u/Amazing_Debt9192

How would American politics today be different if Barack Obama had lost the 2004 United States Senate election in Illinois and retired from politics afterwards?

How would American politics today be different if Barack Obama had lost the 2004 United States Senate election in Illinois and retired from politics afterwards?

From Barack Obama's memoir, A Promised Land, that was published in 2020: "With Michelle, I didn't sugarcoat the amount of time I'd be away. But this was it, I promised, up or out; if I lost this one, we were done with politics for good."

u/Amazing_Debt9192 — 7 days ago

Which states that have never produced a U.S. President who built their political career there are most likely to do so in the future? Part 7

U.S. States that were omitted from the listings included Arkansas, California, Delaware, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia.

Part 1 Results: Arizona (52), Colorado (19), District of Columbia (12), Connecticut (11), Alabama (6), Alaska (6)

Part 2 Results: Florida (54), Kentucky (6), Hawaii (2), Idaho (2), Iowa (1), Kansas (1)

Part 3 Results: Minnesota (40), Maryland (13), Louisiana (12), Montana (5), Mississippi (1), Maine (0)

Part 4 Results: North Carolina (36), Nevada (10), Oklahoma (4), New Mexico (3), North Dakota (2), Nebraska (1)

Part 5 Results: South Carolina (18), Oregon (16), Vermont (8), Utah (7), Rhode Island (4), South Dakota (1)

Part 6 Results: Wisconsin (37), Washington (13), West Virginia (7), Wyoming (1)

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u/Amazing_Debt9192 — 23 days ago

Which states that have never produced a U.S. President who built their political career there are most likely to do so in the future? Part 6

U.S. States that have been omitted from the listings include Arkansas, California, Delaware, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia.

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u/Amazing_Debt9192 — 1 month ago

Which states that have never produced a U.S. President who built their political career there are most likely to do so in the future? Part 5

U.S. States that have been omitted from the listings include Arkansas, California, Delaware, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia.

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u/Amazing_Debt9192 — 1 month ago

Which states that have never produced a U.S. President who built their political career there are most likely to do so in the future? Part 4

U.S. States that have been omitted from the listings include Arkansas, California, Delaware, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia.

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u/Amazing_Debt9192 — 1 month ago

Which states that have never produced a U.S. President who built their political career there are most likely to do so in the future? Part 3

U.S. States that have been omitted from the listings include Arkansas, California, Delaware, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia.

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u/Amazing_Debt9192 — 1 month ago

Which states that have never produced a U.S. President who built their political career there are most likely to do so in the future? Part 2

U.S. States that have been omitted from the listings include Arkansas, California, Delaware, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia.

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u/Amazing_Debt9192 — 1 month ago

Which states that have never produced a U.S. President who built their political career there are most likely to do so in the future? Part 1

U.S. States that have been omitted from the listings include Arkansas, California, Delaware, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia.

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u/Amazing_Debt9192 — 1 month ago

Who would you vote for in this 2004 Republican presidential primary?

Background information for my alternate history scenario:

> Rhode Island Senator Lincoln Chafee decides to challenge Bush as a moderate-to-liberal Republican alternative

> Former New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson decides to challenge Bush as a libertarian Republican alternative

> Arizona Senator John McCain desires a rematch against Bush stemming from their battles back during the 2000 Republican presidential primaries

> Businessman Donald Trump decides to challenge Bush and everyone else in the primary field as a political outsider

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u/Amazing_Debt9192 — 3 months ago
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When WWE introduced the current World Heavyweight Championship in 2023, does anyone else feel they should've reactivated the 2002-2013 version of the World Heavyweight Championship and continued the lineage from that title?

u/Amazing_Debt9192 — 3 months ago