline the US will get a period of political chaos that is filed under the same heading as the 1848 revolutions by future historians...

 

[Thande]

I tried doing Millard Fillmore's Know-Nothing campaign in 1856 using the same rules, but he actually did much better in popular vote terms than I realised--he came second in lots of states, mostly the South due to the Republicans being persona non grata with the slaveholders--so if you give him all the states he got 20% or more in, he actually wins!

 

[Turquoise Blue]

The Elections of 1840 in American Emperors, A Tale of Alternate Presidents.
Robert Delawney/Edward Wilkinson (Democratic)
Charles Kilkenny/John Appleby (Whig)


Underlined and italicized means winner.

 

[mowque]

How neat and tidy is that?

One- No change
Two- Hung in House
Three- Third Party wins

 

[Tayya]

Ralph Nader gains all states he got over 5% of the vote in:

 

[Thande]

Perot also wins if you give him all the states he got 20% in (at least, if you treat all Maine and Nebraska's votes as one unit, which I did because I didn't have congressional district level results).

Perot's results hovered around 20% for a lot of states so this is quite arbitrary.

 

[TNF]

The 1976 Presidential Election in my TL. This is the fourth(?) revision I've done to this map thus far.

Ronald Reagan of California / Senator Richard Schweiker of Pennsylvania (R): 41% (213)
Senator Hubert Humphrey of Minnesota / Jimmy Carter of Georgia (D): 50% (325)
Eugene McCarthy of Minnesota (Independent): 6.6% (0)

 

[Turquoise Blue]

The Elections of 1844 in American Emperors, A Tale of Alternate Presidents.
Robert Delawney/Edward Wilkinson (Democratic)
Adam E. Banks/Michael Zachary Adams* (Moderate)
John Appleby/Daniel Shambroke (Whig)


*Not related to John Adams.

This election resulted in an throwing to the Congress, which chose the incumbent.

 

[TNF]

Four years later, with Humphrey's Fair Society program in full-swing, Ronald Reagan goes down to the biggest Electoral College defeat in American history.

President Hubert Humphrey of Minnesota / Vice President Jimmy Carter of Georgia (D): 58.8% (534)
Ronald Reagan of California / George Bush of Texas (R): 40% (4)

 

[Thande]

This election resulted in an Coalition between the Democrats and the Moderates.[/COLOR]
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That's not how American presidential elections work. If no-one has a majority in the electoral college, it gets thrown to Congress. A candidate can't just say they'll release their electors to vote for another guy in return for concessions: that's a "corrupt bargain".

 

[Turquoise Blue]

That's not how American presidential elections work. If no-one has a majority in the electoral college, it gets thrown to Congress. A candidate can't just say they'll release their electors to vote for another guy in return for concessions: that's a "corrupt bargain".

Good point. I'll change it so it is threw to Congress and the Dems win. After I have my tea...

Tea finished, and post edited.

 

[Turquoise Blue]

The Elections of 1848 in American Emperors, A Tale of Alternate Presidents.
Michael Zachary Adams*/Lionel Harbrooke (Moderate)
John Appleby/Daniel Shambroke (Whig)
Edward Wilkinson/Nicholas Tipperary (Democratic)

*Not related to John Adams.