Meppo's Electoral Molehill

[Nyvis]

Amazon War (2035-2036): French Republic def. Second Empire of Brazil (diplomatically supported by Cuba, Media Luna, etc.)

Does Brazil attack French Guyane or something? That's kinda insane of them.

 

[Meppo]

Does Brazil attack French Guyane or something? That's kinda insane of them.

And yet

 

[Paraiba]

Does Brazil attack French Guyane or something? That's kinda insane of them.

I think they went insane the moment a monarchist went to the second round. Like, how do you get from being a niche ideology that even the far-right isn't interested to an electable one based on nothing but lies about the 19th century? What kind of sane voter is interested in that when there are ideologies that deal with actual important stuff, like things happening at the present?

 

[Nyvis]

I think they went insane the moment a monarchist went to the second round. Like, how do you get from being a niche ideology that even the far-right isn't interested to an electable one based on nothing but lies about the 19th century? What kind of sane voter is interested in that when there are ideologies that deal with actual important stuff, like things happening at the present?

I mean, Bolsanoro got in, so probably the same kind of voters.

 

[Paraiba]

I mean, Bolsanoro got in, so probably the same kind of voters.

Bolsonaro talks about current stuff. Brazilian Monarchism is just Bolsonaro's current stuff lies with lies about the 19th century too. Maybe the random prince-deputy just used normal Bolsonaro stuff, until he got enough power so that he faked a referendum to become a monarch just because he is a relative of the last monarch.

 

[Meppo]

context

Spoiler: alternate version

 

[Meppo]

This time in "quirky young figures in Russian politics"

The Communists’ libertarian leader How a 32-year-old became the most important KPRF deputy in the Komi Republic’s parliament — Meduza

The Russian Communist Party’s faction in the Komi Republic’s State Council has a new, unlikely leader: Viktor Vorobyov, a 32-year-old politician who is not a party member or even a leftist. Before he started working with the Communists, Vorobyov tried to register a wing of Alexey Navalny’s...

meduza.io

 

[Meppo]

He dies in office of a heart attack in December of 2019, facing his third impeachment proceeding on spurious grounds

2017-2019: Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont (Democratic)

'16 (with Rep. Ruben Gallego of Arizona) def. Businessman Donald Trump of New York / Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey (Republican), Sen. Ben Sasse of Nebraska / Frm. CIA officer Evan McMullin of Utah (Independent)​

Feb. '18 - first impeachment attempt (obstruction of Congress; acquitted 54-46) ​

Nov. '18 - second impeachment attempt (obstruction of Congress, abuse of power; acquitted 52-48)​

Dec. '19 - third impeachment attempt (obstruction of Congress, abuse of power; acquitted 51-49); Pres. Bernie Sanders dies of heart attack amidst hearings​

2019-2021: Vice Pres. Ruben Gallego of Arizona (Democratic)
2021-2029: Gov. Mike Huckabee of Florida (Republican)

'20 (with Frm. Gov. Nikki Haley of South Carolina) def. Pres. Ruben Gallego of Arizona / Vice Pres. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota (Democratic), Businessman Howard Schultz of Washington / Frm. Sen. Jim Webb of Virginia (Independent)​

'24 (with Vice Pres. Nikki Haley of South Carolina) def. Frm. Vice Pres. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota / Rep. Antonio Delgado of New York (Democratic)​

'26 - impeachment attempt (perjury, abuse of power; acquitted 52-48)​

2029-present: Gov. Crystal Quade of Missouri (Democratic)

'28 (with Sen. Robert Menendez Jr. of New Jersey) def. Vice Pres. Nikki Haley of South Carolina / Sen. Josh Mandel of Ohio (Republican)​

 

[Oppo]

Gov. Mike Huckabee of Florida

Was talking to Theev about this…had Huckabee ran would he be the non-Trump Republican front runner for 2024 in the same way DeSantis is now? Would also mean that a father and daughter would be governors of different states after 2022…

 

[Meppo]

Was talking to Theev about this…had Huckabee ran would he be the non-Trump Republican front runner for 2024 in the same way DeSantis is now? Would also mean that a father and daughter would be governors of different states after 2022…

Indeed, assuming Huck doesn't lose 2022

I feel like this would be the prelude to some sort of scandal

 

[Meppo]

Was talking to Theev about this…had Huckabee ran would he be the non-Trump Republican front runner for 2024 in the same way DeSantis is now? Would also mean that a father and daughter would be governors of different states after 2022…

Arguably speaking DeSantis might also have a youth factor in play, but Huckabee should be able to maintain the same media-unfriendly image and Covid response that propelled Ronnie to national stardom IOTL.

 

[Meppo]

Walter Allison Peterson (born July 16, 1953) is an American politician and former intelligence officer who has served as the current President of the United States of America.

Peterson was born into a working-class Anglo-American family in Dorchester, Boston. Graduating from the Boston City University in 1976 with a degree in law, Peterson worked as a GBI foreign intelligence officer for 16 years before resigning in 1991 to start a political career in Massachusetts; he would move to Philadelphia in 1996 to join the administration of President Dick Lamm. He briefly served as director of the Federal Security Bureau before being named Chief of Staff in June 1999; at the time, he was considered a protege of Boston-born oligarch Michael Bloomberg. After the resignation of Lamm, Peterson became acting president, and less than four months later was elected outright to his first term as president and was reelected in 2004.

During his first tenure as president, the American economy grew for eight straight years, with GDP measured by purchasing power increasing by 72%, real incomes increased by a factor of 2.5, real wages more than tripled; unemployment and poverty more than halved and Americans' self-assessed life satisfaction rose significantly. Over the course of his first two terms, Peterson has led the United States to victory in the Northwest Insurgency and the Crowley War, presided over large-scale military and administrative reform, and signed into law constitutional amendments to abolish presidential term limits; nearly 66% of the American population voted to give Peterson a third term in 2012. Falling oil and gas prices coupled with international sanctions imposed at the beginning of 2014 after America's invasion of Magnolia and annexation of Cuba led to GDP shrinking by 2.9% in 2015, though the American economy rebounded in 2016 with 0.4% GDP growth, and the recession was officially declared to have ended.

Under Peterson's leadership, the United States of America has experienced democratic decline. Internationally, Peterson has been condemned for jailing of political opponents, purges, and the suppression of free press, as well as the lack of free and fair elections. Human rights organisations and activists have accused Peterson of persecuting political critics as well as ordering them tortured or assassinated.

 

[rosa]

Was talking to Theev about this…had Huckabee ran would he be the non-Trump Republican front runner for 2024 in the same way DeSantis is now? Would also mean that a father and daughter would be governors of different states after 2022…

Huckabee/Huckabee 2024

 

[Meppo]

Walter Allison Peterson (born July 16, 1953) is an American politician and former intelligence officer who has served as the current President of the United States of America.

Peterson was born into a working-class Anglo-American family in Dorchester, Boston. Graduating from the Boston City University in 1976 with a degree in law, Peterson worked as a GBI foreign intelligence officer for 16 years before resigning in 1991 to start a political career in Massachusetts; he would move to Philadelphia in 1996 to join the administration of President Dick Lamm. He briefly served as director of the Federal Security Bureau before being named Chief of Staff in June 1999; at the time, he was considered a protege of Boston-born oligarch Michael Bloomberg. After the resignation of Lamm, Peterson became acting president, and less than four months later was elected outright to his first term as president and was reelected in 2004.

During his first tenure as president, the American economy grew for eight straight years, with GDP measured by purchasing power increasing by 72%, real incomes increased by a factor of 2.5, real wages more than tripled; unemployment and poverty more than halved and Americans' self-assessed life satisfaction rose significantly. Over the course of his first two terms, Peterson has led the United States to victory in the Northwest Insurgency and the Crowley War, presided over large-scale military and administrative reform, and signed into law constitutional amendments to abolish presidential term limits; nearly 66% of the American population voted to give Peterson a third term in 2012. Falling oil and gas prices coupled with international sanctions imposed at the beginning of 2014 after America's invasion of Magnolia and annexation of Cuba led to GDP shrinking by 2.9% in 2015, though the American economy rebounded in 2016 with 0.4% GDP growth, and the recession was officially declared to have ended.

Under Peterson's leadership, the United States of America has experienced democratic decline. Internationally, Peterson has been condemned for jailing of political opponents, purges, and the suppression of free press, as well as the lack of free and fair elections. Human rights organisations and activists have accused Peterson of persecuting political critics as well as ordering them tortured or assassinated.

Jorge Wilcken Romney Pratt (July 8, 1907 – July 6, 1972) was a Mexican radio host, business executive and politician, who served as Governor of Chihuahua from 1963 to 1969 and as the 9th President of the Third Mexican Republic from 3 December 1969 until his assassination in 6 July 1972. Initially affiliated with the dominant National Republican Front, Jorge Romney became an influential leader in the liberal-conservative Christian Democratic Party; he was the first President of the Third Mexican Republic to take an explicitly anti-American position, marking a turnaround from the political consensus established by the republican, American-supported March Revolution.

Romney was born to Mexico City to a prominent Mormon family; he was raised in Colonia Dublán in Confederate Chihuahua, staying there despite the tumultous events of the interwar era. During this period, Jorge Romney became acquainted with Mexican culture as a Mormon missionary, and witnessed the violent repression of urban activists and agrarian laborers mandated by Maximilian III. In the aftermath of the Second Great War and the Sonoran plebiscite, Romney became an executive for Grupo Peñoles and a nationally prominent, media-savvy spokesman for Mexico's manufacturing industry. Devoutly religious and an advocate of volunteerism and public service, Romney grew to oppose American influence in response to the expulsion of Mormons from Utah. Elected Governor of Chihuahua in 1963, he greatly expanded the size of state government, working to overhaul Chihuahua's financial structure and integrate Mormon refugees and Confederate-born Mexicans into Mexican society.

In the 1969 presidential election, Romney defeated Republican opponent Alberto Madrazo amidst a dirty campaign which, among other things, accused Romney of having been an Imperial agent during the March Revolution. A proponent of ambitious housing plans and a reversal of his predecessor's anti-clerical policies, Jorge Romney was described as "a populist straddling the left-right spectrum" and attained broad support from many groups in Mexico, perceived as an icon of reform against corrupt and overtly pro-American elements of the Mexican political elite; his public clashes with the Mexican judiciary and perceived flirtation with joining the Weltsystem brought him into conflict with the United States. In July 1972, Romney was shot to death while returning from the Mexico City International Airport; 27-year-old labor activist Juan Líster was arrested for the assassination. While the commission established by interim President Ortiz Mena concluded that Líster acted alone and was responsible for the murder, numerous groups had long contested the results of the report, and later investigations implicated GBI agents in the crime.

Following his assassination, Romney had become a symbol of Mexican nationalism and anti-Americanism in Mexico, and received a state funeral at the Panteón de Dolores; many of his relatives went on to become prominent politicians in modern Mexico. Conversely, some Mexican figures have criticized Romney for a machismatic political style and threatening Mexico's political stability by overt aggression towards the United States.

 

[Meppo]

Concept: a person from another timeline accidentally winds up registering on AH.com, writes an alternate presidents list that nobody from our timeline gets because two thirds of the people in that list had either never been born or were stillborns IOTL

 

[Meppo]

https://moluch.ru/archive/288/65254/

Fun fact: starting with 1899, Estonians started to settle in the Russian Far East, finding work in the fishing industry; by 1918 there were about 3,000 Estonians in the whole oblast, with about 150 families in the city of Vladivostok. Their presence was substantial enough that they lobbied for the building of Estonian-language schools, and there was a somewhat large town-turned-mikroraion called South Liwlandia.

I think it's somewhat interesting information, given Vladivostok and Primorye as a whole's historically diverse population (full-fledged Chinese, Japanese and Korean quarters of the early 20th century are a pretty good example).

 

[Meppo]

Electoral history of Mitch Landrieu (born August 16, 1960)

1988-2004: Member of the Louisiana House of Representatives, Democratic

'87 def. Lyn Koppel (Democratic)​

'91 def. Marilyn Thayer (Republican)​

'94 New Orleans mayoral election (1st round): Lawyer Donald Mintz, State Sen. Marc Morial, State Rep. Mitch Landrieu, State Rep. Sherman Copelin, 1st District City Assessor Ken Carter, others​

'95 def. Jeff Crouere Jr. (Republican)​

'99 def. Randy Evans (Republican)​

2004-2010: Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana, Democratic

'03 def. Frm. Rep. Clyde Holloway (Republican), State Rep. Melinda Schwegmann (Republican), others​

'06 New Orleans mayoral election (1st round): Mayor Ray Nagin (Democratic), Lt. Gov. Mitch Landrieu (Democratic), Businessman Ron Forman (Democratic), Businessman Rob Couhig (Republican), others​

'06 New Orleans mayoral election (2nd round): Mayor Ray Nagin (Democratic) def. Lt. Gov. Mitch Landrieu (Democratic)​

'07 def. Musician Sammy Kershaw (Republican), State Rep. Gary Beard (Republican), others​

2010-2018: Mayor of New Orleans, Democratic

'10 (1st round) def. Businessman Troy Henry (Democratic), Businessman John Georges (Democratic), others​

'14 (1st round) def. Frm. District Judge Michael Bagneris (Democratic), others​

2018-2022: Private citizen
2022-2025: U.S. Senator from Louisiana, Democratic

'22 (1st round): Frm. Mayor of New Orleans Mitch Landrieu (Democratic), Rep. Clay Higgins (Republican), State Rep. Alan Seabaugh (Republican), Rep. Garret Graves (Republican), others​

'22 (2nd round) def. Rep. Clay Higgins (Republican)​

2025-present: President of the United States of America, Democratic

'24 (Democratic primary) def. Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota, Mayor of NYC Eric Adams of New York, Gov. Jared Polis of Colorado, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan, Frm. Sec. of HUD Julian Castro of Texas, others​

'24 (election) def. Pres. Nikki Haley of South Carolina / Vice Pres. Josh Hawley of Missouri (Republican)​

2017-2021: Businessman Donald Trump of New York / Gov. Mike Pence of Indiana (Republican)

'16 def. Frm. Sec. of State Hillary Clinton of New York / Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia (Democratic)​

2021-2022: Pres. Donald Trump of Florida † / Frm. Amb. to the UN Nikki Haley of South Carolina (Republican)

'20 def. Frm. Vice Pres. Joe Biden of Delaware / Sen. Kamala Harris of California (Democratic)​

2022-2023: Vice Pres. Nikki Haley of South Carolina / vacant (Republican)
2023-2025: Pres. Nikki Haley of South Carolina / Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri (Republican)
2025-present: Sen. Mitch Landrieu of Louisiana / Gov. Jennifer Carroll Foy of Virginia (Democratic)

'24 def. Pres. Nikki Haley of South Carolina / Vice Pres. Josh Hawley of Missouri (Republican)​

 

[Meppo]

Dragon worship, as it were, is the dominant form of religion among the dhänns, and is prevalent to some degrees among the two other reptilian races, the kopol and the nagai. However, it is not an organized, hierarchical system centering around a set of virtues and a pantheon with clear-cut identities and roles, or a school of thought derived from ancient animistic traditions, though mammalian scholars have argued that it straddles both concepts; in any case, dragon worship's most essential position is its ascribing of a divine, "living" essence to the preserved skeletons of the colossal dragons, which are scattered throughout the continents and have long served as foundations for the oldest dhänn fortresses and kopol burrows.

By its very nature, dragon worship is worship of the dead, though members of the faith, indeed most dhänns, believe that their divine soul persists within their husks even after centuries have passed, and carries over to the cities built upon them. Consequently, dhänns traditionally identify their home city with the dragon underneath, believing those within the city's boundaries to have divine protection. This perception has long influenced early dhänn sociopolitical organization, as dhänn polities primarily took the form of rival city-states exerting their influence over relatively minuscule towns and homesteads along trade routes, but, unlike similar humanoid polities, took until much later – around the 18th century QDR – to coalesce into larger, more potent entities.
Dhänn soldiers were also very hesitant to plunder cities or seriously damage city walls, which in their eyes was tantamount to desecrating a dead god. This belief did not extend to towns in-between or kopol holdings, where most early dhänn wars were waged, and enabled early dhänn rulers to avoid particularly bloody outcomes.

Though dhänn religious development may appear to parallel that of humans or elfin, dragon worship stands out in its simultaneous lack of a hierarchical structure and unmatched fanaticism. There is no central, singular authority like the High Priest of the Wald, or a council of priests like the Synod of Ostrol – but each dhänn city had since its foundation an assortment of shamans, communing with their patron dragon and establishing religious and moral doctrine. Solitary shamans are free to wander into other towns and cities, helping the downtrodden and resolving various matters by reaching into their patron's last refuge; however, proselytism isvirtually unheard of, and prophet-like figures, having been the cause of a variety of inter-dhänn conflicts, are treated as heretics. Even more heretical are dhänns who deny dragons' divinity: in their peers' view, a dhänn would have to be truly mad and immoral to reject the material, irrefutable truth that exists at the beginning of every dhänn settlement – to reject kinship with their family and their people.

. . .

The Despotate of Nyþra, the largest empire in history and the largest dhänn polity to ever exist, provides a relatively unique examination of dragon worship, and is often brought up in its comparison with humanoid religions. Founded around ~1113 QDR along the tar pits at the northern end of the Chinar mountains, Nyþra was – according to tradition – built at the tailtip of the dragon Shynnärr, "a great master of night and fire" who supposedly led the charge against the ruinous "titan-fellers", only to be shot down and fall into the southern plains, where his body merged with the mountains. Regardless of the myth's historicity, the dragon's skeleton – particularly its very well-preserved skull – is prominently embedded into a part of the mountain's side, and has been carefully maintained by Nyþran builders over the centuries. Over the centuries, Nyþra attained a position of economic and military supremacy over the other dhänn polities, turning a confederacy of convenience into a monocentric empire, and subsequently subjugating eastern polities over the course of the Waldian Ruin, with countless humans, goblins, elfin and assorted humanoids becoming subjects of the Despots of Dusk, and countless cities and churches set ablaze.

Nyþra, governed by a royal family with an uniquely high proportion of ordained shamans (which, indeed, traces its descent from a single warrior-acolyte of Shynnärr), has tried multiple times over its history to establish a more regimented religious structure, to varying success. The rule of Zylänn-theryn Farydhabar Nyþarral, known better to most humans as Zylant the Conqueror, saw an attempt to consolidate dragon worship under Shynnärr as the supreme dragon; this was to be accomplished by establishing a permanent council of shamans from all dhänn cities, and strengthening forces tasked with enforcing the shamans' doctrine in each city. This approach, strangely evocative of the Waldian and Talentine churches, was nonetheless more complex than a human perspective would expect – Zylant still recognized other dragons as equal in divinity to his patron – and nevertheless unsuccessful. Zylant's refusal to tolerate the idea of Shynnärr being recognized as equal to a humanoid deity (as was frequent among non-reptilian subjects), coupled with continuing insurgencies and food riots across kopol and human cities alike, resulted in his self-imposed exile; subsequent despots pursued a less heavy-handed approach, formally allowing constituent cities to regulate their inquisitions on their own and letting non-reptilian subjects worship freely.

— from the so-called Collection of Travel Notes by Burheimian merchant and historian Schriger von Behem, c. 2225 QDR

 

[Meppo]

2005-09: John Kerry/John Edwards (Democrat)
2004: George W. Bush/Dick Cheney (Republican)
2009-13: John Kerry/Kathleen Sebelius (Democrat)
2008: Mitt Romney/Mark Sanford (Republican), Alan Keyes/Darrell Castle (Constitution)
2013- :

my utmost apologies

2005-2013: John Kerry (Democratic)

'04 (with John Edwards) def. George W. Bush / Dick Cheney (Republican)​

'08 (with Kathleen Sebelius) def. Mitt Romney / Mark Sanford (Republican), Alan Keyes / Darrell Castle (Constitution)​

2013-2021: George Allen (Republican)

'12 (with Sarah Palin) def. Kathleen Sebelius / Russ Feingold (Democratic)​

'16 (with Sarah Palin) def. Hillary Clinton / John Hickenlooper (Democratic)​

2021-present: Cory Booker (Democratic)

'20 (with Richard Cordray) def. Sarah Palin / Marco Rubio (Republican)​

 

[Meppo]

this is supposed to be a rework of an earlier list but i suppose i'll get more ideas for this one later

[38] 1974-1981: Vice Pres. Gerald Ford of Michigan (Republican)

'76 (with Sen. Robert Dole of Kansas) def. Sen. Henry M. Jackson of Washington / Sen. Lloyd Bentsen of Texas (Democratic), Frm. NYC Mayor John V. Lindsay of New York / Rep. Pete McCloskey of California (Liberal)​

[39] 1981-1984: Gov. Hugh Carey of New York † (Democratic)

'80 (with Rep. Harold Ford Sr. of Tennessee) def. Vice Pres. Robert Dole of Kansas / Frm. Sec. of Defense John Tower of Texas (Republican)​

[40] 1984-1989: Vice Pres. Harold Ford Sr. of Tennessee (Democratic)

'84 (with US Att. Gen. Pete Flaherty of Pennsylvania) def. Sen. Buddy Cianci of Rhode Island / Sen. Howard Baker of Tennessee (Republican)​

[41] 1989-1997: Sen. John Heinz of Pennsylvania (Republican)

'88 (with Gov. Dick Obenshain of Virginia) def. Pres. Harold Ford Sr. of Tennessee / Vice Pres. Pete Flaherty of Pennsylvania (Democratic)​

'92 (with Vice Pres. Dick Obenshain of Virginia) def. Sen. Albert Gore of Tennessee / Sen. Robert Shevin of Florida (Democratic)​

[42] 1997-2000: Sen. Elizabeth Holtzman of New York † (Democratic)

'96 (with Gov. Evan Bayh of Indiana) def. Sec. of State Dick Cheney of Wyoming / Gov. Linda Chavez of Maryland (Republican), Businessman Morry Taylor of Michigan / Lobbyist Larry Pratt of Virginia (Constitution)​

[43] 2000-2005: Vice Pres. Evan Bayh of Indiana (Democratic)

'00 (with Sen. Leslie Byrne of Virginia) def. Frm. Gov. Linda Chavez of Maryland / Rep. Bob McEwen of Ohio (Republican)​

[44] 2005-2013: Sen. John Kasich of Ohio (Republican)

'04 (with Gov. Henry McMaster of South Carolina) def. Pres. Evan Bayh of Indiana / Vice Pres. Leslie Byrne of Virginia (Democratic)​

'08 (with Vice Pres. Henry McMaster of South Carolina) def. Sen. Ed Markey of Massachusetts / Rep. Loretta Sanchez of California (Democratic) ​

[45] 2013-2021: Frm. Gov. Harold Ford Jr. of Tennessee (Democratic)

'12 (with Gov. Thomas Menino of Massachusetts †) def. Vice Pres. Henry McMaster of South Carolina / Rep. Vito Fossella of New York (Republican), Frm. Sen. Lincoln Chafee of Rhode Island / Frm. Fresno Mayor C. Alan Autry of California (All-American)​

'16 (with Vice Pres. Dick Durbin of Illinois) def. Gov. Christian Fong of Iowa / NYC Mayor Andrea Catsimatidis of New York (Republican), Journalist Alex Jones of Texas / Frm. Gen. Don Bolduc of New Hampshire (Constitution)​