Novare_Res 0 Posted February 25, 2009 Report Share Posted February 25, 2009 Very hard... booyah: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MuskogeeRepublican 1 Posted March 9, 2009 Report Share Posted March 9, 2009 I played the 2008 default scenario as Richardson. Endorsed by Edwards, Obama, and Fred Thompson. Check out the delegate count. Yep, you saw that right. But, alas! she stole a delegate from me at the convention! Three weeks before the last primaries (MT and SD) it was Clinton 1926, Richardson 1910. The next week I took it to Clinton 1920, Richardson 1916. The week before the final vote, it was Clinton 1919, Richardson 1917. She won both states by 5%-15%, but I swung a delegate in SD. Pretty awesome, if you ask me. I've never ended up in a tie, although I saw Clinton beat Biden 1919-1917 once (I was playing the GOP). PR is pretty sweet; it allows for close finishes like this. All you do is smash the opposition in a few states, get a few endorsements from opponents, and don't get obliterated in the rest of the states. Then you have a chance... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kanamit 0 Posted March 16, 2009 Report Share Posted March 16, 2009 Got a pretty even split here in 1992. Almost won a plurality of the electoral college, and if a few states had gone a little differently I think I could have gotten a majority. Congress selected Bush. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kauai 0 Posted March 27, 2009 Report Share Posted March 27, 2009 On very hard. Look how close the pop vote is! Going into election day I was behind in the polls, but had momentum. I managed to win all the big liberal states by mostly narrow margins. California was swinging back and forth until the very end. One of my best games ever! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
argonaut 0 Posted May 6, 2009 Report Share Posted May 6, 2009 I've a few, none of which are my best performances, but probably my favourites. It was sweet to win Florida, thereby winning the EV while losing the popular vote. *cough* Neither my closest nor my most overwhelming victory, but it was great because by the time I got to the General Election, the entire map was a deep shade of red. Howard Dean rides again! My closest ever, even though the House still gave JFK the Presidency. 159 votes from victory on the superb 1960 Beta scenario. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bawlexus91 27 Posted July 11, 2009 Report Share Posted July 11, 2009 Palin v. Obama, 2012: Palin - 53% Obama - 47% Everything seemed pretty standard, save Washington state, Arkansas, and perhaps Pennsylvania. It'd be a fun race to watch in real life! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
wrestlingking235 2 Posted August 3, 2009 Report Share Posted August 3, 2009 Nothing too impressive, but satisfying nonetheless This one is my favorite. Crushed Nixon in the EV and beat him pretty good in the Popular vote. Toughest part was winning the Primaries. Kennedy nearly beat me, but LBJ's political influence points got me most of the endorsements allowing me to win. Kennedy ended up being my VP Quote Link to post Share on other sites
argonaut 0 Posted August 4, 2009 Report Share Posted August 4, 2009 I wish I'd taken a screenshot- I just won 538 Electoral Votes (that's every state and DC) playing as Obama/Brown against Giuliani/Portman. Only Alabama was competitive and I still won that by six points. Medium, not Hard. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Novare_Res 0 Posted August 15, 2009 Report Share Posted August 15, 2009 ... Neither my closest nor my most overwhelming victory, but it was great because by the time I got to the General Election, the entire map was a deep shade of red. Howard Dean rides again! ... Please tell me how on earth you were able to pull that off!? Is that on hard? A Howard Dean victory has eluded me for too long... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gopprogressive 1,063 Posted August 16, 2009 Report Share Posted August 16, 2009 I started out ironically with no seats and only 3% of the vote. I was quite pleased with the results. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gopprogressive 1,063 Posted August 16, 2009 Report Share Posted August 16, 2009 The election started out real close, but rather quickly became a rout and a solid victory for my beloved National party led by a former Olympic Swimming Champion who resembles Angelina Jolie. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kid-Canada 2 Posted September 17, 2009 Report Share Posted September 17, 2009 Kennedy 80.6% Reagan 19.4% Obviously a sweep of the electoral votes in 1980 too. Indiana was the closest 70.3-29.7, DC was 95-5 the biggest spread. Was trying to set up a Kennedy vs Bush matchup by attacking Reagan but Reagan just barely beat him, Meanwhile Kennedy won all but Florida in the Primaries and got Ford to be his Vice-President (Even though Ford was leading the Republican Primaries at the time in popular vote and about tied with Reagan), kind of snubbing Carter but oh well. Bush Endorsed Kennedy right before the conventions and gave him a 70-20 lead or so, which was expanded in the general election. http://img22.imageshack.us/i/kennedyvsreagan.png/ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
matvail2002 803 Posted September 21, 2009 Report Share Posted September 21, 2009 With the Canadian Wonk Edition, I have won 294 on 308 seats as the Conservatives with 60.8%. These are the seats that I haven't won: -St-Marie-St-Jacques (Bloc) -Toronto-Centre (Liberal) -Trinity-Spadina (NDP) -Vancouver-East (NDP) -Rosemont-La-Petite-Patrie (Bloc) -Churchill (NDP) -Hochelaga (Bloc) -Pointe-de-l'Île (Bloc) -Westmount-Ville-Marie (Liberal) -Outremont (NDP) -Beaches-East-York (NDP) -Toronto-Danforth (NDP) -Winnipeg North (NDP) -York West (Liberal) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kanamit 0 Posted September 27, 2009 Report Share Posted September 27, 2009 I gotta say, as a liberal Democrat, this was extremely gratifying: The closest state (Alaska) went for Kennedy 61-39. This was on hard with no getting other party candidates to be my VP or endorse me. Had a pretty tough primary with Carter to boot. I imagine that he got UHC passed with those coattails. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
EGaffney 17 Posted September 27, 2009 Report Share Posted September 27, 2009 What was your strategy to achieve this? It's quite a large margin compared to anything I've seen. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kanamit 0 Posted September 27, 2009 Report Share Posted September 27, 2009 What was your strategy to achieve this? It's quite a large margin compared to anything I've seen. I kept hammering on Foreign Policy, Tehran Hostages, and Reagan/Energy. I don't think I used a television ad the entire campaign, instead using newspapers for positive ads and radio for negative, and I alternated between the two. Early on they were concentrated in primary states and later the few states that I thought might be vulnerable to Reagan, but by the last month or so I had a nationwide ad up more or less constantly. I also made sure to counter would be Reagan surges with some extra ads. Other than that, I used my PIPs to get two endorsers who are inclined toward Republicans (Teamsters Union and Washington Times) and spinned nearly every news story that came up during the general election. Ironically it started pretty disastrously: I lost not only Iowa but also New Hampshire and Massachusetts to Carter. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
liberalkid 1 Posted October 11, 2009 Report Share Posted October 11, 2009 i've had a few things.... once won theoryspark-created 2008 with Kucinich (!) on medium. exactly the same electoral count as 2004 but with Ohio flipped. Primaries went astonishingly odd, as i racked up Iowa, New Hampshire, SC, Michigan (was mostly useless) and Nevada. 2004 was a hilarious/wierd game. played as Dean, and won 60%+ in Iowa and NH. some tricky manueverings led me to blow everyone out of the water on Super Tuyesday. Gephart, the @$$, stayed in till the election, but i had already locked up the nomination. the general elections was sort of a "leftover"- Bush had overwelming popularity some places, which was based on his huge lead in the beginning of the standard game. i ignored the debates, spent myself broke early and coasted into the end. that's the simple. to slightly detail, the Northeast, INCLUDING VERMONT, all went for Bush 55% or more, excluding Massachusitts, Maine, and New York. the West was a hodgepodge. in essance, i lost Rhode Island and Vermont, put won Texas (!!), Utah (!!!!) and Alaska (i'm not going to go on). astonishingly odd. electoral vote was 412-126, popular was 57-40-3 (nader) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JerseyBoy 8 Posted November 5, 2009 Report Share Posted November 5, 2009 These are some of my good ones: I made a scenario for Syracuse's 2009 mayoral election, ran as Jennings, got some good scandals on Miner and good ads, went from 13.2% at the start of the election to 53.1% at the end. Swept the entire city. 7 words: I. Played. As. Reagan. And. Got. Owned. The primaries were tight as heck, so i was bankrupt after I overcame Herbie. Pretty close race, th e final before election polls showed 269 for democrat and 269 for me, but I had momentum Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JerseyBoy 8 Posted November 6, 2009 Report Share Posted November 6, 2009 Here is my election summary. I was Chris Daggett in the 2009 NJ Gubernatorial Scenario. It is written as if it were Daggett's Journal. Chapter 1: The Primaries _______________________________________________________ I finally decided to run just before the Republicans and Democrats had their primary days. In the end, Chris Christie won out narrowly against challenger Steve Lonegan, while Jon Corzine won in a landslide against Commissioner Anne Milgram. My numbers are rising, I'm at 9.6% statewide at this point. Chapter 2: Come, Come, Cumberland! _______________________________________________________ The latest poll numbers came in, and showed that I had become a major player: 11.3% statewide! However, while trying to decide where to go next, I found a small oddity: Cumberland County poll takers chose me 18.1% of the time, compared to Christie's 31.6 and Corzine's 34.2 %. I have decided to focus my campaign on Cumberland. Chapter 3: Christie Doesn't Like Christie ________________________________________________________ A few days later, I was endorsed by Former Governor Christie Todd Whitman, and my numbers surged, peaking last week at 20.8%, confusing pundits statewide and beyond. Christie and Corzine suddenly take me seriously, and an attack ad (or 4) are released against me. I am at 18.9% because of those ads at this point. Chapter 4: The final poll _________________________________________________________ The final poll looks grim, my lead in Cumberland has severely faded. However, I find new hope in my home county of Somerset, and most pundits project I will win it on election night. I'll have to wait and see. Here are the Last poll numbers: Christie- 40.2% 486 E.V.s, Corzine- 37.9% 159 E.V.s, Me- 12.9% 0 E.V.s. Pundit's Mapular Projection: Chapter 5: Election Night _________________________________________________________ On Election Night, some say that if the map comes true, and the new State Assembly votes on their mainly conservative values, I could, in theory, be the next Governor of New Jersey. I almost happens, however Christie, I have to hand it to him, he had a machine too massive for an Independent or a Democrat to topple. At 11:39, I called Chris, and congratulated him on becoming the 55th Governor of New Jersey. Final Election night map: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JerseyBoy 8 Posted November 6, 2009 Report Share Posted November 6, 2009 I gotta say, as a liberal Democrat, this was extremely gratifying: The closest state (Alaska) went for Kennedy 61-39. This was on hard with no getting other party candidates to be my VP or endorse me. Had a pretty tough primary with Carter to boot. I imagine that he got UHC passed with those coattails. Both candidates' vote totals end in 0... that's kind of weird.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
zagatstein 2 Posted November 9, 2009 Report Share Posted November 9, 2009 Both candidates' vote totals end in 0... that's kind of weird.... I've had that happen before, but it seems to be more common in PM4E than in P4E+P. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Novare_Res 0 Posted November 16, 2009 Report Share Posted November 16, 2009 Wonk on hard, no cheating. Thompson/McCain v. Obama/Dodd Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Novare_Res 0 Posted November 16, 2009 Report Share Posted November 16, 2009 I played this one and really focused on his hard left issues, I figured I'd be out by Iowa, but I ended up annhialating the primary and winning the general. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Novare_Res 0 Posted November 17, 2009 Report Share Posted November 17, 2009 Alright, last one: I always had trouble winning the primary as Bentsen... not this time. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kid-Canada 2 Posted December 11, 2009 Report Share Posted December 11, 2009 I totally owned as Ross Perot in the 1992 scenario winning 511 electoral votes once. Took every state except Alabama, Mississippi and South Carolina (lost by less than 4% all 3 of them to Bush) and DC was still a Democratic landslide 56-35 for Cuomo vs Perot. Luckily got 4-5 of the Democrats (Clinton, Gore, Wilder, Rockefeller and Brown) and Buchanan from the Republicans to endorse me. And was able to get basically all the major newspaper/footsoldier endorsers. Won massively with only 42.3% of the votes too Bush had 30.8% and Cuomo had 26.9%. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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