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Post by kodak on Jan 4, 2016 3:37:26 GMT
The year is 1912. You are an American voter.
There has been a great deal of turmoil in the Republican party, which took a disastrous turn when former president Roosevelt and the Progressive Republicans walked out of the RNC and formed their own party. Democratic nominee Woodrow Wilson has lept at this opportunity and has become the frontrunner.
Debs hopes he can get high enough turnout to influence the election, but previous support for the Socialist party has been too low to realistically hope for victory.
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Post by lordroel on Jan 4, 2016 3:52:10 GMT
The year is 1912. You are an American voter. There has been a great deal of turmoil in the Republican party, which took a disastrous turn when former president Roosevelt and the Progressive Republicans walked out of the RNC and formed their own party. Democratic nominee Woodrow Wilson has lept at this opportunity and has become the frontrunner. Debs hopes he can get high enough turnout to influence the election, but previous support for the Socialist party has been too low to realistically hope for victory. I am going for the Roosevelt ticket because i believe he is a strong leader. |
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Post by kodak on Jan 6, 2016 2:37:29 GMT
The year is 1912. You are an American voter. There has been a great deal of turmoil in the Republican party, which took a disastrous turn when former president Roosevelt and the Progressive Republicans walked out of the RNC and formed their own party. Democratic nominee Woodrow Wilson has lept at this opportunity and has become the frontrunner. Debs hopes he can get high enough turnout to influence the election, but previous support for the Socialist party has been too low to realistically hope for victory. I am going for the Roosevelt ticket because i believe he is a strong leader. Hopefully the next voter goes for Taft or Roosevelt, I'd hate to end this with a 3-way tie. Part of the reason for this is the small voting base, I thought it would funny to have an election with 5 or less voters. |
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Post by lordroel on Jan 6, 2016 3:48:41 GMT
I am going for the Roosevelt ticket because i believe he is a strong leader. Hopefully the next voter goes for Taft or Roosevelt, I'd hate to end this with a 3-way tie. Part of the reason for this is the small voting base, I thought it would funny to have an election with 5 or less voters. I also hoop that more people vote but it seems that for now it seems to be a tie between Roosevelt and Wilson camps. |
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Post by kodak on Jan 17, 2016 5:32:23 GMT
Halfway through the month, and the vote is still firmly tied...
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Post by lordroel on Jan 17, 2016 8:47:11 GMT
Halfway through the month, and the vote is still firmly tied... Things can still change. |
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Post by stevep on Jan 17, 2016 11:16:17 GMT
Well, given Wilson's reputation as a die-hard racist and knowing relatively little about Taft [and current not having the time to check] I think I would go for Roosevelt. He's also more reformist and internationally minded that the other candidates so think he would be the best choice for the wider world as well as the US.
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Post by lordroel on Jan 17, 2016 11:23:53 GMT
Well, given Wilson's reputation as a die-hard racist and knowing relatively little about Taft [and current not having the time to check] I think I would go for Roosevelt. He's also more reformist and internationally minded that the other candidates so think he would be the best choice for the wider world as well as the US. Steve I always support Roosevelt he is among my 3 US presidents i admire, the other two are: Franklin Delano Roosevelt Martin Van Buren What do they have in common that i admire them. |
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Post by stevep on Jan 17, 2016 16:43:57 GMT
Well, given Wilson's reputation as a die-hard racist and knowing relatively little about Taft [and current not having the time to check] I think I would go for Roosevelt. He's also more reformist and internationally minded that the other candidates so think he would be the best choice for the wider world as well as the US. Steve I always support Roosevelt he is among my 3 US presidents i admire, the other two are: Franklin Delano Roosevelt Martin Van Buren What do they have in common that i admire them. |
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Post by stevep on Jan 17, 2016 16:45:19 GMT
I always support Roosevelt he is among my 3 US presidents i admire, the other two are: Franklin Delano Roosevelt Martin Van Buren What do they have in common that i admire them. Lordroel Why do I have a feeling its something to do with their ancestry?  I.e. a touch of orange. Steve |
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Post by lordroel on Jan 17, 2016 16:54:35 GMT
Lordroel Why do I have a feeling its something to do with their ancestry? I.e. a touch of orange. Steve You correct, but of the three only two are consider by Americans to be great, to shame Van Buren is not among them. |
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Post by stevep on Jan 17, 2016 22:57:20 GMT
Lordroel Why do I have a feeling its something to do with their ancestry? I.e. a touch of orange. Steve You correct, but of the three only two are consider by Americans to be great, to shame Van Buren is not among them. Lordroel I think he had a problem of following on from Jackson. Not being the 'great' man himself but having to deal with the mess Jackson made of the economy. Think he was also criticised by Jackson's followers because as the slump deepened he tried different policies to try and resolve the problems created. Steve |
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Post by kodak on Jan 18, 2016 2:37:58 GMT
Well, given Wilson's reputation as a die-hard racist and knowing relatively little about Taft [and current not having the time to check] I think I would go for Roosevelt. He's also more reformist and internationally minded that the other candidates so think he would be the best choice for the wider world as well as the US. Steve I always support Roosevelt he is among my 3 US presidents i admire, the other two are: Franklin Delano Roosevelt Martin Van Buren What do they have in common that i admire them. They're all New Yorkers? |
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Post by lordroel on Jan 18, 2016 4:36:46 GMT
I always support Roosevelt he is among my 3 US presidents i admire, the other two are: Franklin Delano Roosevelt Martin Van Buren What do they have in common that i admire them. They're all New Yorkers? That is also true. I wonder if Roosevelt when elected president, will he try to meditate in 1914 when war breaks out in Europe or join the British-French side and bring the United States into war. |
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Post by spanishspy on Jan 18, 2016 5:10:28 GMT
Lordroel Why do I have a feeling its something to do with their ancestry? I.e. a touch of orange. Steve You correct, but of the three only two are consider by Americans to be great, to shame Van Buren is not among them. Van Buren is generally seen as average, or just generally uninteresting. He did however undertake many of the Indian Removal policies that Jackson started.
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I.e. a touch of orange.