Dinking and Doinking With History (feat. The Old Religious Right):
Presidents of the United States:
1963-1969:
Lyndon B. Johnson (Democratic)
1964 def. (with Thomas Dodd) Nelson Rockefeller (Republican), George Wallace (State's Rights)
1969-1977:
Barry Goldwater (Republican)
1968 def. (with Gerald Ford) [backed by Benson/Thurmond "infiltration" movement] Thomas Dodd (Democratic), Martin Luther King (People's)
1972 def. (with Gerald Ford) Roman Pucinski (Democratic), Ralph Nader (People's) [later found to be assassinated by FBI-backed Militiamen Movement]
1977-1979:
Teno Roncalio (Democratic) [assassinated by Manson Family following investigations into CIA/FBI activity]
1979-1985:
Lloyd Bentsen (Democratic)
1976 def. (with Lloyd Bentsen) Rodger McBride (National Republican), Billy James Hargis (Conservative Republican)
1980 def. (with John J. Daley(1)) John Singlaub (Republican), Dick Gregory (Freak Power)
1985-????:
Bob Richards (Republican)
1984 def. (with Donald Rumsfeld) Lane Kirkland (Democratic), Ron Dellums (Freak Power)
1988 def. (with Donald Rumsfeld) Dixy Lee Ray (Independent [backed by Democratic], Clint Eastwood (Get Government Out Coalition), Lyndon LaRouche (National)
(1) Assassinated in office by "American Ulster Force", later found to be backed by MI6
Leaders of the Soviet Union:
1964-1965:
Leonid Breznhev / Alexei Kosygin / Nikolai Podgorny (CPSU Troika) [overthrown]
1965-1969:
Alexander Shelepin (CPSU) [assassinated]
1969-1982:
Mikhail Suslov (CPSU) [resigned]
1982-1983:
Vitaly Fedorchuk (CPSU) [assassinated]
1983-1987:
Alexander Rutskoy [Soviet Union brought to a close, United States would back return of constitutional monarchy led by Paul I and Aleksandr Artemov (RPF)]
Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom:
1964-1973:
Harold Wilson (Labour)
1964 def. Alec Douglas-Home (Conservative), Jo Grimond (Liberal)
1966 def. Edward Heath (Conservative), Jo Grimond (Liberal)
1970 def. Edward Heath (Conservative), Jo Grimond (Liberal), Desmond Donnelly (Democratic), John O'Brien (National Front)
1973-1983:
Enoch Powell (Conservative)
1973 def. [backed by DUP] Harold Wilson (Labour), Desmond Donnelly (United Democratic)
1978 def. Desmond Donnelly (United Democratic), Michael Foot (Labour)
1983-1985:
Cyril Smith (United Democratic backed by
Labour and
SNP) [resigned over pedophilia/corruption charges]
1985-1986:
Tony Benn (Labour backed by
United Democratic and
SNP)
1983 def. Enoch Powell (Conservative), Tony Benn (Labour)
1985 Scottish Independence Referendum: 50.66% Yes 49.11 No
1986-????:
Enoch Powell (Conservative)
1986 def. Tony Benn (Labour), Edward Heath (United Democratic)
Prime Ministers of Rhodesia:
1965-1970:
Ian Smith (RF) [assassinated]
1970-1971:
Arthur Lewis (RF) [formed Christian League, dissolved RF with it]
1971-????: Arthur Lewis (CL)
1965 def.
Josiah Gondo (Rhodesia Party)
1970 def.
Pat Bashford (Centre Party), John Whiting (Republican Alliance)
1975 def.
unopposed
1980 def.
unopposed
1985 def.
Errol Musk (Federalist)
Prime Ministers of Bavaria:
1987-????:
Franz Josef Strauss (CSU)
1987 def. unofficial leadership (Greens), Karl-Heinz Hiersemann (SPD), Franz Handlos (REP)
i may add french/canadian stuff but basically the concept here is that i found some old newsletter from a leader of the 1964 goldwater campaign in louisiana, and with it a bunch of stuff flooded in.
basically, goldwater loses in '64, but comes back in '68, helped by a weakened democratic party, and the birchers leading a benson/thurmond campaign in both parties (yes they wanted to do this otl), anyway, goldie wins in '68 and with him comes his clown car of old right leaders, og religious right types, and southern white supremacists who do reaganism-on-crack while the fbi goes completely crazy. pray for african-americans in the south and the citizens of southeast asia
the assassinations of '79 and '81 come from two crank sources. the first is some twitter thread i found connecting the fbi/cia to the mansons (entirely possible), and the second is me taking an idea for wwc i was going to use to an extreme. basically the british get all mad at bobby, and right wing members of mi6 go after his little brother and fellow united ireland supporter (and ittl governor of vermont john j daley), however this largely just involved revealing teddy boy's alcoholic affairs, and something made up about daley. here it's much more viscous (although teddy already dies in 1964 ittl).
enoch powell and cyril smith are general grim!dark british bs, no need to look much further
two figures here do not have wikipedia pages, they are Aleksandr Artemov (who was president of
this lovely organization) and arthur lewis, who i got from the same goldwater '64 pamphlet, basically he was a christofascist pastor who served in rhodesia and did about what you can expect. basically i was imagining a rogue state funded by fundies (nice) back home in the usa. cool beans. id send links, but the sites hes on are so racist they're banned on my school laptop.
independent bavaria happens too and bob richards does a good job cosplaying as dan buckley mixed with ron paul