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Renegade Down - Presidents of the United States

Presidents of the United States
Senator Barack Obama of Illinois / Senator Joe Biden of Delaware (Democratic)
2009-2013
2008: Senator John McCain of Arizona/Governor Sarah Palin of Alaska (Republican)
2012: Frm. Governor Mitt Romney of Massachusetts/Representative Paul Ryan of Wisconsin (Republican)

Vice President Joe Biden of Delaware / Vacant (Democratic) 2013-2014
President Joe Biden of Delaware / Senator Kirsten Gillibrand of New York (Democratic) 2014-2021
2016: Businessman Herman Cain of Georgia/Governor Rick Snyder of Michigan (Republican)
Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky / Frm. Governor Scott Brown of Massachusetts (Republican) 2021-2025
2020: Vice President Kirsten Gillibrand of New York/Secretary Xavier Becerra of California (Democratic)
Governor Peter Buttigieg of Indiana / Senator Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada (Democratic) 2025-2033
2024: President Rand Paul of Kentucky/Vice President Scott Brown of Massachusetts (Republican)
2028: Senator Joni Ernst of Iowa/Frm. Senator John James of Michigan (Republican)

Vice President Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada / Representative Jay Jones of Virginia (Democratic) 2033-present
2033: Senator Peyton Manning of Tennessee/Senator Jennifer Sullivan of Florida (Republican), Governor Erin Stewart of Connecticut/Frm. Representative Patrick Murphy (Federalist)

Something of a new idea I'm working on, not sure how far I'll take it. Basic idea is that President Obama is assassinated sometime in 2013 by a rogue gunman, plunging the nation into mourning and catapulting Joe Biden into the Oval Office. As a result of the assassination and Biden's personal charm, he enjoys record approval ratings for much of 2013 going into 2014. Despite pressure from the left-wing faction of the Democratic Party, President Biden selects New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (Pro-Clinton, centrist, woman, young, gets along with Uncle Joe and doesn't upstage him) and his Vice President and she becomes the nation's first woman to hold the post.

2014 Midterms go somewhat similar to OTL, but with the assassination still fresh in people's minds, the Democrats perform slightly better. Struggling to deal with a combative and obstructionist congress, President Biden attempts to make gun control the defining issue of his presidency, pushing for stronger background checks, bans on certain firearms, etc. While it plays well with Democrats, Independents are left mixed and Republicans are bitterly opposed. The NRA suggests that Biden is capitalizing on Obama's death to push a radical liberal agenda. Still, despite the rocky relationship between Biden, Congress (Although Joe is better able to manage the relationship better than Obama), and conservative media, his own personal popularity and blue-collar appeal is enough to secure re-elected come 2016 (Despite a meager challenge from the left) against an increasingly right-wing, populist Republican Party and their nominee, Doctor Ben Carson of Maryland. But, never able to recapture a majority in either the Senate or the House, much of Biden's remaining time is as a lame duck President, largely relegated to issuing stern calls for reform and accusing the Republicans of shirking their responsibilities to the American people. Even the most emotional moments of his presidency, from Obama's funeral to the tragic passing of his own son Beau, garner little political capital for any real or meaningful change.

Come 2020, after more than a decade of a Democratic White House, Americans narrowly elect Kentucky Senator Rand Paul to the Presidency. A bitterly divided Democratic primary leads to a great deal of resentment against Vice President Gillibrand, who is accused of rigging the primary in her favour by the party's increasingly left-wing base. A number of traditionally Democratic voters stay home or vote for a third party, handing the Republicans their first taste of power since the Bush II Presidency. Unfortunately for President Paul, his more Libertarian leanings, or his attitude, don't exactly mesh well with many within the GOP caucus, further dividing an already splintering Republican Party, which is unable to capitalize on much of anything during Paul's first two years in power. Democrats retake both houses of Congress, and set the stage for a comeback in 2024 under Democratic rising star, Indiana Governor Pete Buttigieg.

Update 01/23/2019: After careful consideration and some discussion with friends, I've decided to retcon the 47th President of the United States to Missourian Nicole Galloway.

Update 07/28/2019: Again, after careful consideration, and the long felt feeling that some of my choices were obscure for the sake of being obscure, I've decided to retcon the list again.

Update 01/11/20: Decided to continue the list into the 2030s. Most of the infoboxes presented will still reflect the original stop date, January 2025.
 
Renegade Down - Responses to the State of the Union/Congressional Addresses

Under the Biden administration:
-2014: Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers (English), Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (Spanish)
-2015: Massachusetts Governor Scott Brown (English), Congressman Mario Díaz-Balart (Spanish)
-2016: Senator Joni Ernst (English), Congressman Carlos Curbelo (Spanish)
-2017: Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker (English), Former Florida State Senator Miguel Díaz de la Portilla (Spanish)
-2018: Senator Jeff Flake (English), New Mexico Governor Susana Martinez (Spanish)
-2019: Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner (English), Congresswoman Maria Elvira Salazar (Spanish)
-2020: New Hampshire Governor Kelly Ayotte (English), Texas Land Commissioner George P. Bush (Spanish)

Under the Paul administration:
-2021: Senator Joe Kennedy III (English), Congressman Joaquin Castro (Spanish)
-2022: Senator Steve Bullock (English), Former Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti (Spanish)
-2023: Congressman Sean Patrick Maloney (English), Congressman Ruben Gallego (Spanish)
-2024: Senator Tina Smith (English), Maryland Governor Tom Perez (Spanish)
 
Renegade Down - Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom

Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom
David Cameron (Conservative)
2010-2017
2010 (Coalition with the Liberal Democrats): Gordon Brown (Labour), Nick Clegg (Liberal Democrat)
2015 (Majority): Ed Millibrand (Labour), Nicola Sturgeon (Scottish National), Nick Clegg (Liberal Democrat), Nigel Farage (UK Independence)

George Osborne (Conservative) 2017-2023
2018 (Majority): Jeremy Corbyn (Labour), Nigel Farage (UK Independence), Nicola Sturgeon (Scottish National), Tim Farron (Liberal Democrat), Liz Kendall (Progress)
Hilary Benn (Labour) 2023-present
2023 (Confidence and Supply agreement with the Liberal Democrats): George Osborne (Conservative), Nigel Farage (UK Independence), Fiona Hyslop (Scottish National), Jo Swinson (Liberal Democrat), John McDonnell (Socialist Labour)

Following his surprising majority victory in the 2015 general election, David Cameron follows through on his promise to hold an in-or-out referendum on EU membership in 2016. Despite the campaign producing polls suggesting the result would be closer than first expected, Remain successfully wins the referendum by a narrow margin of 52-48. This, however, does little to silence the "Sore Leavers" and their distaste for David Cameron's continued leadership of the Conservative Party. Continued unrest within the party, Cameron's growing unpopularity with Tory voters, and the behind-the-scenes jostling of ambitious leadership aspirants forces the Prime Minister to retire earlier than he had wanted. In the ensuing leadership contest Cameron and the party establishment, still strong enough thanks to their victory at the referendum, push their preferred candidate, Chancellor George Osborne, into 10 Downing Street.

Again, this does little to silence the Sore Leavers, some of whom begin to openly criticize the newly minted Prime Minister for being too closely associated with the policies of David Cameron and for being far too Pro-EU. By 2018 it becomes clear that an election must be called, lest the Civil War brewing within the Conservatives grow fiercer and more public. The election proves to be one of the most chaotic and unpredictable in memory. Despite dropping in the popular vote, George Osborne increases the Tories' majority substantially, cementing his own leadership over the Conservatives and that of the Remain faction of the party. Jeremy Corbyn, a divisive figure in his own right, sees Labour not only split into two under his leadership, but for the first time since before the Second World War, fall to third place in the popular vote. Nigel Farage, surfing a wave of unsatisfied Tory discontent and angry Leave voters, pulls off what was once though to be the impossible and catapults UKIP into parliament, securing almost fifty seats. The Osborne-Farage battles during Prime Minister's Questions become must-watch events.

But the passage of time and the increasing disapproval for a second referendum vote leads the country back to a state of almost-normalcy. Under Hilary Benn, Labour regroups and gains steadily in the polls, criticizing the economic management of George Osborne and the Tories, who have fallen to third in most opinion polls as more and more Leavers flock to UKIP, despite the Prime Minister's attempts to appease right-wing voters. In 2023 Labour emerges as the largest party, but falls short of an outright majority, relying instead on a confidence and supply agreement with the Liberal Democrats. With the Labour vote largely reunited, UKIP sees its standing in parliament strengthened, finally winning more votes than the Conservatives, who themselves fall to their lowest standings since the Blair Years.
 
Renegade Down - 2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum

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