theflyingmongoose's Test Thread

[theflyingmgoose]

November 14, 1958 - Australian General Election:

PRIME MINISTERS OF AUSTRALIA:
Robert Menzies (L-C) - 1948-1954
Coalition Majority - 1948-1954
H.V. Evatt (LAB) - 1954-1957
Labor Majority - 1954-1957
Stan Keon (LAB) - 1957-1957
Labor Majority - 1957-1957
Arthur Calwell (LAB) - 1957-?
Labor Majority - 1957-1958
Labor Minority - 1958-?

ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THE LABOR GOVERNMENT (1955-1958):
-Implemented universal healthcare
-Introduced paid parental leave
-Mandated a minimum wage
-Expanded welfare benefits
-Invested in an infrastructure program

 

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November 25, 1958 - French General Election:

PRIME MINISTERS OF FRANCE:
Antoine Pinay (NCI) - 1952-1952
Independents & Peasants-Radical-Popular Republican-Union of Resistance Coalition - 1952-1952
Robert Schuman (RAD) - 1952-1954
Independents & Peasants-Radical-Popular Republican-Union of Resistance Coalition - 1952-1954
Louis Jacquinot (NCI) - 1954-1954
Independents & Peasants-Radical-Popular Republican-Union of Resistance Coalition - 1954-1954
Jean Letournau (RAD) - 1954-1955
Independents & Peasants-Radical-Popular Republican-Union of Resistance Coalition - 1954-1955
Pierre Mendes France (RAD) - 1955-1956
Independents & Peasants-Radical-Popular Republican-Union of Resistance Coalition - 1955-1956
Guy Mollet (SFI) - 1956-1959
Worker's International-Social Labor-Radical Coalition - 1956-1958
Worker's International-Social Labor-Radical Interim Coalition - 1958-1959
Charles De Gaulle (UNR) - 1959 - ?
Union for a New Republic-Popular Republican-Left Republicans-Independents & Peasants-Social Republican-National Front Coalition - 1959-?

ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THE MOLLET GOVERNMENT (1956-1959):
-Began the process of decolonization
-Ratified several new constitutional amendments (much of De Gaulle's ideas, including a stronger presidency but with direct vote and five year terms)
-Expanded Statutory Health Insurance to cover every citizen and permanent resident
-Broadened both inter-Europe and trans-Atlantic ties
-Increased welfare benefit payments
-Worked out a deal over the Suez Canal with Lyndon Johnson and Aneurin Bevan
-Implemented a broad nuclear energy and infrastructure program

December 7, 1958 - French General Election:


PRESIDENTS OF FRANCE:
Vincent Auriol (SFI) - 1947-1954
Rene Coty (NCI) - 1954-1959
Rene Mayer (UNR) - 1959-1964

 

[theflyingmgoose]

January 2, 1959 - South Vietnamese General Election:


PRESIDENTS OF SOUTH VIETNAM:
Ngo Dinh Diem (CL) - 1955-1959
Phan Khac Suu (PS) - 1959-1963

NOTE: Ho Chi Minh died in late 1954 so the Communists have been under more radical leadership. This has resulted in much of the OTL Communist movement pledging to put down arms if the South elects someone amenable to more moderate strains of Communism. This is realized with the election of Phan Khac Suu, a prominent socialist who promised an even more left wing agenda.

Many observers were confused about a potential self-coup by Diem, but a call from the President-elect to President Johnson forced Diem to step aside.

 

[theflyingmgoose]

PRESIDENTS:
42. Bill Clinton (D) - January 20, 1993 - January 20, 2001
43. Al Gore (D) - January 20, 2001 - January 20, 2009
44. Dick Gephardt (D) - January 20, 2009 - January 20, 2013
45. Mitt Romney (R) - January 20, 2013 - January 20, 2021
46. Tom Steyer (D) - January 20, 2021 - Present

VICE PRESIDENTS:
45. Al Gore (D) - January 20, 1993 - January 20, 2001
46. Joe Lieberman (D) - January 20, 2001 - January 20, 2005
47. Dick Gephardt (D) - January 20, 2005 - January 20, 2009
48. Hillary Clinton (D) - January 20, 2009 - January 20, 2013
49. Condoleeza Rice (R) - January 20, 2013 - January 20, 2021
50. Kamala Harris (D) - January 20, 2021 - Present

GDP:
1993: $6.8 Trillion
1994: $7.4 Trillion
1995: $8.0 Trillion
1996: $8.8 Trillion
1997: $9.8 Trillion
1998: $11.1 Trillion
1999: $12.9 Trillion
2000: $14.7 Trillion
2001: $15.3 Trillion
2002: $16.5 Trillion
2003: $17.8 Trillion
2004: $19.0 Trillion
2005: $20.2 Trillion
2006: $20.8 Trillion
2007: $21.3 Trillion
2008: $21.0 Trillion
2009: $20.4 Trillion
2010: $20.9 Trillion
2011: $21.5 Trillion
2012: $22.3 Trillion
2013: $23.2 Trillion
2014: $24.1 Trillion
2015: $25.0 Trillion
2016: $26.2 Trillion
2017: $27.5 Trillion
2018: $28.0 Trillion
2019: $29.1 Trillion
2020: $29.1 Trillion
2021: $30.7 Trillion
2022: $33.0 Trillion

GDP/C:
1993: $26,387
1994: $28,094
1995: $30,007
1996: $32,628
1997: $35,910
1998: $40,202
1999: $46,186
2000: $52,090
2001: $53,684
2002: $57,371
2003: $61,358
2004: $64,090
2005: $68,358
2006: $69,705
2007: $70,717
2008: $69,056
2009: $66,492
2010: $67,571
2011: $68,998
2012: $71,041
2013: $73,394
2014: $75,690
2015: $77,954
2016: $81,089
2017: $84,589
2018: $85,679
2019: $88,638
2020: $88,315
2021: $92,497
2022: $99,128

GROWTH:
1993: 2.75%
1994: 4.79%
1995: 3.81%
1996: 5.94%
1997: 6.63%
1998: 8.15%
1999: 10.82%
2000: 9.50%
2001: 2.56%
2002: 4.00%
2003: 3.92%
2004: 3.35%
2005: 2.80%
2006: 1.80%
2007: 1.29%
2008: -0.40%
2009: -0.91%
2010: 0.63%
2011: 1.15%
2012: 1.55%
2013: 2.12%
2014: 2.09%
2015: 1.83%
2016: 2.35%
2017: 2.57%
2018: 0.84%
2019: 1.73%
2020: -0.01%
2021: 2.50%
2022: 3.83%

 

[theflyingmgoose]

February 1, 1959 - Luxembourg General Election:

PRIME MINISTERS OF LUXEMBOURG:
Joseph Bech (CSP) - 1953-1954
Christian Social People's-Socialist Worker's Coalition - 1953-1954
Eugene Schaus (DG) - 1954-1957
Democratic Group Leading Christian Social People's-Socialist Worker's Grand Coalition - 1954-1957
Lucien Dury (DG) - 1957-1959
Democratic Group Leading Christian Social People's-Socialist Worker's Grand Coalition - 1957-1959
Eugene Schaus (DG) - 1959-?
Democratic Group Leading Christian Social People's Coalition - 1959-?

ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THE GRAND COALITION GOVERNMENT (1954-1959):
-Implemented paid parental leave
-Pursued closer Inter-European and Trans-Atlantic cooperation
-Introduced a single-payer universal healthcare system
-Cut taxes for working class families
-Removed many restrictions on unions
-Reduced corporate tax rates

 

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Spoiler: NOTES

-Establishes the Department of Environmental Protection
-Bans leaded gasoline by 1963
-Strengthens environmental protections and increases fines for violators
-OTL Endangered Species Act
-OTL Clean Air Act
-OTL Clean Water Act

Spoiler: NOTES

-Shores up the Voting Rights Act passed by Nixon
-Bans segregation in public areas and businesses receiving tax credits on any level
-Bans segregation academies
-Exempts Alabama, Mississippi, South Carolina, and Florida from the class size reduction and renovation mandates

 

[theflyingmgoose]

MEMBERS OF THE UNITED STATES SENATE, 86TH CONGRESS:
AL:
3. J. Lister Hill (D)
2. John Sparkman (D)
AK:
2. Ernest Gruening (D)
3. Mike Stepovich (R)
AZ:
3. Carl Hayden (D)
1. Barry Goldwater (R)
AR:
2. John McClellan (D)
3. J. William Fulbright (D)
CA:
1. Clair Engle (D)
3. Helen Gahagan Douglas (D)
CO:
2. John Carroll (D)
3. Charles Brannan (D)
CT:
1. Prescott Bush (R)
3. Abraham Ribicoff (D)
DE:
1. John J. Williams (R)
2. J. Allen Frear (D)
FL:
1. Claude Pepper (D)
3. George Smathers (D)
GA:
2. Richard Russell (D)
3. Herman Talmadge (D)
ID:
2. Glen Taylor (D)
3. Frank Church (D)
IL:
2. Paul Douglas (D)
3. Sidney Yates (D)
IN:
1. Harold Handley (R)
3. Birch Bayh (D)
IA:
2. Guy Gillette (D)
3. Rudolph Evans (D)
KS:
2. Andrew Frank Schoeppel (R)
3. Frank Carlson (R)
KY:
2. Thomas Underwood (D)
3. Earle Clements (D)
LA:
2. Allen Ellender (D)
3. Russell Long (D)
ME:
1. Edmund Muskie (D)
2. Margaret Chase Smith (R)
MD:
1. James Glenn Beall (R)
3. George Mahoney (D)
MA:
1. John F. Kennedy (D)
2. George Fingold (D)
MI:
1. Walter Reuther (D)
2. Patrick McNamara (D)
MN:
1. Edward John Thye (R)
2. Alexander Keith (D)
MS:
1. John Stennis (D)
2. James Eastland (D)
MO:
1. Stuart Symington (D)
3. Thomas Hennings (D)
MT:
1. Mike Mansfield (D)
2. James Murray (D)
NE:
1. Roman Hruska (R)
2. Carl Curtis (R)
NV:
1. Howard Cannon (D)
3. Alan Bible (D)
NH:
2. Styles Bridges (R)
3. Norris Cotton (R)
NJ:
1. Clifford Case (R)
2. Charles Howell (D)
NM:
1. Dennis Chavez (D)
2. Clinton Anderson (D)
NY:
1. Irving Ives (R)
3. Robert Wagner (D)
NC:
2. B. Everett Jordan (D)
3. Sam Ervin (D)
ND:
1. William Langer (R)
3. Milton Young (R)
OH:
1. John Bricker (R)
3. Frank Lausche (D)
OK:
2. Robert Kerr (D)
3. Mike Monroney (D)
OR:
2. Richard Neuberger (D)
3. Wayne Morse (D)
PA:
1. Harry Norwitch (D)
3. Joseph Clark (D)
RI:
1. John Pastore (D)
2. Theodore Green (D)
SC:
2. Strom Thurmond (D)
3. Olin Johnson (D)
SD:
2. Karl Mundt (R)
3. George McGovern (D)
TN:
1. Albert Gore (D)
2. Estes Kefauver (D)
TX:
1. Ralph Yarborough (D)
2. Robert Strauss (D)
UT:
1. J. Bracken Lee (R)
3. Reva Beck Bosone (D)
VT:
1. Ralph Flanders (R)
3. George Aiken (R)
VA:
1. Louise Wensel (I)
2. Absalom Robertson (D)
WA:
1. Henry Jackson (D)
3. Warren Magnuson (D)
WV:
1. William Marland (D)
2. John Hoblitzell (R)
WI:
1. Robert La Follette Jr. (R)
3. Frank Maier (R)
WY:
1. Frank Barrett (R)
2. Joseph O'Mahoney (D)

NUMBER OF WOMEN SENATORS: 4
NUMBER OF JEWISH SENATORS: 7

D: 70
R: 27
I: 1

 

[theflyingmgoose]

March 1, 1959 - Dutch General Election:

PRIME MINISTERS OF THE NETHERLANDS:
Willem Drees (LAB) - 1948-1955
Labour-Catholic People's-Christian Union-People's Party for Freedom and Democracy Coalition - 1948-1952
Labour-Catholic People's-Anti-Revolutionary-Christian Union Coalition - 1952-1955
Julius Christiaan van Oven (LAB) - 1955-1957
Labour-Catholic People's-Anti-Revolutionary-Christian Union Coalition - 1955-1956
Labour-People's Party for Freedom and Democracy Coalition - 1956-1957
Jaap Burger (LAB) - 1957-1958
Labour-People's Party for Freedom and Democracy Coalition - 1957-1958
Willem Drees (LAB) - 1958-?
Labour-People's Party for Freedom and Democracy Coalition - 1958-?

ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THE COALITION GOVERNMENT (1956-1959):
-Implemented government-provided health insurance for the bottom two thirds of the population, with the top third required to buy insurance via mandate
-Introduced enhanced paid parental leave
-Invested heavily in infrastructure
-Increases spending on education

 

[theflyingmgoose]

April 14, 1959 - Swedish General Election:


PRIME MINISTERS OF SWEDEN:
Tage Erlander (SD) - 1946-1952
Social Democratic Majority - 1946-1952
Bertil Ohlin (P) - 1952-1958
People's-Right-Farmer's League Coalition - 1952-1958
Sven Weden (P) - 1958-1959
People's-Right-Farmer's League Coalition - 1958-1959
Osten Unden (SD) - 1959-?
Social Democratic Majority - 1959-?

 

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April 26, 1959 - Spanish General Election:


PRESIDENTS OF SPAIN:
Juan de Borbon (CSD) - 1959-1963

FIRST EXECUTIVE COUNCIL OF SPAIN:
Democratic Salvation Coalition - 114 Seats
National Protection Union - 80 Seats
Communist Party of Spain - 6 Seats

NOTES: A higher option of the US leads to Spain adopting a different form of government. Specifically, a presidential election that determines how many seats a coalition gets. Since Borbon won 57%, his coalition- the big-tent Democratic Salvation Coalition- won 57% of the vote. This only applies to the first round, so if a third-place candidate gets 15%, they get 15% of the seats.

 

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May 12, 1959 - Austrian General Election:

CHANCELLORS OF AUSTRIA:
Leopold Figl (P) - 1945-1954
People's-Socialist Coalition - 1945-1953
People's-Freedom Coalition - 1953-1954
Julius Raab (P) - 1954-1956
People's-Freedom Coalition - 1954-1956
Bruno Kreisky (S) - 1956-?
Socialist-People's Coalition - 1956-1959
Socialist Majority - 1959-?

 

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June 10, 1959 - Israeli General Election:

PRIME MINISTERS OF ISRAEL:
David Ben-Gurion (M) - 1948-1953
Mapai Leading Grand Coalition - 1948-1949
Mapai-Religious Front-Progressives-Sephardim-Democratic Coalition - 1949-1951
Mapai-Mizrachi-Aguda-Poalei Agudat-Democratic-Progress & Work-Agriculture & Development Coalition - 1951-1953
Moshe Sharett (M) - 1953-1955
Mapai-General Zionists Coalition - 1953-1955
David Ben-Gurion (M) - 1955-1959
Mapai-Mapam-Progressive Coalition - 1955-1959
Dov Yosef (M) - 1959-1959
Mapai-Mapam-Progressive Coalition - 1959-1959
David Ben-Gurion (M) - 1959-?
Mapai-Mapam-Maki Coalition (Democratic Arab Alliance Supply-and-Confidence) - 1959-?

 

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August 1, 1959 - Swiss Voting Rights Referendum:
Should women get full voting rights and powers?

 

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January 18, 1960 - Japanese General Election:

PRIME MINISTERS OF JAPAN:
Shigeru Yoshida (LP) - 1948-1954
Liberal Minority (Ryokufukai Supply-and-Confidence) - 1948-1949
Liberal Majority - 1949-1952
Liberal-Kaishinto Coalition - 1952-1953
Liberal-Kaishinto-Hatoyama Coalition - 1953-1954
Katsuo Okazaki (LP) - 1954-1955
Liberal-Kaishinto-Hatoyama Coalition - 1954-1954
Liberal-Kaishinto Coalition - 1954-1955
Kanju Kato (RS/DS) - 1955-?
Right Socialist-Left Socialist Coalition - 1955-1960
Democratic Socialist-Socialist Coalition - 1960-?

 

[theflyingmgoose]

ONGOING CONFLICTS:
Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan (1959-Present)
Vietnamese Civil War (1954-Present)
Ecuadorian Civil War (1958-Present)

Covered Election in 1960
Non-Covered Election in 1960
No Elections Ever

SCHEDULED ELECTIONS:
January 18, 1960 - Japanese General Election (Lower House)
March 15, 1960 - South Korean General Election (President)
April 14, 1960 - United Kingdom General Election (Lower House)
May 14, 1960 - Turkish General Election (President)
June 1, 1960 - Taiwan General Election (President, Parliament)
June 30, 1960 - Vietnam General Election (Parliament)
August 12, 1960 - South African Republic Referendum
September 5, 1960 - Cuban General Election (President)
October 2, 1960 - Danish General Election (Parliament)
October 3, 1960 - Brazilian General Election (President)
November 8, 1960 - United States General Election (President, Upper House, Lower House)
November 26, 1960 - New Zealand General Election (Parliament)
December 10, 1960 - Swedish General Election (Parliament)

CURRENT GOVERNMENT SYSTEMS:
Liberal Democracy
Conservative Democracy
Communist Dictatorship
Authoritarian Dictatorship
Absolute Monarchy
Colony

US GDP: $568.9 Billion (VS $520.5 Billion OTL)
USSR GDP: $129.6 Billion (VS $142.4 Billion OTL)

 

[theflyingmgoose]

March 15, 1960 - South Korean General Election:

PRESIDENTS OF SOUTH KOREA:
Syngman Rhee (L) - 1948-1956
Chang Myon (D) - 1956-?

Elections for the Presidency of South Korea were held on March 15, 1960. Incumbent President Chang Myon of the Democratic Party ran for re-election. Myon ran on a record of economic growth- which would eventually be known as the beginning of the 'Korean Economic Miracle'- along with his pro-democracy and anti-authoritarian policies. Lee Ki Poong- the Leader of the Opposition in Parliament- was nominated by the previously-dominate Liberal Party. Former President Syngman Rhee also ran for his old job, but his polling collapsed from the low-20s to single digits following his indictment on corruption charges.

The President was re-elected to a second four-year term.

 

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April 14, 1960 - United Kingdom General Election:

PRIME MINISTERS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM:
Winston Churchill (CON) - 1951-1954
Conservative Majority - 1951-1954
Anthony Eden (CON) - 1954-1955
Conservative Majority - 1954-1955
Aneurin Bevan (LAB) - 1955-1960
Labour Majority - 1955-1960
Hugh Gaitskell (LAB) - 1960-?
Labour Majority - 1960-1960
Labour Minority (Liberal Supply-and-Confidence) - 1960-?

Elections for the Parliament of the United Kingdom were held on April 14, 1960. The election hadn't been due for another three years, but widespread conflict between the moderate and left wings of Labour forced new PM Hugh Gaitskell- who had taken office after Aneurin Bevan's resignation for health reasons- to call one. Labour defended the reforms of the last five years- including sectoral bargaining, adding vision care to the NHS, and expanding social security- while the Conservatives campaigned on 'putting the breaks on Socialism'.

Ultimately, despite suffering large losses, the incumbent government was re-elected with the support of the Liberals.

 

[theflyingmgoose]

May 14, 1960 - Turkish General Election:

LIST OF EXECUTIVE PRESIDENTS OF TURKEY:
Cemal Gursel (D) - 1960-?

Elections were held in Turkey on May 14, 1960, the first under the 1959 Constitution. Under the approved laws, voters would elect a Parliament that would then elect a powerful President a la the USA for a five year term. The incumbent Democrat Party narrowly won the election, and moderate Cemal Gursel was elected President.

 

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June 1, 1960 - Taiwanese General Election:

PRESIDENT:


PRESIDENTS OF TAIWAN:
1. Chiang Kai-shek (K) - 1950-1960
2. Yin Haiguang (SDL) - 1960-?

PARLIAMENT:


Elections for the Presidency and Parliament of the Republic of China were held on June 1, 1960. Incumbent President Chiang Kai-shek ran for another term. This was the first totally free-and-fair election in the Republic's history. The opposition ran on a left wing, pro-American/anti-Communist platform. They neutralized Chiang's advantage on foreign policy, instead focusing on protecting the rights of workers and ensuring free healthcare and education.

On election day, the opposition would easily win control of Parliament, with the Kuomintang getting less than 40% of the seats. In an upset, President Chiang would be defeated, with Yin Haiguang being elected the 2nd President of the Republic of China. President Yin would be sworn in on November 14, 1960 for a four-year term.

 

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September 5, 1960 - Cuban General Election:



PRESIDENTS OF CUBA:
Fulgencio Batista (PA) - 1952-1954
Andres Domingo del Castillo (PA) - 1954-1955
Fulgencio Batista (PA) - 1955-1960
Andres Rivero Aguero (PA) - 1960-1961
Fidel Castro (PS/A) - 1961-?

Elections for the office of President of Cuba were held on September 5, 1960. Incumbent President Andres Rivero Aguero of the National Progressive Party ran for election to a full term. Aguero had taken office following the ouster of his predecessor, Fulgencio Batista, in May. The combined opposition nominated Fidel Castro, a former revolutionary who had mellowed out slightly over the past few years. Castro was easily elected, with a majority in Congress to boot.