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  1. On 3/22/2024 at 7:47 PM, vcczar said:

    Copy+Paste the below:

     
    For the below, apply the number 0, 1, 3, 5, or 7 to the below areas: 
    Here's what the numbers mean:
     
    • 0 = This voter bloc would either strongly oppose me or have no opinion of me. They likely wouldn't vote for me.
    • 1 = This voter bloc would be seriously disappointed by my nomination, but not enough to refuse to vote for me. 
    • 3 = This voter bloc would be okay with my nomination, but they'd prefer about half the other candidates ideally. 
    • 5 = While I'm not the ideal candidate for this voter bloc, they would still be eager to vote for me if I were the nominee.
    • 7 = I am a close to ideal nominee for this voting bloc, and I would certainly energize them at the polls. 
     
    What state do you currently live in (if international, pick where you'd move to):  Missouri
     
    Which of the two major political party primaries would you run in? Democrat or Republican? Republican 
     
    Please provide the above numbers to the voter blocs below. Be honest:
     
    1. LW Populist (think Bernie Sanders, AOC, Socialists, Greens) 0
    2. Progressive (Elizabeth Warren. Sort of a bridge between Sanders and Biden) 1
    3. Liberals (Mainstream Dem -- Biden, Obama, Pelosi) 3
    4. Moderates (Bipartisan enough to disappoint the base of your party but earn respect from opponents at times) 5
    5. Conservatives (Establishment GOP -- McConnell, Thune, Rubio, GW Bush) 7
    6. Traditionalists (Very minimum government - Ted Cruz, Rand Paul, Mike Lee) 3
    7. RW Populists (MAGA - Trump, MTG, Gaetz) 1
    8. Independent (Don't fit any of the above labels, dislike major parties, fickle voters, etc) 3
    9. Youth (ages 18-29) 3
    10.Retirees (ages 65-120) 5
    11. Asian-Americans 3
    12. African-Americans 3
    13. Latino/Hispanic-Americans 5
    14. Foreign Birth (foreign born voters that live in foreign born communities) 3
    15. voters w/ College degrees and college degree jobs. 5
    16. voter w/o a college degree w/ jobs not requiring college degrees 3
    17. Reformists (wants large-scale change in government, elections,etc) 7
    18. Status Quo (want no to minimal change to government, elections,etc) 3
    19. Military Expansion (vets, expansionists, internationalists, neocons, etc) 7
    20. Humanitarianism (pacifists, humanitarian aid, multiculturalism, etc) 3
    21. Environmentalist (Green New Deal, conservation, Alt-energy) 3
    22. Evangelical Christians (Christian Right, social conservative Christian) 7
    23. LW activists (hard-core politically engaged left-wing policy supporters) 0
    24. RW activists (same but for right-wing policy supporters) 1
    25. Agriculture (farmers and rural voters) 3
    26. Manufacturing (factory workers) 3
    27. Energy (oil, gas, mining workers) 5
    28. Transportation (workers in railroads, roads, airlines, buses, trucking, delivery, etc.) 3
    29. Commerce (small business owners, corporate workers, workers in commerce) 3
    30. High Tech (workers in computers, AI, programming/dev, technology workers) 1
    31. Finance (workers in accounting, banking, finance, money, stocks, etc) 3
    32. Health & Services (medical workers, hospice, education, social workers, etc) 7

     

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  2. 6 minutes ago, ebrk85 said:

    2.4.1 Random Death/Retirement

    @10centjimmy

    Fmr AG Charles Brannan (CO) retires

    Sen Estes Kefauver (TN) will retire at the end of his term

    Gov Paul A Dever (MA) dies at 75 from bad lungs. He was truly a Gov for life. Only death could remove him from office!

         @10centjimmy please pick a new faction leader

         @10centjimmy LtGov John Kerry is the new Gov. After 8 years on career track, he gains Civil Rights, +1 Gov, Transportation

    @jnewt

    Rep Victor Anfuso (NY) will retire at the end of the term

    Richard F Harless (AZ) dies at 73

    Fmr Rep Omar Burleson (TX) retires

    @DJBillyShakes

    Fmr Rep Ralph Yarborough (TX) retires

    Tom Steed (OK) dies at 74

    Disgraced Fmr Amb Clark Clifford (MO) retires

    @ShortKing

    Sec of the Interior Mike Mansfield (MT) decides if he can’t be in the Senate he’d rather just retire

         @jnewt please appoint a new Sec of the Interior

    Fmr Rep Bob Sikes (FL) retires

    Fmr House Whip William Green Jr (PA) dies at 68

    ECCPU

    Fmr Gov Roger D Branigan (IN) retires

    Fmr Rep Charles Edward Bennett (FL) retires

    Sen Victor Wickersham (OK) dies at 72 from a virus

         @pman Gov Keating to appoint a replacement

    FreezeCPU

    Rep James J Wadsworth (NY) dies at 73 in a deadly accident

         @jnewt Gov Cuomo to appoint a replacement

    Fmr Sen Winston Prouty (VT) retires

    Leo Isacson (NY) retires

    @dkh64

    Robert F Bradford (MA) retires

    Fmr Hiram Fong (HI) retires

    Jim Hannah (AR) dies at 34

    @Rezi

    Rep Frederick Payne (ME) will retire at end of term

    John Coolidge (MA) retires 

    Robert McNamera (CA) dies at 62

    @pman

    Gov Charles Phelps Taft II (OH) will retire at the end of his term

    Rep Earl D Eisenhower (IL) will retire at the end of the term

    William Howard Taft III (OH) dies at 63

    @Willthescout7

    Rep William Beardsley (IA) dies at 77 from cancer. Beardsley also served as a Gov and Attorney General

         @Willthescout7 as your only non-obscure pol, NH Gov Meldrim Thompson Jr becomes your faction leader

         @Rezi Gov Branstad to appoint a replacement

         FreezeCPU Gov Mike Castle takes over as interim Party Leader

    Sen Rush Holt Sr (WV) will retire at the end of his term

    Fmr Chief of Naval Ops David L McDonald (GA) retires

    …I worked so hard to get Beardsley there😭😭😭😭

  3. Whig Committee Chair:

    Senate Domestic: Harry A Richardson (DE, Wall Street Whig, 4 Legi)

    Senate Economic: William A Stone (PA, Wall Street Whig, 3 Legi)

    Senate Foreign: March H Dunnell (ME, Wall Street Whig, 2 Legi)

    Senate Judicial: Cyrus Sulloway (NH, Wall Street Whig, 3 Legi)

    House Domestic: Jacob H Gallinger (NH-1, Moderate Whigs, 5 Legi)

    House Economic: Adin Capron (RI-1, Progressive Whigs, 4 Legi)

    House Foreign: Decius Wade (OH-3, School Book Liberals, 2 Legi)

    House Judicial: Thomas W Ferry (MI-1, Moderate Whigs, 5 Legi)

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  4. 22 minutes ago, ebrk85 said:

    2.2.1 Congressional Leadership Elected

    In the House only the factions of Freeze, dkh64 and Rezi can challenge the incumbent leadership. In the Senate with the change in majority all the races are open.

     

    Speaker of the House- @pman Bob Wilson

    House Majority Leader- @Willthescout7 William Beardsley

    House Majority Whip- OPEN

    Eligible pols are: @Willthescout7 Phil Crane, @Willthescout7 Harold Velde, @Willthescout7 Donald Riegle, @Rezi John E Davis, @Rezi Seth Taft, @Rezi Ben Reifel, @Willthescout7 John Warner, @pman Glenn Robert Davis

     

    House Minority Leader- OPEN

    House Minority Whip- @jnewt Shirley Chisholm

    Eligible pols are: @DJBillyShakes Thomas J Dodd, @10centjimmy Harrison Williams, @10centjimmy Malcolm X

     

    Senate Majority Leader/Whip eligible pols are: @pman Ted Stevens, @Willthescout7 Sam Yorty (current min leader), @Rezi Chester E Merrow, @Rezi Ernest W Gibson III (current min whip)

     

    Senate Minority Leader/Whip eligible pols are: @10centjimmy James Roosevelt, ECCPU Cardiss Collins, @ShortKing Martha Layne Collins, @jnewt Tip O'Neill, @10centjimmy Soapy Williams, @DJBillyShakes Arnold Olsen (current maj leader), @jnewt William L Guy, @10centjimmy Robert F Wagner Jr, ECCPU Daniel Patrick Moynihan, @DJBillyShakes Dick Celeste, @DJBillyShakes Che Salazar, @10centjimmy John E Fogarty, @ShortKing Claiborne Pell (current maj whip), @10centjimmy Estes Kefauver, @jnewt Henry M Jackson

     

    ECCPU Cardiss Collins will run for Senate Minority Leader

    I’ll run Donald Riegle for House Majority Whip and Beardsley will remain as leader. 
     

    in the Senate, I’ll run Sam Yorty for Majority Leader

  5. 1 hour ago, matthewyoung123 said:

    All, please vote for the following resolutions;  This is the final floor vote before shenanigans.

    @Willthescout7 @10centjimmy @Arkansas Progressive @matthewyoung123 @Blockmon @Euri @DJBillyShakes @theFreezerFlame

    HOUSE-

    • HR-1; Elevate the Department of Agriculture into a Cabinet-level Executive Department  NAY
    • HR-2; Federal Aid for Primary and Secondary Schools in the South for Blacks and Poor Whites & Subsidize Telegraphs to build a connection between the East and West coasts. NAY
    • HR-3; Create Memorial Day as a Federal Holiday NAY
    • HR-4; Wyoming Territory AYE
    • HR-5; North Carolina Reconstruction AYE
    • HR-6 Arkansas Reconstruction AYE
    • HR-7; US Dollar as the nation's currency using a gold standard--free of paper money and silver to cause deflation AYE
    • HR-8; Open Indian Territory up to White Settlement  AYE

    SENATE-

    • SR-1; Create offices of Sen Maj, Sen Min, House Maj, House Min, and WhipsCreate Free Rural Delivery mail service, Grant Confiscated Southern Farms to Free Blacks for rent until they can purchase them, and North Dakota Statehood. NAY
    • SR-2; Create Temporary Wartime Income Tax on a progressive scale of 3% to 5% for middle and high incomes, Mississippi Reconstruction, Texas Reconstruction, & Virginia Reconstruction.AYE
    • SR-3; Federal Direct Tax on Land  NAY
    • SR-4; Ban Criminals from Immigrating AYE
    • SR-5; Increase Salary of Legislative Branch Members, Force Natives on Reservations to Adopt Private Property, and REPEAL Institute Filibuster. NAY

     

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  6. 1 hour ago, matthewyoung123 said:

    The 42nd Congress of the United States-

    These are proposed bills in committee.  Everyone needs to vote on the following bills @Willthescout7 @10centjimmy @Arkansas Progressive @matthewyoung123 @Blockmon @Euri @DJBillyShakes @theFreezerFlame.  Bills in BOLD are automatically passed in committee and move to the floor for a vote.  After committee votes, committee chairs will have the opportunity to package legislation for a floor vote.

    HOUSE-

    Domestic- 

    • Elevate the Department of Agriculture into a Cabinet-level Executive Department NAY
    • Federal Aid for Primary and Secondary Schools in the South for Blacks and Poor Whites NAY
    • Create Memorial Day as a Federal Holiday NAY
    • Subsidize Telegraphs to build a connection between the East and West coasts NAY

    Foreign/Military- 

    • Wyoming Territory AYE
    • North Carolina Reconstruction AYE
    • Arkansas Reconstruction AYE

    Economic-

    • Protect Monopolies, Mergers, Cartels from Regulations Amendment AYE
    • US Dollar as the nation's currency using a gold standard--free of paper money and silver to cause deflation AYE

    Judicial- 

    • Open Indian Territory up to White Settlement AYE

    SENATE-

    Domestic- 

    • Create offices of Sen Maj, Sen Min, House Maj, House Min, and Whips NAY
    • Create Free Rural Delivery mail service NAY
    • Grant Confiscated Southern Farms to Free Blacks for rent until they can purchase them NAY
    • North Dakota Statehood AYE

    Foreign/Military- 

    • Create Temporary Wartime Income Tax on a progressive scale of 3% to 5% for middle and high incomes NAY
    • Mississippi Reconstruction AYE
    • Texas Reconstruction AYE
    • Virginia Reconstruction AYE

    Economic- 

    • Print Greenback for payment to soldiers and other costs of war or to encourage needed inflation NAY
    • Federal Direct Tax on Land NAY

    Judicial- 

    • Ban Criminals from Immigrating AYE

     

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