r/imaginaryelections

the image was sized down because stupid reddit doesn't accept images above 20mb.

why is napoleon italian you may ask? because corsica isnt sold to france in this timeline. and yes i do know on the napoleon thing it says he was born in france, thats a mistake.

why does watergate occur you probably will ask? basically, its the same but cohen's men breaks into the conservative national convention, which is the watergate hotel, which in this timeline is in philadelphia.

why is charlie kirk prime minister? in this timeline, charlie kirk becomes the governor of maine (which is this worlds name for the michigan peninsuala) and after a terrible al gore leadership from 2020-2024, he decided to run the conservative party ticket and defeated the liberal candidate andrew cuomo, pfa candidate bernie sanders, nationalist candidate donald trump, and independent candidate joe biden.

General elections were held in the United States on November 8, 1960. In a dramatic shift in the American parliamentary landscape and remarkable turnaround of the 1956 election, John Kennedy led the New Liberal Union to a historic triumph over the incumbent Progressive Conservative Party, led by Richard Nixon. While the New Liberals fell just short of an outright parliamentary majority on their own, Kennedy successfully engineered a post-election governing coalition with Estes Kefauver’s Progressive Labor Party. This strategic alliance allowed Kennedy to command a majority in the newly expanded legislature and ascend to the office of Prime Minister, ending eight years of Progressive Conservative governance.

John Kennedy, who had assumed the leadership of the New Liberals in December 1958, campaigned aggressively from his parliamentary seat in the Massachusetts 9th district. His campaign capitalized heavily on public dissatisfaction stemming from the domestic economic recession of 1957–1958, which had severely eroded the political capital built up by the previous administration. Facing him was Richard Nixon, the Vice Prime Minister who took the reins of the Progressive Conservatives in March 1960 following the retirement as party leader of the widely popular Prime Minister Dwight Eisenhower, who had planned to resign as prime minister as well had Nixon won the election. The election was heavily influenced by the historic introduction of televised debates between the two main party leaders. Kennedy’s youthful charisma and composed demeanor on screen contrasted sharply with a haggard and tense Nixon, capturing the imagination of the electorate and providing the late-campaign momentum necessary to unseat the government.

The results of the election represented a massive political realignment compared to the lopsided Progressive Conservative landslide of 1956. Four years prior, Eisenhower had secured a commanding outright majority of 316 seats on 50.2% of the popular vote. In stark contrast, Nixon’s 1960 campaign suffered a catastrophic 88-seat contraction, leaving the Progressive Conservatives with just 228 seats and a reduced popular vote share of 42.6%. The New Liberals reaped the rewards of this shift, orchestrating a massive 105-seat surge to climb from their 1956 standing of 157 seats up to a dominant 262 seats, bolstered by an 8.5% positive swing that brought their popular vote total to 44.9%.

The smaller factions in Congress experienced vastly different fates, reshuffling the balance of power. The left-wing Progressive Labor Party, which had officially rebranded itself from its old name the Progressive Party USA in August 1958, staged a remarkable political comeback under the resilient leadership of Estes Kefauver. Having suffered a devastating blow in 1956 where the party collapsed to 8 seats and Kefauver lost his own constituency, the party rallied to gain 10 seats in 1960. Finishing with 18 seats and a 6.2% vote share, Kefauver; who successfully reclaimed his seat in the Tennessee 3rd district; found himself holding the balance of power. The right-wing Right Union faced collapse. After peaking at 27 seats under Joseph McCarthy in 1956, the party downsized to 6 seats under its new leader, Barry Goldwater of Arizona's 1st district, shedding 21 seats in the process. Strom Thurmond’s regional States' Rights party remained in a similar position to four years prior, perfectly replicating its 1956 performance by retaining exactly 23 seats with a stable 2.3% of the popular vote.

Driven by an energized electorate, voter turnout spiked dramatically to 77.7%, representing a 7.4% increase compared to the 1956 cycle. With the total number of seats in the Congress of the United States expanding to 537, a minimum of 269 seats was required to form a government. Because the New Liberals finished seven seats short of the threshold, Kennedy acted quickly to secure a formal coalition agreement with Kefauver's 18 Progressive Labor members. By bridging the gap between the centre-left New Deal Liberals and the Progressive Labor faction, the coalition successfully unlocked a working majority, formalizing the transition of power and installing Kennedy as the new Prime Minister of the United States.

House district changes from OTL

Happy 4th Of July, also I am a stupid dumb American with a slightly above passing knowledge of British politics who enjoys LARPing. I am not the best person to make this, and apologies if I get anything wrong or if this is inaccurate in any way.

Didn’t I just upload this? Yes! Why reupload it? Because I fucked it up the first time. Also if you’re in Wisconsin go vote August 11th in the primaries!

I tried my best to reference different things, I’m new to this but have seen others make these for a while, if anyone had good software for making maps themselves I’d appreciate it, I could really go all out for the next one.

john kerry says he wants to ban abortion, making his popularity plummet. and after narrowly winning the iowa primary, howard dean holds a speech, and says that since they won iowa, its just mandatory he should win every single state. after winning the primaries, but performing poorly during the presidential debates, he'd loose to george bush. uhhh obama wins in 2012 against chris christie in a bigger landslide than he did in 2008. in 2016, after a VERY close election, almost as close as 2000, republican candidate mike pence would win against vice president bill nelson, causing a big upset. in 2020, pence manages to gain enough supporters from the covid outbreak to win re-election against senator joe biden. in 2024, kamala harris would defeat republican nominee ted cruz, becoming the first female president. its probably shit and unrealistic so yeah