was it on this site that i saw that bit about how bernie was disproportionately adored by french canadians in vermont? what's the likelihood that's repeated with Bayou French Americans and Creole folks if he was a Louisianan politician (let's say the Mayor of Westwego)?
1952: After Dwight Eisenhower turns down the Republican nomination for the second time, Ohio senator and leader of the "conservative coalition" Robert Taft defeats a collection of moderate Republicans to win the Republican nomination. However, while Taft excites members of the conservative wings of both parties, his popularity is stifled by many Americans who fear the consequences of conservative economics, and in particular many Jewish-Americans, who remember his "soft" opinions on defendants at the Nuremberg trials. While Taft loses in a squeaker to Illinois governor Adlai Stevenson, he breaks into the Democratic stronghold of the Southern United States for the first time in modern history. Taft becomes the first Republican to win the states of South Carolina and Louisiana since Rutherford B. Hayes with his "southern strategy".
1953: Adlai Stevenson appoints former senate majority leader Ernest McFarland to the position of Chief Justice of the Supreme Court to replace Fred Vinson, who passed away in late 1953. Along with this, Stevenson would sign an armistice to officially halt the Korean War.
1954: The United States votes 6-3 to begin school desegregation in the landmark case Brown v. Board of Education. Although the case was based in Kansas, it faces a strong resistance from Southern whites, and blame is placed on Democrats from many. As a result, Republicans and minor members of far-right third parties defeat Democratic incumbents in the South, causing a major defeat for Democrats. The most notable of which is John G. Crommelin, a former Naval Admiral-turned-out-and-out white supremacist, who unseated incumbent John Sparkman as an Independent in the Democrats only southern senate loss.
1956: Everett Dirksen, the conservative Republican senator from Illinois, defeats Harold Stassen and Irving Ives on his way to winning the Republican nomination. Dirksen would go on to defeat incumbent president Adlai Stevenson after the Democratic Party entered the 1956 election battered and split. Although there was another southern "Dixiecrat" breakaway campaign led by Benjamin Travis Laney, it flailed in comparison to strong Republican victories in the South.
1957: The "Little Rock Riots" break out due to an attempt from the federal government to desegregate schools in Little Rock. Immense violence breaks out throughout the south, and causes a federal response that angers the white conservative population.
1959: During the Cuban Civil War, the July 26 Movement attacks an American ship off the coast of the Isle of Pines. The resulting controversy leads to an American invasion of Cuba to defend the United States-backed Batista regime. American troops entering Cuba garners some controversy, especially from the native population, who see it as yet another representation of "Yankee Imperialism".
1960: President Dirksen, generally exhausted after years of war and civil unrest, decides against running for a second term. In his absence, the conservative movement nominates New Hampshire senator Norris Cotton, who, despite hailing from the Northeast, maintains a strong conservative viewpoint, particularly on southern issues. Democrats, who attempt to keep their party united, nominate Texas senator Lyndon B. Johnson and New York City Mayor Robert Wagner. However, this angers some more anti-machine and left wing Democrats, who rally behind a ticket led by Wayne Morse and New York congressman Gore Vidal. Due to left-wing splits, along with "national security" risks, the Democrats lose the election, despite a relatively poor economy and unrest at home.
1961: Richard Pavlick assassinates Massachusetts senator Henry Cabot Lodge, beginning the "Long Hot Summer of '61", as America continues its path of unrest. However, the Cotton administration manages to provide a win in Cuba, and remains popular despite ethnic violence in the South.
1962: Martin Luther King Jr., hoping to gain favor with the northeastern-based Cotton, calls on the president to enact a "Second Emancipation Proclamation". However, King is largely ignored, and a more radical bend begins to form in the Civil Rights Movement.
1963: Martin Luther King Jr. begins his "Birmingham Campaign", which reveals to the public the immense amount of violence being used on civil rights campaigners as they attempt to protest conditions. However, King finds himself in prison, writing the famed "Letter from Birmingham Jail", before being released by Walter Reuther. Cotton attacks King as "subversive".
1964: Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr. is elected president over Norris Cotton due to a worsening economy and continued unrest. However, Roosevelt's out-and-out liberal views lose the deep south for the Democrats completely, with even deep blue Georgia turning Republican red. His administration is expected to usher in a new era of liberalism in the United States.
Presidents of the United States:
1953-1957: Adlai Stevenson II (Democratic) 1952 def. (with Mike Monroney) Robert Taft (Republican) 1957-1961: Everett Dirksen (Republican) 1956 def. (with Harold Stassen) Adlai Stevenson II (Democratic), Benjamin Travis Laney (Dixiecrat)
1961-1965: Norris Cotton (Republican) 1960 def. (with Winfield Dunn) Lyndon B. Johnson (Democratic), John G. Crommelin (National), Wayne Morse (Peace) 1965-1973: Franklin D. Roosevelt II (Democratic) 1964 def. (with William Anderson) Norris Cotton (Republican) 1968 def. (with William Anderson) Winfield Dunn (Republican), Joe Foss (Independent), Gore Vidal (Social Democrats)
1973-1981: John McCain II (Republican) 1972 def. (with ????) Walter Reuther (Democratic) 1976 def. (with ????) ???? (Democratic), Ron Dellums (United Left) 1981-????: (Democratic) 1980 def. (with)
inarguably the funniest outcome that could happen is Trump running again in 24' and winning the nomination but losing to the Dem after underperforming in the Rust Belt because he's out of swag
does it underperform, i heard it does very well. many views. they call it, "the gay national anthem". have you heard that? they call it, "the gay national anthem"
inarguably the funniest outcome that could happen is Trump running again in 24' and winning the nomination but losing to the Dem after underperforming in the Rust Belt because he's out of swag
does it underperform, i heard it does very well. many views. they call it, "the gay national anthem". have you heard that? they call it, "the gay national anthem"
