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Lists of Heads of Government and Heads of State

Sideways, you've written a rundown for the inaugural Trans Parliament election, a list where the Social Credit Party campaign for werewolf rights, and whatever was going on in Ten Party State, but somehow this is your first work to make me genuinely double-take.

First Great Schism as the Gang of 400 leave the Politicosplayer's forum to create the Worker's Republic of Politicosplay (WRP)

The Politicosplay Federation and Open Politicosplay are, of course, out getting some tea. If you need either of them they're chatting in the two-man booth in the corner of Costa.

In London a prominent politicosplayer collective was arrested for wearing a political uniform. This case was later turned out of court, a result that some legal theorists believe has influenced the rise of political uniforms in 2020.

i think i need to lie down

Honestly, of all currently existing protest groups, XR are the only group with the manpower and relative coherence to bother making a political uniform, and certainly the only ones with design chops to make it look good.
 
Sideways, you've written a rundown for the inaugural Trans Parliament election, a list where the Social Credit Party campaign for werewolf rights, and whatever was going on in Ten Party State, but somehow this is your first work to make me genuinely double-take.

Haha, brilliant. It's a concept that's been on my mind for a while - party conferences are fun, but they're kinda also professional, and getting your photo taken with x-internal celebrity feels like a bit of an imposition. What if they were more explicitly fun? What if cosplay? What if what counted as respectable and significant in party politics could be shifted? Could a (traditionally) female hobby having prominence do that and give more soft power to women? What kind of women? And the big question: are hobbyist groups that take creative approaches to exploring history and politics a good thing?

Honestly, of all currently existing protest groups, XR are the only group with the manpower and relative coherence to bother making a political uniform, and certainly the only ones with design chops to make it look good.

Black Lives Matter did this a bit in the UK, famously. The TERF t-shirt is in here a lot more of a uniform, prompting people to come up with an original name for the group based on them tending to wear black shirts. The cybernats and and FBPE, and the scottish Unionists, and Leavers, and the anti-lockdown people are all possibly big enough.

Well at least he managed to win something I guess.

Reminder that Andy Burnham is hot now
 
1912 - 1934: Fall of the American System, Part One: the Rise and Collapse of the Fifth Party System

1913 - 1917:
Governor Woodrow Wilson (Democratic)
1912 (with Thomas R. Marshall) def. Fmr. President Theodore Roosevelt † (Progressive), President William H. Taft (Republican), Fmr. State Senator Eugene V. Debs (Socialist)

1917 - 1925: Senator Hiram Johnson (Progressive)
1916 (with John W. Weeks) def. Fmr. Rep. Theodore E. Burton (Republican), President Woodrow Wilson (Democratic)
1920 (with Frank O. Lowden) def. Fmr. Secretary of the Treasury William Gibbs McAdoo (Democratic), Professor Nicholas M. Butler ("Straight" Republican), Fmr. State Senator Eugene V. Debs (Socialist)

1925 - 1927: Justice Charles Evans Hughes (Republican)
1924 (with Warren G. Harding) def. Senator Robert M. LaFollette (Progressive), Fmr. Secretary of the Treasury William Gibbs McAdoo (Democratic), Faithless Elector for Eugene V. Debs

1927 - 1930: Senator Robert M. LaFollette (Progressive)
1928 (with Burton K. Wheeler) def. Mayor William Hale Thompson (Republican), Rep. Cordell Hull (Democratic)

1930 - 1933: Vice President Burton K. Wheeler (Progressive)

1933 - 1937: Retired General Leonard Wood (Independent)
1932 (with William E. Borah) def. President Burton K. Wheeler (Progressive), Governor Al Smith (Democratic), Fmr. Governor Calvin Coolidge (Republican), Governor Dan Moody (Prohibition)

The Fall of the American System (1912-1954)
Taught by Professor Jacob Eisenbaum

Semester One: the Rise and Collapse of the Fifth Party System

Lecture One: Hunting Rifles and Contingency; 1912 and the Assassination of Theodore Roosevelt

Lecture Two: How to not Fumble the Ball; Wilson and America's Entry into the Great War

Lecture Three: Nothing Will Stop the Bull Moose; 1916 and the Election of Hiram Johnson

Lecture Four: Fusion, not Fission; 1918 and Changing Political Alliances

Lecture Five: A Great Green Wall; Solidification of the Progressive Position in 1920

Lecture Six: Getting (Klan)baked; the Rise of the Second Klan and the 1924 Democratic Convention

Lecture Seven: Hamlet on the Hudson; Charles Evans Hughes and the Saving of the Republican Party

Lecture Eight: Solid, Solid South; the Decline of the Democrats

Lecture Nine: Assassinations and a Fighting Spirit; the Assassinations of 1927 and the Ascendancy of Bob LaFollette

Lecture Ten: The Balkans, the English, Depression, Oh My!; the Political Chaos of 1928 and the Election that Changed Everything

Lecture Eleven: Independents in the White House; Leonard Wood and the Great Bargain

Lecture Twelve: The Times, They Are a-Changin'; Introduction to the Tumultuous Thirties and the Collapse of the Sixth Party System
 
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I have a tentative Part Two to that, as well, write-up not yet done.

1934 - 1954: Fall of the American System, Part Two: the Sixth Party System and the Rebirth of a Nation (Every Man a Party)

1937 - 1941: Senator Huey P. Long (Share our Wealth - Progressive Endorsed)

1936 (with Burton K. Wheeler) def. Vice President William E. Borah (Republican), Governor William H. Murray (Democratic), Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt (Write-in), Various "Straight Ticket" Progressive Faithless Electors,

1941 - 1945: Mayor Fiorello La Guardia (Industrial Democracy - "Industrial" Progressives - Progressive Republicans)
1940 (with Robert A. Taft) def. Senator Theodore Roosevelt Jr. (Republican), Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt ("Establishment" Progressive - Progressive Democrats), Rep. William H. Bankhead (Democratic), President Huey P. Long (Share our Wealth - "Redistributionist" Progressives), Gov. Upton Sinclair (Socialist)

1945 - 1949: Vice President Robert A. Taft (States' Rights - Conservative Republicans - Democratic Endorsed)
1944 (with W. Lee O'Daniel) def. President Fiorello LaGuardia (Industrial Democracy - Progressive Endorsed - Republican Endorsed), Governor Upton Sinclair (Socialist), Fmr. President Huey P. Long (Share our Wealth), Senator Theodore Roosevelt Jr. ("Straight" Republican)

1949 - 1950: Governor Rexford Tugwell (Progressive)
1950 - 1954: Pres. Rexford Tugwell (NewStates - Progressive Endorsed - People's Coupon)

1948 (with Henry A. Wallace) def. President Robert A. Taft (States' Rights - Democratic Endorsed), Fmr. Governor Thomas E. Dewey (Independent - Republican Endorsed), Senator Upton Sinclair (Socialist), Fmr. President Huey P. Long (Share our Wealth)
1952 (with Henry A. Wallace) def. Senator Strom Thurmond (States' Rights), Senator Upton Sinclair (Socialist - Share our Wealth Endorsed)
1954 "NewStates" Constitutional Referendum: Yes (62%), No (38%)
 
The Sacrifices We Must All Make
John B. Anderson/Patrick Lucey 1981-1985

1980: Def. Ronald Reagan/George HW Bush, Jimmy Carter/Walter Mondale, Ed Clark/David Koch
Paul Laxalt/Howard Baker 1985-1993
1984: Def. Walter Mondale/Jerry Brown, John B. Anderson/Patrick Lucey
1988: Def. Ron Dellums/Mike Gravel, Gary Hart/Paul Tsongas
Bernie Sanders/John Lewis 1993-2001
1992: Def. Pat Robertson/John Tower, Al Gore/Lloyd Bentsen
1996: Def. Jack Kemp/J.C. Watts, Lee Iacocca/Tom Harkin
John McCain/Joe Lieberman 2001-2009
2000: Def. Jesse Ventura/Ralph Nader, Rick Santorum/Mike Huckabee
2004: Def. Bill Bradley/Jay Inslee
Jon Stewart/Barbara Lee 2009-2013
2008: Def. Bill Weld/Bill Clinton
Bill Haslam/Kirstin Gillibrand 2013-2021

2012: Def. Jon Stewart/Barbara Lee, Tom Tancredo/Sam Brownback
2016: Def. Howie Hawkins/Elizabeth Warren, Steve King/Michael Flynn
Krysten Sinema/Jay Inslee 2021-
2020: Def. Kirstin Gillibrand/Charlie Crist, Alex Jones/Sarah Sanders
 
The Sacrifices We Must All Make
John B. Anderson/Patrick Lucey 1981-1985

1980: Def. Ronald Reagan/George HW Bush, Jimmy Carter/Walter Mondale, Ed Clark/David Koch
Paul Laxalt/Howard Baker 1985-1993
1984: Def. Walter Mondale/Jerry Brown, John B. Anderson/Patrick Lucey
1988: Def. Ron Dellums/Mike Gravel, Gary Hart/Paul Tsongas
Bernie Sanders/John Lewis 1993-2001
1992: Def. Pat Robertson/John Tower, Al Gore/Lloyd Bentsen
1996: Def. Jack Kemp/J.C. Watts, Lee Iacocca/Tom Harkin
John McCain/Joe Lieberman 2001-2009
2000: Def. Jesse Ventura/Ralph Nader, Rick Santorum/Mike Huckabee
2004: Def. Bill Bradley/Jay Inslee
Jon Stewart/Barbara Lee 2009-2013
2008: Def. Bill Weld/Bill Clinton
Bill Haslam/Kirstin Gillibrand 2013-2021

2012: Def. Jon Stewart/Barbara Lee, Tom Tancredo/Sam Brownback
2016: Def. Howie Hawkins/Elizabeth Warren, Steve King/Michael Flynn
Krysten Sinema/Jay Inslee 2021-
2020: Def. Kirstin Gillibrand/Charlie Crist, Alex Jones/Sarah Sanders

So a moderate left, a far right and a roughly centre-right party?
 
US Senators as of January 2013.

Basically Hillary loses to McCain in 2008. His presidency and the economy goes about as bad as you’d expect and he loses seats all across the country in 2010. He governs more to the left as a response and approves almost everything the Democratic supermajorities in both houses put in front of him. He still continues to be a hawk in the Arab world and aids rebels in Libya, Syria etc. His moderation and continued interventionism causes Ron Paul to primary him and do pretty well actually. McCain tries to go back to the right, but burns more bridges in the process. He manages to win the nomination again, but Ron Paul runs on the libertarian ticket and Barack Obama wins in an absolute landslide holding over 70 senate seats and with upcoming mid-terms that look quite favorable towards his party.

Alabama:
Richard Shelby (R)
Jeff Sessions (R)


Alaska:
Mark Begich (D)

Sarah Palin (R)

Arizona:
Janet Napolitano (D)
Gabrielle Giffords (D)

Arkansas:
Blanche Lincoln (D)
Mark Pryor (D)

California:
Dianne Feinstein (D)
Barbara Boxer (D)

Colorado:
Michael Bennet (D)
Mark Udall (D)

Connecticut:
Ned Lamont (D)
Richard Blumenthal (D)

Delaware:
Joe Biden (D)
Chris Coons (D)

Florida:
Bill Nelson (D)
Alex Sink (D)


Georgia:
Saxby Chambliss (R)
Johnny Isakson (R)


Hawaii:
Colleen Hanabusa (D)
Brian Schatz (D)


Idaho:
Mike Crapo (R)
Jim Risch (R)


Illinois:
Dick Durbin (D)
Alexei Giannoulias (D)

Indiana:
Evan Bayh (D)
Brad Ellsworth (D)


Iowa:
Chuck Grassley (R)

Tom Harkin (D)

Kansas:
Pat Roberts (R)
Jerry Moran (R)


Kentucky:
Mitch McConell (R)

Jack Conway (D)

Louisiana:
Mary Landrieu (D)
Charlie Melançon (D)


Maine:
Susan Collins (R)

John Baldacci (D)

Maryland:
Barbara Mikulski (D)
Ben Cardin (D)

Massachusetts:
John Kerry (D)
Robert Reich (D)

Michigan:
Carl Levin (D)
Debbie Stabenow (D)


Minnesota:

Amy Klobuchar (D)
Norm Coleman (R)

Mississippi:
Thad Cochran (R)
Roger Wicker (R)


Missouri:
Claire McCaskill (D)
Robin Carnahan (D)

Montana:
Max Baucus (D)
Jon Tester (D)


Nebraska:
Mike Johanns (R)
Bob Kerrey (D)

Nevada:
Harry Reid (D)
Shelley Berkley (D)


New Hampshire:
John E. Sununu (R)
Jeanne Shaheen (D)

New Jersey:
Frank Lautenberg (D)
Bob Menendez (D)

New Mexico:
Tom Udall (D)
Ben Ray Luján (D)

New York:
Chuck Schumer (D)
Caroline Kennedy (D)

North Carolina:
Kay Hagan (D)
Elaine Marshall (D)


North Dakota:

John Hoeven (R)
Heidi Heitkamp (D)

Ohio:
Sherrod Brown (D)
Tim Ryan (D)


Oklahoma:
Jim Inhofe (R)
Brad Henry (D)

Oregon:
Ron Wyden (D)
Gordon Smith (R)

Pennsylvania:
Bob Casey Jr. (D)
Joe Sestak (D)

Rhode Island:
Jack Reed (D)
Sheldon Whitehouse (D)


South Carolina:
Jim Hodges (D)
Nikki Haley (R)

North Dakota:
Tim Johnson (D)
John Thune (R)

Tennessee:
Lamar Alexander (R)
Bob Corker (R)


Texas:

John Cornyn (R)
Julían Castro (D)

Utah:
Orrin Hatch (R)
Bob Bennett (R)


Vermont:
Mike Leahy (D)

Bernie Sanders (I)

Virginia:
Mark Warner (D)
Tim Kaine (D)

Washington:
Patty Murray (D)
Maria Cantwell (D)

West Virginia:
Jay Rockefeller (D)
Joe Manchin (D)

Wisconsin:
Russ Feingold (D)
Tammy Baldwin (D)


Wyoming:
Mike Ezni (R)
John Barrasso (R)
 
US Senators as of January 2013.

Basically Hillary loses to McCain in 2008. His presidency and the economy goes about as bad as you’d expect and he loses seats all across the country in 2010. He governs more to the left as a response and approves almost everything the Democratic supermajorities in both houses put in front of him. He still continues to be a hawk in the Arab world and aids rebels in Libya, Syria etc. His moderation and continued interventionism causes Ron Paul to primary him and do pretty well actually. McCain tries to go back to the right, but burns more bridges in the process. He manages to win the nomination again, but Ron Paul runs on the libertarian ticket and Barack Obama wins in an absolute landslide holding over 70 senate seats and with upcoming mid-terms that look quite favorable towards his party.

Alabama:
Richard Shelby (R)
Jeff Sessions (R)


Alaska:
Mark Begich (D)

Sarah Palin (R)

Arizona:
Janet Napolitano (D)
Gabrielle Giffords (D)

Arkansas:
Blanche Lincoln (D)
Mark Pryor (D)

California:
Dianne Feinstein (D)
Barbara Boxer (D)

Colorado:
Michael Bennet (D)
Mark Udall (D)

Connecticut:
Ned Lamont (D)
Richard Blumenthal (D)

Delaware:
Joe Biden (D)
Chris Coons (D)

Florida:
Bill Nelson (D)
Alex Sink (D)


Georgia:
Saxby Chambliss (R)
Johnny Isakson (R)


Hawaii:
Colleen Hanabusa (D)
Brian Schatz (D)


Idaho:
Mike Crapo (R)
Jim Risch (R)


Illinois:
Dick Durbin (D)
Alexei Giannoulias (D)

Indiana:
Evan Bayh (D)
Brad Ellsworth (D)


Iowa:
Chuck Grassley (R)

Tom Harkin (D)

Kansas:
Pat Roberts (R)
Jerry Moran (R)


Kentucky:
Mitch McConell (R)

Jack Conway (D)

Louisiana:
Mary Landrieu (D)
Charlie Melançon (D)


Maine:
Susan Collins (R)

John Baldacci (D)

Maryland:
Barbara Mikulski (D)
Ben Cardin (D)

Massachusetts:
John Kerry (D)
Robert Reich (D)

Michigan:
Carl Levin (D)
Debbie Stabenow (D)


Minnesota:
Amy Klobuchar (D)
Norm Coleman (R)

Mississippi:
Thad Cochran (R)
Roger Wicker (R)


Missouri:
Claire McCaskill (D)
Robin Carnahan (D)

Montana:
Max Baucus (D)
Jon Tester (D)


Nebraska:
Mike Johanns (R)
Bob Kerrey (D)

Nevada:
Harry Reid (D)
Shelley Berkley (D)


New Hampshire:
John E. Sununu (R)
Jeanne Shaheen (D)

New Jersey:
Frank Lautenberg (D)
Bob Menendez (D)

New Mexico:
Tom Udall (D)
Ben Ray Luján (D)

New York:
Chuck Schumer (D)
Caroline Kennedy (D)

North Carolina:
Kay Hagan (D)
Elaine Marshall (D)


North Dakota:
John Hoeven (R)
Heidi Heitkamp (D)

Ohio:
Sherrod Brown (D)
Tim Ryan (D)


Oklahoma:
Jim Inhofe (R)
Brad Henry (D)

Oregon:
Ron Wyden (D)
Gordon Smith (R)

Pennsylvania:
Bob Casey Jr. (D)
Joe Sestak (D)

Rhode Island:
Jack Reed (D)
Sheldon Whitehouse (D)


South Carolina:
Jim Hodges (D)
Nikki Haley (R)

North Dakota:
Tim Johnson (D)
John Thune (R)

Tennessee:
Lamar Alexander (R)
Bob Corker (R)


Texas:
John Cornyn (R)
Julían Castro (D)

Utah:
Orrin Hatch (R)
Bob Bennett (R)


Vermont:
Mike Leahy (D)

Bernie Sanders (I)

Virginia:
Mark Warner (D)
Tim Kaine (D)

Washington:
Patty Murray (D)
Maria Cantwell (D)

West Virginia:
Jay Rockefeller (D)
Joe Manchin (D)

Wisconsin:
Russ Feingold (D)
Tammy Baldwin (D)


Wyoming:
Mike Ezni (R)
John Barrasso (R)
And the Presidential list to accompany it:

2009 - 2010: John McCain / Mark Sanford (Republican)
2008: Hillary Clinton / Evan Bayh (Democrat)

2010 - 2011: John McCain / vacant (Republican)
2011 - 2013: John McCain / Charlie Crist (Republican)
2013 - 2021: Barack Obama / Kathleen Sebellius (Democrat)

2012: John McCain / Charlie Crist (Republican), Ron Paul / Gary Johnson (Libertarian)


Someone at the other place made something almost like this, but I can’t remember who it was. I think 90% of my inspiration comes from that particular story.
 
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I was actually thinking Anderson’s party is a bit more to the left than you’re thinking. This Sinema is more akin to her circa 2004 as a Green Party activist than her current self.

I didn't know that about her, thanks :)

Also, bisexual POTUS. I like this TL
 
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MAKING NEIL KINNOCK:
Leaders of the Labour Party:
1963-1976: Harold Wilson
1976-1979: Michael Foot
1979-1984: Denis Healey
1984-: Neil Kinnock


Deputy Leaders of the Labour Party:
1960-1970: George Brown
1970-1972: Roy Jenkins
1972-1976: Ted Short
1976-1979: Denis Healey
1979-1984: Roy Hattersley
1984-: Micheal Meacher


Prime Ministers of Great Britain:
1974-1976: Harold Wilson (Labour)

1974 (Majority) def: Ted Heath (Conservative), Jeremy Thorpe (Liberal)
1976-1978: Michael Foot (Labour)
1978-1985: Margaret Thatcher (Conservative)
1978 (Majority) def: Michael Foot (Labour), Roy Jenkins-David Steel (Alliance)
1983 (Majority) def: Denis Healey (Labour), David Owen-David Steel (Alliance), Bob Cryer (Solidarity)
1985-1988: Michael Heseltine (Conservative)
1986 (Coalition with *SDP) def: Neil Kinnock (Labour), David Owen (*SDP), Shirley Williams-David Steel (Alliance), Pat Wall (Solidarity)
1988-: Neil Kinnock (Labour)
1988 (Majority) def: Michael Heseltine (Conservative), Rosie Barnes (*SDP), Paddy Ashdown (Alliance), Frank Field-Liz Davies (Solidarity)

1976, Wilson steps down and whilst in the midst of a chaotic leadership election James Callaghan slips in the bath and suffers a concussion. Whilst not enough to stop him losing the first ballot it does give Jenkins a slight boost in support which makes him stay on the second ballot. With Jenkins and Callaghan splitting the Right, Foot manages to break in on the Left but any perception that this would mean Trotskyism and Red Flags in Britain was sadly mistaken. Foot's Government besieged by financial problems and other issues is unable to succeed in dealing with the raises in unemployment and problems with the Trade Unions, however Foot does decide to promote some new young radicals to the Front Bench with folks like Gould and importantly Kinnock getting some Junior Minister jobs. Kinnock in the dying rumblings of the Foot Government is briefly promoted to Secretary of Education as Roy Jenkins and Co decide that Labour's time is up and creates the Social Democrats decreeing that Benn was too strong an influence on Foot. In the spring of 1978, Labour goes to the polls and despite putting up a good fight, Thatcher wins a substantial majority as the Alliance bites into Labour's vote.

The subsequent leadership election is won by Denis Healey decisively against Peter Shore and the Right comes into power of the Labour Party machinations...it doesn't work out. The hunt against Militant becomes a clusterfuck and instead of a slow trickle and death of British Trotskyism the massive kick outs and perception by some on the Left that Militant is being unfairly treated by the Right means a bizarre gaggle of Bennites, Trots and Left Wing oddities join 'Solidarity'. The economy bounces back, Thatcher is rather popular and the Falklands occurs, leading to 1983 becoming a wash for Labour as Healey is unable to deal with the more modern campaigns of the Conservatives and Alliance with a landslide victory occurring for Thatcher. The subsequent leadership elections are considered a referendum on the Labour Right's ability to govern and with the Kinnock-Meacher ticket winning indicating that the answer is a firm 'NO'!

Kinnock helps correct the ship, leading a Modern but Left Wing Labour in reaction to the failure of the Labour Right to modernise either, meanwhile Solidarity's mask slips off during problems with the Liverpool Council, Thatcher battles Heseltine in 1985 over Westland and crashes and burns as Heseltine becomes leader and Owen starts disagreeing with David Steel. The chaos within the Conservative Government ripples outwards and what seems to be a definite Conservative victory becomes a hung parliament with Conservative advantage as Solidarity popularity tumbles off a cliff, Kinnock is able to use the chaos of the Tory Government to his advantage and David Owen nearly destroys the Alliance by taking the 'Gang of Four 2' with him into a coalition with the Conservatives. Within the next two chaotic years nothing much is done and Heseltine stays around by just his finger nails whilst Owen buggers off to the House of Lords in the Winter of 1988.

1988 Heseltine lose a vote of confidence and once again the parties go to the nation, and after 10 years of chaotic rule, Kinnock's stable vision of a Modern, Nuclear Free, Social Democratic Britain seems to appeal to the public over whatever Heseltine has to offer.

And so Kinnock wins and his vision of achieving a 'Bevanite 21st Century' as he joked at the 1987 Labour Party conference may turn out to be true...

1977-1981: Jimmy Carter (Democratic)
1976 (With Frank Church) def: Jerry Ford (Republican)
1981: Ronald Reagan (Republican)
1980 (With George H.W.Bush) def: Ted Kennedy (Democratic), John Anderson (Independent)
1981-1988: George H.W.Bush (Republican)
1984 (With Alexander Haig) def: Gary Hart (Democratic)
1988-1989: Alexander Haig (Republican)
1989-: Geraldine Ferraro (Democratic)
1988 (With Al Gore) def: Alexander Haig (Republican), Lee Iacocca (Independent)

American Liberalism took a bit of a hit in the late 70s, the Carter-Church ticket whilst winning wasn't able to bring about the projects that they wanted and as the 1980 Presidential Election came, the Liberals would strike back against Carter's limp regime with Ted Kennedy's nomination in 1980. Reagan would win but it wouldn't be as much of a landslide as OTL (still over 300 electoral college voters though), but he wouldn't live long enough to implement the ideas he wants as he takes a bullet in 1981. George H.W.Bush takes over and implements something similar to the ideas he wants, mainly a sense of bland Technocratic Conservatism. 1984 is similar to 1980, with the bizarre 'New' Democrats ideas of Gary Hart hitting the brickwall of Bush's presidency, causing many in the Democrats to look away from the emerging strain of Democrats at back towards the classic strains of Social Liberalism/Social Democrats.

The remaining years of Bush's rule go fine...before an incident similar to Iran-Contra occurs. Bush is impeached in 1988 for his part in the various deals and the lame duck Haig regime shows to America that the Republicans have imploded as governing force for the time being. Meanwhile in 1988 the Democrats chose there choice for President, with New York Senator Geraldine Ferraro beating Al Gore and Jesse Jackson with her almost Populist message of Social Liberalism beating out the two. The 1988 election between the Social Liberal Ferraro, the awkward Conservatism of Haig and the Angry Populism of Lee Iacocca see's it be a Ferraro wash.

And so for many the 1990s begin in 1988 with the Kinnock-Ferraro victories and the beginning of the 'Radical 90s'.
 
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Cool just know I was right

Moderator Post

You have recently requested and been granted a Fishing Trip, however, your conduct in this thread stirring up trouble based on off site drama and taking that drama to PMs is not acceptable.

Going on a fishing trip is not a way to get out of being punished for poor behaviour.

As such, I am extending your trip for a week to end on the 8th January, rather than the 1st.
 
I would be very interested in seeing this become a timeline
Well all the MAKING lists are ideas I have for a timeline in which Social Democracy doesn't collapse into Third Wayism (it still being seen as a 'EuroCommunist' idea) and the Right isn't able to really apply the ideas of Thatcher/Reagan to the fullest extent.
 
A somewhat hopeful prediction of the future
2021-2025:Joe Biden/Kamala Harris(Democratic)
2020:Donald Trump/Mike Pence
2025-2029:Kamala Harris/Andrew Cuomo(Democratic)
2024:Mike Pence/Nikki Haley(Republican)
2029-2033:Josh Hawley/Tim Scott(Republican)
2028:Kamala Harris/Andrew Cuomo(Democratic)
2033-????:Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez/Mike Levin(Democratic)
2032:Josh Hawley/Tim Scott(Republican)
Do I think this is going to happen 100% ?
No.
But I'm a bit fed up with !DOOM! future histories so here
 
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To go off what @Catalunya did here's something similar:

The year is 2009, America in the throes of a financial recession. George W. Bush's term has seen domestic malaise as his conservative policy has been stymied by Congress, especially the specter of welfare reform that destroyed them in the midterms. Foreign policy-wise, all is quiet but the neoliberal consensus is being shaken up by the new president, Paul Wellstone, and his VP Harold Ford. (Basically no 9/11 and Bush still commits lots of domestic mistakes making things hellish for Republicans going forward).

Alabama:
Jeff Sessions (R)
Richard Shelby (R)


Alaska:
Mark Begich (D)
Tony Knowles (D)


Arizona:
John Kyl (R)
John McCain (R)


Arkansas:
Mark Pryor (D)
Blanche Lincoln (D)

California:
Dianne Feinstein (D)
Barbara Boxer (D)

Colorado:
Tom Strickland (D)
Ken Salazar (D)

Connecticut:
Joe Liberman (D)
Chris Dodd (D)

Delaware:
Tom Caper (D)
Joe Biden (D)

Florida:
Bill Nelson (D)
Betty Castor (D)


Georgia:
Max Cleland (D)
Johnny Isakson (R)

Hawaii:
Daniel Akaka (D)
Daniel Inouye (D)


Idaho:
Jim Risch (R)
Mike Crapo (R)


Illinois:
Dick Durbin (D)
Barack Obama (D)


Indiana:
Richard Lugar (R)
Evan Bayh (D)

Iowa:
Tom Harkin (D)
Chuck Grassley (R)

Kansas:
Pat Roberts (R)
Sam Brownback (R)


Kentucky:
Bruce Lunsford (D)
Daniel Mongiardo (D)

Louisiana:
Mary Landrieu (D)
Chris John (D)


Maine:
Olympia Snowe (R)
Susan Collins (R)


Maryland:
Ben Cardin (D)
Barbara Mikulski (D)

Massachusetts:
Ted Kennedy (D)
John Kerry (D)

Michigan:
Debbie Stabenow (D)
Carl Levin (D)

Minnesota:
Amy Klobuchar (D)
Lori Swanson (D)


Mississippi:
Ronnie Musgrove (D)
Thad Cochran (R)

Missouri:
Claire McCaskill (D)
Kit Bond (R)

Montana:
John Tester (D)
Max Baucus (D)


Nebraska:
Ben Nelson (D)
Mike Johanns (R)

Nevada:
John Ensign (R)
Harry Reid (D)

New Hampshire:
Jeanne Shaheen (D)
Judd Gregg (R)

New Jersey:
Bob Menedez (D)
Frank Lautenberg (D)

New Mexico:
Jeff Bingham (D)
Tom Udall (D)

New York:
Hilary Clinton (D)
Chuck Schumer (D)

North Carolina:
Erkshine Bowles (D)
John Edwards (D)

North Dakota:
Kent Conrad (D)
Byron Dorgan (D)


Ohio:
Sherrod Brown (D)
George Voinovich (R)

Oklahoma:
Jim Inhofe (R)
Tom Coburn (R)


Oregon:
Jeff Merkley (D)
Ron Wyden (D)


Pennsylvania:
Bob Casey Jr. (D)
Arlen Specter (R)

Rhode Island:
Sheldon Whitehouse (D)
Jack Reed (D)


South Carolina:
Alex Sanders (D)
Jim DeMint (R)

South Dakota:
Tim Johnson (D)
Tom Daschle (D)

Tennesse:
Robert Cooper Jr. (D)
Bob Clement (D)


Texas:
Kay Bailey Hutchison (R)
Rom Kirk (D)

Utah:
Orrin Hatch (R)
Bob Bennett (R)


Vermont:
Bernie Sanders (I)
Patrick Leahy (D)

Virginia:
Jim Webb (D)
Mark Warner (D)

Washington:
Maria Cantwell (D)
Patty Murray (D)

West Virginia:
Robert Byrd (D)
Jay Rockefeller (D)

Wisconsin:
Herb Kohl (D)
Russ Feingold (D)


Wyoming:
John Barrasso (R)
Mike Enzi (R)
 
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