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This is awesome and I look forward to voting in this, and volunteer my efforts to writing speculative timelines based on the wacky outcomes. I've wanted to run a forum game/LP (wherein posters adopt the role of statesmen or states pre-1789 constitution) for a long time, so this'll have to do for now. And the ultimate outcome of goons voting in radical abolitionists every election will be the early secession of the south, and conflict between the two (or more) new countries, without a doubt.
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President Fredrick Douglas will reconquer the lost states of the southern confederacy, calling it now
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Nov 20, 2015 08:48
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Alter Ego posted:I can see Burr running a Trump-style populist campaign. Only thing missing would be him calling Washington and Adams losers. Burr is more of a Nixon than a Trump. Only his fall from grace came before he could become president, not during.
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Nov 25, 2015 04:07
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Mycroft Holmes posted:Somebody get on a coherent timeline for these elections, stat! So does each election represent a coherent timeline? Or are we going to use snapshots of the real candidates and retcon them into a coherent narrative? IE: Adams wins 3 elections in a row, and suddenly isn't a candidate because he "retires". Maybe he can institute a new norm, 3 term limit (that no one will match until FDR for some reason). Alternatively, if Adams loses this time, he can be the originator of the 2 term limit.
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Nov 30, 2015 01:40
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Lycus posted:In our timeline, it'll be President Eugene Debs. I'm genuinely curious how goons will handle William Jennings Bryan (aka our Emperor until Debs starts running).
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Nov 30, 2015 02:02
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QuoProQuid posted:I've got Clay, Bryan, Debs, T. Roosevelt, and FDR in my "must watch" pile. I'm also curious about how goons will react to the moral dilemma that is Lincoln in 1864 and Kennedy in 1960. Teddy vs. Debs will be a fun debate. Trust busting versus socialism!
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Nov 30, 2015 02:16
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Raskolnikov38 posted:my only emperor is norton Oh, I am absolutely on board the Emperor Norton train. He doesn't die until 1880, so 5 terms should do the country good.
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Nov 30, 2015 04:47
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RagnarokAngel posted:Although I kind of get it the idea of giving the VP to the runner up is so ridiculous I'm amazed it lasted as long as it did. It's really amazing how revolutionary some of their ideas and applications were, and how effective ideas like the Supreme Court turned out to be, but the whole "what if the runner up is from a different faction" thing never seemed to cross their minds.
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Nov 30, 2015 09:38
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Joementum posted:Question: in this timeline did Adams and Jay abolish free speech in their first term because people said mean things about them? Depends Joementum, how much do you really want to write alternate history fanfiction about the first President of the United States, John Adams?
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