Post by american2006 on Sept 30, 2020 23:04:53 GMT
2016 Election, Summary:
The Democratic Party and Republican Party each had two main challengers for the throne of party leadership. In the Democrats, Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY) ran for the nomination. In the Republicans, Senator Ted Cruz and Businessman Donald Trump where the front-runners, although Marco Rubio played a significant challenge. Scandal would quickly bring down the campaign of Hillary Clinton in the primaries, and Donald Trump was constantly plagued by scandal. Clinton won five states in the primaries as well as DC. In the GOP, Cruz won Iowa, followed by a Kasich victory in New Hampshire, followed by two victories for Rubio in South Carolina and Nevada. Cruz would lead a mostly successful campaign, beating Donald Trump 1083-983, Rubio gaining 162, and Kasich 98.
The general election saw the Bernie Sanders-Cory Booker ticket to the Ted Cruz-Joni Ernst ticket face off. The election was seen widely as one the GOP would win, the GOP controlled at the time the House and Senate and seemed as if they could take back Virginia, Colorado, and Nevada from the Democrats. They lucked out, and 'Broke the Blue Wall', winning four traditionally Democratic States.
The Game Itself
This is a Group TL. Each person takes turns that will cover one month each, starting in January 20th. The rules are simple.
The Democratic Party and Republican Party each had two main challengers for the throne of party leadership. In the Democrats, Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY) ran for the nomination. In the Republicans, Senator Ted Cruz and Businessman Donald Trump where the front-runners, although Marco Rubio played a significant challenge. Scandal would quickly bring down the campaign of Hillary Clinton in the primaries, and Donald Trump was constantly plagued by scandal. Clinton won five states in the primaries as well as DC. In the GOP, Cruz won Iowa, followed by a Kasich victory in New Hampshire, followed by two victories for Rubio in South Carolina and Nevada. Cruz would lead a mostly successful campaign, beating Donald Trump 1083-983, Rubio gaining 162, and Kasich 98.
The general election saw the Bernie Sanders-Cory Booker ticket to the Ted Cruz-Joni Ernst ticket face off. The election was seen widely as one the GOP would win, the GOP controlled at the time the House and Senate and seemed as if they could take back Virginia, Colorado, and Nevada from the Democrats. They lucked out, and 'Broke the Blue Wall', winning four traditionally Democratic States.
The Game Itself
This is a Group TL. Each person takes turns that will cover one month each, starting in January 20th. The rules are simple.
- Keep it Clean (follow all site rules on this)
- Keep it as non partisan as possible (I will be the judge, jury and executioner on this. I will decide if something is too unrealistic)
- Post something about the United States, but don't make it all about the United States (Info on Russia, China, East Asia, Europe, and Canada, among others should be standard at least)
- Be civil in discussion
- To avoid current politics, in 2020, Kamala Harris, Joe Biden, Mike Pence, and Donald Trump will not be mentioned after July 2019 without good reason (this would be Harris making headlines for interrogating a justice in a supreme court appointment.)
- Each month will have a 'surprise event' of my choice. This may or may not be something that happened IOTL, but you will have to address it. It may be a scandal, it may be a foreign affairs crisis, it may be an economic recession.
- Do not claim more then 1 turn at a time, and wait 3 turns before claiming another. This way many people can join.
- If possible, post maps, infographics, and other graphics. I have trouble doing such with this computer, but I would welcome anything of the sort. And with that, would wants to go first.