ebrk85 Posted March 14, 2023 Author Share Posted March 14, 2023 10p+ Poll Closing Results MT Taft- 8 Bankhead- 8 TIE NV Taft- 7 Bankhead- 7 TIE UT Taft- 11 Bankhead- 8 CA Taft- 7 Bankhead- 8 ID Taft- 7 Bankhead- 10 OR Taft- 9 Bankhead- 7 WA Taft- 8 Bankhead- 8 TIE HI Taft- 10 Bankhead- 12 AK Taft- 14 Bankhead- 10 Total EV Taft- 259 Bankhead- 244 Closer then expected. Coming down to the tied states again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bushwa777 Posted March 14, 2023 Share Posted March 14, 2023 this is a nailbiter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rezi Posted March 14, 2023 Share Posted March 14, 2023 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bushwa777 Posted March 14, 2023 Share Posted March 14, 2023 Yay Taft gets a second term (unless the evil supremes try to yank it from him again!) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebrk85 Posted March 14, 2023 Author Share Posted March 14, 2023 Tied States AR Taft- 11 Bankhead- 8 KY Taft- 8 Bankhead- 4 MT Taft- 9 Bankhead- 11 NV Taft- 5 Bankhead- 10 WA Taft- 9 Bankhead- 11 Total EV Taft- 277 Bankhead- 260 (This number isn't final pending faithless electors) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imperator Taco Cat Posted March 14, 2023 Share Posted March 14, 2023 Just now, ebrk85 said: (This number isn't final pending faithless electors) Keep hope alive! 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rezi Posted March 14, 2023 Share Posted March 14, 2023 James Wadsworth Jr will personally take a trip to Arizona and Colorado to work the states' electors and convince them to defect. 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShortKing Posted March 14, 2023 Share Posted March 14, 2023 The election of 1956 pitting incumbent President Robert Taft against Hollywood socialite Tallulah Bankhead 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rezi Posted March 14, 2023 Share Posted March 14, 2023 1 minute ago, ShortKing said: The election of 1956 pitting incumbent President Robert Taft against Hollywood socialite Tallulah Bankhead I called the last map the worst thing I had ever seen but this has to take the cake. 3 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bushwa777 Posted March 14, 2023 Share Posted March 14, 2023 Is Bankhead going to be protesting like ronnie did in 52? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rezi Posted March 14, 2023 Share Posted March 14, 2023 Not for nothing... Taft did do better with Wadsworth on the ticket. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Euri Posted March 14, 2023 Share Posted March 14, 2023 Just now, Rezi said: Not for nothing... Taft did do better with Wadsworth on the ticket. Wadsworth can now retire in peace with undeniable proof that he inexplicably provided value to the ticket Or stay in politics to keep haunting Taft, that’s fine too 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebrk85 Posted March 14, 2023 Author Share Posted March 14, 2023 Faithless Electors From Taft: 2 from AZ From Tallulah: 3 from AL 3 from GA 1 from NV 3 from TX 3 from VA Final EV Totals Pres Robert Taft- 275 Tallulah Bankhead- 247 George Smathers- 3 Ralph Lawrence Carr- 2 Rev Billy Graham-1 John Connolly- 1 Sen William Knowland- 1 Clare Boothe Luce- 1 VP James Wadsworth, Jr- 1 Walter Judd- 1 Ross Barnett- 1 General Curtis LeMay- 1 William Scranton- 1 Gov Jim Rhodes- 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebrk85 Posted March 14, 2023 Author Share Posted March 14, 2023 Controversial nominee Tallulah Bankhead has a 50% chance of being able to challenge the results since one of the tied states flipping could send the election into the House. Rolls 53/50 so no challenge allowed. The results are final. @Bushwa777 President Robert Taft has been elected to a 2nd term with new @pman VP Edward Brooke 1 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rezi Posted March 14, 2023 Share Posted March 14, 2023 5 minutes ago, ebrk85 said: VP James Wadsworth, Jr- 1 The Wadream goes on! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Euri Posted March 14, 2023 Share Posted March 14, 2023 Well, Wadsworth got his Arizona elector Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebrk85 Posted March 14, 2023 Author Share Posted March 14, 2023 Points: @Bushwa777 Pres Taft for wining reelection gets 5,000pts! @pman VP Brooke gets 500pts @10centjimmy Tallulah Bankhead gets -500pts @MrPotatoTed Harley Staggers Sr gets -100pts Bonuses/Penalties: Tallulah Bankhead gets a -1 in all future presidential runs Harley Staggers gets a -1 in a 1960 presidential run and gains Uncharismatic Pres Taft gains Naval VP Brooke loses obscure Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebrk85 Posted March 14, 2023 Author Share Posted March 14, 2023 Bedtime. Will start on the rest of the elections after work tomorrow night. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bushwa777 Posted March 14, 2023 Share Posted March 14, 2023 6 hours ago, Rezi said: Not for nothing... Taft did do better with Wadsworth on the ticket. If you had not run again me was thinking of you again but history will never know Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pman Posted March 14, 2023 Share Posted March 14, 2023 6 hours ago, Euri said: Wadsworth can now retire in peace with undeniable proof that he inexplicably provided value to the ticket Or stay in politics to keep haunting Taft, that’s fine too Haha, well, it was a different country then. The Red side was set up for an easy win last time and Wadsworth's blunders made it close. But he did help us win NY so, who knows. Taft thanks him for his service but Brooke fits him better. I do wonder where this would be without Staggers and his weak candidacy causing mods to max out for us. Might have been the difference as crazy as it is to say. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pman Posted March 14, 2023 Share Posted March 14, 2023 As for the map, it's odd for sure but most of it makes sense. Taft is from the midwest and is a mod (midwest likes mods). Taft's VP is from New England and had some bonuses which helped him out perform there. Florida is always Florida. New York was a gut punch but we knew it'd be close, that's why we campaigned there. LW Pops do better there than other places. We should have done better in the Great Plains but Taft had a -1 or -2 there from cabinet picks and just general incumbency bad luck but we won Illinois which we had to win. Oregon makes no sense, but again, it's a game. Overall it's an ugly map but one that (mostly) makes sense given what we know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pman Posted March 14, 2023 Share Posted March 14, 2023 Overall this yet again shows how hard this game is on Presidents. We barely won yet I think we ran a smart campaign while the other side acted like they didn't really want to win when in reality I think they just had too much fun in the primary and then the Staggers pick was what it was. Incumbency is hard, really hard in this game. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
10centjimmy Posted March 14, 2023 Share Posted March 14, 2023 2 hours ago, pman said: the other side acted like they didn't really want to win when in reality I think they just had too much fun in the primary and then the Staggers pick was what it was I'll concede staggers was real dumb and my fault for not looking at his stats before agreeing to Ted's proposal, but let's chalk it up to the youth vote not turning out 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Euri Posted March 14, 2023 Share Posted March 14, 2023 The Staggers pick did seem to rival the Wadsworth one from four years ago, but this time it was less funny and more “Dammit, now Taft will be reelected” 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShortKing Posted March 14, 2023 Share Posted March 14, 2023 10 minutes ago, Euri said: The Staggers pick did seem to rival the Wadsworth one from four years ago, but this time it was less funny and more “Dammit, now Taft will be reelected” Not that I would ever root against our venerable Blue party, but if we saw a repeat from 1952 where Taft wins at the top of the ballot but the House and Senate go blue anyway, that's not the worst position for me personally to be in 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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