2020 US Scenario Update

[vcczar]

I've made some updates to by 2020 scenario. 

1) Added several Democrats -- Andrew Cuomo, Terry McAuliffe, Bernie Sanders. 

2) I've altered the Democratic primary %, primarily decreasing Cory Booker and Sherrod Brown, which makes Elizabeth Warren more of a front-runner. 

3) Increased undecided voters in the primary from 20% to 40%. This is based on current polls desiring "Other" or "Undecided" over likely/possible candidates. As this scenario assumes Trump's presidency will be viewed unfavorably, even by many Republicans, I have made their undecided voters also at 40%, which should allow an insurgent campaign by Rand Paul, Lindsey Graham, Ted Cruz or John Kasich a little more hope. 

I still have not updated the events. 

I may make some changes to the issues. 

[vcczar]

Update: I've updated the Dem and Rep % for the general election map. When all the candidates are on, the map is now 217 to 215 (Dem adv) with the rest of the states as toss-ups. Dems also lead with 3 million votes in the popular vote, which amounts to about 1.5% lead in the polls. 

Trump and Kasich are the only ON Reps

I've switched up the ON Dems. I won't announce them, because I'm planning on probably redoing who I have ON and who I have OFF. I also think I've made Bernie Sanders too weak for the start date that he's on. I will probably add some more Democrats, including Lincoln Chafee, who says he's considering running again. 

I am also planning on having multiple start dates, including a very early start date--Perhaps July 2019, Oct 2019, Dec 2019 and Jan 2020. Each will have different start % for the candidates, based on how I see their support going. Naturally, high profile candidates with national recognition will start high, while change candidates and candidates charismatic to their party base will increase over time. By January, frontrunners will have taken a lot of attacks, causing the lead pollster of Dec to possibly drop or get within striking distance. Iowa and New Hampshire may be a weak area for the front runners. 

[Guest]

While I'm closer to Susan Collins' positions I prefer Marco Rubio personally, having met him and attended one of his rallies. I'm not a fan of any of the Democrats, but I put Heinrich because he seems like the closest to a moderate as far as I'm aware.

[michaelsdiamonds]

Any plans to add Amy Klobuchar? She's been floated as a potential candidate as well. I know there's only so many of the dozens of "potential" candidates that can be included. However, she seems pretty likely!

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/democratic-lawmakers-such-as-amy-klobuchar-start-making-2020-moves-and-the-base-starts-making-demands/2017/05/08/2a7da116-31b3-11e7-9534-00e4656c22aa_story.html?utm_term=.509194914e2c