https://www.americanhistoryusa.com/campaign-trail/
this is done. don't post until you've won. tell us who you were and what election you won.
or don't. I don't give a fuck.
― sorry for butt rockin (Neanderthal), Monday, 10 February 2020 22:06 (four years ago) link
omg
― Οὖτις, Monday, 10 February 2020 22:10 (four years ago) link
I ran as Ralph Nader in 2000.
I made things much...much worse. Gore got destroyed.
― sorry for butt rockin (Neanderthal), Monday, 10 February 2020 22:15 (four years ago) link
wait no he didn't. he got beat about the same
well I won Hillary's election
― Οὖτις, Monday, 10 February 2020 22:16 (four years ago) link
(in 2016)
with Cory Booker as my running mate lol
hahaha! now I am trying to win as Michael Dukakis with Gore as running mate.
― sorry for butt rockin (Neanderthal), Monday, 10 February 2020 22:18 (four years ago) link
I wonder if I can make Mitt Romney win by turning him into a socialist
― Οὖτις, Monday, 10 February 2020 22:20 (four years ago) link
Humphrey-Ted Kennedy just beat Nixon (and Wallace) in 68, 348-145-45
― Piven After Midnight (The Yellow Kid), Monday, 10 February 2020 22:24 (four years ago) link
aw fuck they just hit me with Willie Horton
― sorry for butt rockin (Neanderthal), Monday, 10 February 2020 22:25 (four years ago) link
I will certainly NOT do the photo op, thank you
― sorry for butt rockin (Neanderthal), Monday, 10 February 2020 22:27 (four years ago) link
my Romney-Pawlenty ticket lost every state but 4 - just 19 electoral votes
― Οὖτις, Monday, 10 February 2020 22:27 (four years ago) link
hahahaahhaah
― sorry for butt rockin (Neanderthal), Monday, 10 February 2020 22:29 (four years ago) link
fuck, now California is in play?
I guess me running Dukakis as the arch liberal I am and not to win an election is gonna kill me
― sorry for butt rockin (Neanderthal), Monday, 10 February 2020 22:30 (four years ago) link
lost 293-245. I tried.
― sorry for butt rockin (Neanderthal), Monday, 10 February 2020 22:32 (four years ago) link
hmm Dukakis sounds like a challenge
― Οὖτις, Monday, 10 February 2020 22:35 (four years ago) link
I'm gonna try it again later. with a better running mate.
but right now, Bryan is going to kick McKinley's bullet-riddled ass
― sorry for butt rockin (Neanderthal), Monday, 10 February 2020 22:37 (four years ago) link
the South is pissed that I defended the rights of blacks
― sorry for butt rockin (Neanderthal), Monday, 10 February 2020 22:38 (four years ago) link
that... didn't go well. Maybe choosing Jesse Jackson as my running mate was being too far ahead of my time.
xps
― Οὖτις, Monday, 10 February 2020 22:41 (four years ago) link
hahahahahahaha
― sorry for butt rockin (Neanderthal), Monday, 10 February 2020 22:44 (four years ago) link
in the 19th century elections, you can't even pick states to go to, you have to give up weeks at a time to take wagons east or west lol
jesus fuck. third, despite getting 39% of the pop vote
― sorry for butt rockin (Neanderthal), Monday, 10 February 2020 22:47 (four years ago) link
had to say some shitty things, but won with Gore as VP
Congratulations! You have won the 1988 election.
In spite of a hard-fought challenge from George Bush, you have held on to succeed Ronald Reagan.
You were always the favorite to win, but a lot could have gone wrong. On the political front, you can work a Democratic House to overturn the worst excesses of Reagan. Internationally, you can hopefully oversee a period of relaxed tension with the Soviet Union.
― Οὖτις, Monday, 10 February 2020 22:49 (four years ago) link
heh I'm doing Jesse Jackson as my Veep now and lord right out the gate, the support I got for the same answers was so much more muted.
― sorry for butt rockin (Neanderthal), Monday, 10 February 2020 22:55 (four years ago) link
lost 478-60. jesus.
― sorry for butt rockin (Neanderthal), Monday, 10 February 2020 22:58 (four years ago) link
alright now, Gore with Kerry lol
― sorry for butt rockin (Neanderthal), Monday, 10 February 2020 23:02 (four years ago) link
cannot figure out how to win with Gore :(
― Οὖτις, Monday, 10 February 2020 23:15 (four years ago) link
I'm on my third attempt with him. switched to Bob Graham.
― sorry for butt rockin (Neanderthal), Monday, 10 February 2020 23:23 (four years ago) link
fuck, still lost Florida.
― sorry for butt rockin (Neanderthal), Monday, 10 February 2020 23:24 (four years ago) link
yeah I can't thread the needle either
― Οὖτις, Monday, 10 February 2020 23:25 (four years ago) link
My Clinton won 314EVs with the most liberal answer to everything
― Greta Van Show Feets BB (milo z), Monday, 10 February 2020 23:32 (four years ago) link
it frustrates me that it seems to want me to focus on swing states AND just Florida at the same time when visiting states
― sorry for butt rockin (Neanderthal), Monday, 10 February 2020 23:32 (four years ago) link
you have to time your visit to Florida just right to nail the Elian Gonzales question lol
― Οὖτις, Monday, 10 February 2020 23:34 (four years ago) link
gonna go the opposite direction and see if I can lose with Dubya
― Οὖτις, Monday, 10 February 2020 23:35 (four years ago) link
This reminds me of a Doonesbury game I had as a kid, minus 8-bit comic strip characters
I lost Florida and Ohio but kept PA/WI/MI, I didn't pay attention to see what my other pickup was to get over the hump.
― Greta Van Show Feets BB (milo z), Monday, 10 February 2020 23:35 (four years ago) link
Aww, won't let me run as Henry Wallace in '48. I bet I could have fucked Truman's shit up.
― Greta Van Show Feets BB (milo z), Monday, 10 February 2020 23:38 (four years ago) link
finally changed a few answers that I'd been accidentally doing the same. let's see if I win. if not I am breaking this fuckin' laptop
― sorry for butt rockin (Neanderthal), Monday, 10 February 2020 23:39 (four years ago) link
same start as always
SAME SHITTY 294-244 RESULT GODDAMMIT
― sorry for butt rockin (Neanderthal), Monday, 10 February 2020 23:40 (four years ago) link
I did it! I made Dubya lose 533 to 5 lol
― Οὖτις, Monday, 10 February 2020 23:40 (four years ago) link
apparently Dubya coming out in support of massive gun control legislation would've cost him the election - who knew?
― Οὖτις, Monday, 10 February 2020 23:41 (four years ago) link
how racist didja have to be
― sorry for butt rockin (Neanderthal), Monday, 10 February 2020 23:54 (four years ago) link
I'm convinced Gore isn't winnable. i've answered the questions in just about every net-positive way possible, I've changed up the state visits. even if I visit nobody but FL, I lose.
― sorry for butt rockin (Neanderthal), Monday, 10 February 2020 23:55 (four years ago) link
run Dubya as a liberal and Gore wins. But yeah I don't think there's a way to run as Gore and win, or at least I can't find it
― Οὖτις, Monday, 10 February 2020 23:57 (four years ago) link
i'm going to run Trump now and see if I can lose in embarrassing fashion.
then I'm eating dinner cos fuck this
― sorry for butt rockin (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 11 February 2020 00:01 (four years ago) link
Trump-Carson, here we go
hahaha
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 11 February 2020 00:04 (four years ago) link
I ran Dubya as close to the real world as I could, hit the Rust Belt hard, won Florida, still lost. I blame my running mate, Colin Powell.
― Greta Van Show Feets BB (milo z), Tuesday, 11 February 2020 00:06 (four years ago) link
370-168 Hildawg. gonna do it again, that's way too many EVs for the Trump
― sorry for butt rockin (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 11 February 2020 00:08 (four years ago) link
Hell yeah, I trounced Nixon in '68 running a pretty leftward campaign and shit talking Nixon whenever possible.
― justice 4 CCR (Sparkle Motion), Tuesday, 11 February 2020 21:04 (four years ago) link
I wonder if there's any way to win as Nader...
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 11 February 2020 21:07 (four years ago) link
The one time I did it, I got 0 electoral votes lol
― sorry for butt rockin (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 11 February 2020 21:08 (four years ago) link
I just did it, got zero electoral votes... and Gore won!
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 11 February 2020 21:14 (four years ago) link
Yeah when I tried Nader I got zero electoral votes, like 2% popular vote. Gore did win though.
― Piven After Midnight (The Yellow Kid), Tuesday, 11 February 2020 21:25 (four years ago) link
Got Humphrey to wallop Nixon 362-131 in 68, visits to the south must have made the difference.
― Dan Worsley, Tuesday, 11 February 2020 21:33 (four years ago) link
I spent a lot of time in Texas in '68
― justice 4 CCR (Sparkle Motion), Tuesday, 11 February 2020 21:46 (four years ago) link
got no electoral majority as humphrey, probably not a great outcome
― symsymsym, Wednesday, 12 February 2020 05:01 (four years ago) link
Candidate Electoral Votes Popular Votes Popular Vote %---- Richard Nixon 247 31,533,107 43.0%---- Hubert H. Humphrey 246 32,268,933 44.1%---- George Wallace 45 9,448,091 12.9%
― symsymsym, Wednesday, 12 February 2020 05:02 (four years ago) link
I leaked that Nixon sabotaged the peace talks, and that put me over the finish line. I felt conflicted about choosing Kennedy as my running mate, but figured that likely changed history to prevent Mary Jo Kopechne's death, so was mollified.
― blatherskite, Wednesday, 12 February 2020 16:44 (four years ago) link
kicked Kennedy's assssss
― sorry for butt rockin (Neanderthal), Thursday, 13 February 2020 04:16 (four years ago) link
i'm going to increase the difficulty now
i'm going to decrease the difficulty now
― sorry for butt rockin (Neanderthal), Thursday, 13 February 2020 05:01 (four years ago) link
beat McKinley's stank ass
just took down Woodrow "Invalid" Wilson
― sorry for butt rockin (Neanderthal), Thursday, 13 February 2020 05:23 (four years ago) link
ok somehow I managed to get 0 votes nationally as Nader. idk if that's a bug or I just ran that bad a campaign but
--- Al Gore 349 54,998,168 51.9%---- George W. Bush 189 50,618,403 47.8%---- Pat Buchanan 0 277,366 0.3%---- Ralph Nader 0 0 0.0%
― sorry for butt rockin (Neanderthal), Thursday, 13 February 2020 05:33 (four years ago) link
lol apparently people have won as Nader before. i gotta see if selling out will do it
― sorry for butt rockin (Neanderthal), Thursday, 13 February 2020 05:34 (four years ago) link
Revenge of the Corvair
― Greta Van Show Feets BB (milo z), Thursday, 13 February 2020 05:35 (four years ago) link
I was Dukakis. I ran with John Glenn. I lost worse than Dukakis.
― Michael Jones, Thursday, 13 February 2020 16:04 (four years ago) link
lol apparently people have won as Nader before.
I find this really hard to believe!
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 13 February 2020 16:07 (four years ago) link
There must be a glitch people can exploit cos it def seems to be the buggiest election. Nader kept getting 0 votes yesterday and when i looked at the stats panel the formatting is off.
It said 1% of Nader voters had won and somehow someone achieved all 538 EVs which hasn't happened on like any other election
― sorry for butt rockin (Neanderthal), Thursday, 13 February 2020 16:10 (four years ago) link
there's gotta be some cheat
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 13 February 2020 16:34 (four years ago) link
I am determined to win as Dukakis... so far no dice
― justice 4 CCR (Sparkle Motion), Thursday, 13 February 2020 18:32 (four years ago) link
I finally edged out GHWB by less than 1% to keep 1000 points of light from ever shining.
― justice 4 CCR (Sparkle Motion), Thursday, 13 February 2020 20:50 (four years ago) link
what was your strategy?
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 13 February 2020 20:51 (four years ago) link
the combo that finally worked was using Gore & going relentlessly negative at nearly every opportunity. I concentrated mainly on visiting Texas, Missouri, Ohio & Michigan. Of the 4 I only won Michigan but that plus the coasts was enough to eke out electoral victory.
― justice 4 CCR (Sparkle Motion), Thursday, 13 February 2020 20:57 (four years ago) link
Won in 2000 with Gore/Kerry 307-231. Kerry peeled off lefter leaning voters, I went hard on the “hold your nose” vote, CLIMATE CHANGE. Florida was solid blue.Won in 2016 with Clinton/Warren 338-200. Lots of class politics (lol), getting Obama to help gtvo, and I won fucking Utah and Nevada.
― hyds (gyac), Sunday, 16 February 2020 10:11 (four years ago) link
Balls, pressed post before I could finish. Still can’t win with Dukakis but my highest was around 230 EC votes - which I thought was awful until I saw how many he got irl.
― hyds (gyac), Sunday, 16 February 2020 10:12 (four years ago) link
Just won as Hillary, with Booker as running mate; brought Sanders out as much as possible while staying moderate/vague on most issues and going negative on Trump.
― With considerable charm, you still have made a choice (Sund4r), Monday, 17 February 2020 15:11 (four years ago) link
Also I spent a lot of time in Michigan, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania.
― With considerable charm, you still have made a choice (Sund4r), Monday, 17 February 2020 19:14 (four years ago) link
I got creamed running as Hillary with Warren as my running mate.
― justice 4 CCR (Sparkle Motion), Monday, 17 February 2020 19:16 (four years ago) link
Yeah, I did that the first time and lost big.
― With considerable charm, you still have made a choice (Sund4r), Monday, 17 February 2020 19:39 (four years ago) link
alright, gonna go fuck up some history again
― I hear that sometimes Satan wants to defund police (Neanderthal), Monday, 6 July 2020 23:31 (three years ago) link
I keep imagining the 2020 version of this game
― Wayne Grotski (symsymsym), Monday, 6 July 2020 23:33 (three years ago) link
"Coronavirus is here! Do you...."
― I hear that sometimes Satan wants to defund police (Neanderthal), Monday, 6 July 2020 23:40 (three years ago) link
Lost to Cuntrow Wilson by 1 damn EV
― I hear that sometimes Satan wants to defund police (Neanderthal), Monday, 6 July 2020 23:53 (three years ago) link
fuckin' beat him. all hail President Hughes
― I hear that sometimes Satan wants to defund police (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 7 July 2020 00:31 (three years ago) link
Yessss finally https://i.postimg.cc/7LRQChQj/841943-B9-5-FCB-4460-AAD1-60-A1-D923-D271.jpghttps://i.postimg.cc/VNvVLn4j/B6126394-EA95-49-A3-8284-C1-EB5-B58-D822.jpg
― scampos mentis (gyac), Tuesday, 7 July 2020 07:08 (three years ago) link
beat Nixon with Humphrey! fuck yeaaaaahh.
― popeye's arse (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 12 August 2020 05:24 (three years ago) link
Ha!
https://i.imgur.com/ImAV7lT.jpg
― Anti-Cop Ponceortium (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Wednesday, 12 August 2020 20:09 (three years ago) link
WHAT DID YOU DO
― caută tu singur (gyac), Wednesday, 12 August 2020 20:12 (three years ago) link
Attacked Bush constantly, went ultra-populist, still no idea how I managed to take Texas though.
― Anti-Cop Ponceortium (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Wednesday, 12 August 2020 20:39 (three years ago) link
was yr running mate Jimmy Dean?
― popeye's arse (Neanderthal), Thursday, 13 August 2020 03:25 (three years ago) link
No, Al Gore
― Anti-Cop Ponceortium (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Thursday, 13 August 2020 07:56 (three years ago) link
this is ridiculous, I keep trying to beat Carter with Ford for shits and giggles and every attempt I've wound up giving Carter more EVs despite improving my answers
― if Spaghetti-Os had whammy bars (Neanderthal), Sunday, 24 January 2021 05:28 (three years ago) link
gonna blame this on Bob Dole and go back to Connally
― if Spaghetti-Os had whammy bars (Neanderthal), Sunday, 24 January 2021 05:29 (three years ago) link
came back here to brag about beating Woodrow only to find out I already had two or three other times itt :(
idk why I thougth I hadn't beaten him before.
― he said that you son of a bitch (Neanderthal), Saturday, 13 February 2021 21:39 (three years ago) link
beat Carter with Gerald Ford! booo
― a very very unfair (Neanderthal), Saturday, 11 November 2023 16:47 (six months ago) link
m
I was gonna say, the pardon is a nearly insurmountable roadblock.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Saturday, 11 November 2023 17:39 (six months ago) link