Dallas Posted August 2, 2016 Share Posted August 2, 2016 Now released! http://campaigns.270soft.com/2016/09/26/alabama-gubernatorial-2018/ A poll released by a media outlet here in Alabama included several potential Republican candidates (close to 10), and it shows a somewhat close race. Of course it is hypotheticals, but nonetheless, between being from the state and number of candidates based on the poll, I would like to make a realistic 2018 Alabama Governship race and update it as the election gets closer. Given I can find the map to do this, I would add all ththe candidates. Just to name a few: Roy Moore Martha Roby Luther Strange Map credit goes to: @daons Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daons Posted August 2, 2016 Share Posted August 2, 2016 I've done a counties map for AL which you are free to use for your 2018 scenario alabama map.bmp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dallas Posted August 2, 2016 Author Share Posted August 2, 2016 @daons thank you so much! I will make sure to give credit in this forum post! I will try it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daons Posted August 2, 2016 Share Posted August 2, 2016 @TheMiddlePolitical There is one on the old President Forever 08 campaigns, I don't know about copyright for those though. http://campaigns.270soft.com/category/p4e8/p4e8_gubernatorial/page/2/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conservative Elector 2 Posted August 2, 2016 Share Posted August 2, 2016 @daons beautiful map of Alabama. @Dallas Because of my interest for the Civil War I am very interested in Southern politics. Seems to be a great scenario addition. What about Treasurer Young Boozer as a candidate? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dallas Posted August 2, 2016 Author Share Posted August 2, 2016 @Conservative Elector 2 absolutely! He made it on the poll; I will be sure to add him! Here is who I plan to add (Republicans): Roy Moore:28% Luther Strange: 19% Tommy Battle: 9% Congresswoman Martha Roby: 6% John McMillan: 3% John Merrill: 3% Tim James: 3% Senate President Pro Tem Del Marsh: 2% State Treasurer Young Boozer: 2% and others included in this link. I also hope to replicate these numbers. http://yellowhammernews.com/politics-2/roy-moore-tops-first-2018-alabama-gubernatorial-poll/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conservative Elector 2 Posted August 2, 2016 Share Posted August 2, 2016 I just wanted to mention Martha Roby Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dallas Posted August 2, 2016 Author Share Posted August 2, 2016 What do you think her attributes should be? I could take note of them and include when I come around to making her. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dallas Posted August 2, 2016 Author Share Posted August 2, 2016 @Reagan04 I am a big fan of him as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dallas Posted August 2, 2016 Author Share Posted August 2, 2016 @TheMiddlePolitical I will look into him, as well as Starling and a few others. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daons Posted August 2, 2016 Share Posted August 2, 2016 http://www.alreporter.com/ The AL reporter seems to be a good site for AL politics, They also have 'The Voice of Alabama Politics' uploaded on Youtube which is very up to date. (Mike Hubbard trial etc.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dallas Posted August 2, 2016 Author Share Posted August 2, 2016 @daons AL reporter is good for that. I also use and read many of the Yellowhammer (as evident of the link I shared). Good to have two different ideology outlets to work with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patine Posted August 2, 2016 Share Posted August 2, 2016 Hasn't Charles Barkley been threatening an Independent run for Alabama Governor since 2010? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dallas Posted August 2, 2016 Author Share Posted August 2, 2016 I have not heard of anything on that front. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dallas Posted August 2, 2016 Author Share Posted August 2, 2016 I will look into it and see what I can find. Also, I just finished adding the counties and changing the data. Just got to add the coordinates to the map, then I am going to start on candidates. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patine Posted August 2, 2016 Share Posted August 2, 2016 http://www.wsfa.com/story/5376934/barkley-says-hes-serious-about-gubernatorial-bid Here's a link I found. Scant on hard information, but it shows an ambition for such on his behalf. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dallas Posted August 2, 2016 Author Share Posted August 2, 2016 Thanks! After I work on all of the major party candidates, I will look into adding him. Having an Independent would be good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dallas Posted August 2, 2016 Author Share Posted August 2, 2016 Finished adding the regions and things- however, I am getting this look for the map, and violation errors when I click around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zach Posted August 3, 2016 Share Posted August 3, 2016 3 minutes ago, Dallas said: Finished adding the regions and things- however, I am getting this look for the map, and violation errors when I click around. What region comes up when you click on the blue background? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dallas Posted August 3, 2016 Author Share Posted August 3, 2016 Bring me to Lauderdale (LA). Also, the two yellow boxes at the very top- not sure what that is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dallas Posted August 3, 2016 Author Share Posted August 3, 2016 I went back and changed the coordinate. Some of the others are not letting my click on them. Which may also explain the errors I was getting. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patine Posted August 3, 2016 Share Posted August 3, 2016 @Dallas About Barkley, judging by a couple of old interviews he gave three years or so ago, he seems to support state funding of infrastructure where needed (especially derelict parts of cities like Birmingham, Montgomery, Mobile, etc., and underdeveloped rural roads and such), but also encouraging out-of-state investment as much as possible, he seems mostly socially conservative EXCEPT in regards to African-American civil rights (Black Lives Matter, Affirmative Action) and such, strongly supports public education without real restriction on private alternatives, and is a BIG promoter of youth and amateur sports, even outside the collegiate and grade and high school team levels. Again, this is from a couple of interviews I found from about three years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zach Posted August 3, 2016 Share Posted August 3, 2016 20 minutes ago, Dallas said: I went back and changed the coordinate. Some of the others are not letting my click on them. Which may also explain the errors I was getting. Thanks. This tends to happen on custom maps for some reason. The application seems to not detect the boundaries in the BMP image, so you end up with a myriad of fragmented regions and conflicts. When this happens, I go open the image in Photoshop and strengthen the boundaries, but sometimes the stroke required to get it right is far above the 1 pixel suggested in the game. Strange. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dallas Posted August 3, 2016 Author Share Posted August 3, 2016 Thanks. I will look into it- going to see who can help tackle this problem before I move on. It took awhile to add all the regions, almost accurate data and add coordinates for each region. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arjavrawal Posted August 5, 2016 Share Posted August 5, 2016 Don Siegelman gets out of prison and I believe he's constitutionally eligible for one more term..given that he's very very VERY desperate and ambitious for power I'd throw him in the mix just for the hell of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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