sven Posted March 22, 2006 Share Posted March 22, 2006 Hey all, The last pre-election episode of the West Wing will be shown on Sunday night. I was thinking that, if the authors of that scenario permit, I'd like to update it a bit. If people can help out, I'd like to: -Work out the support levels in each state. Bear in mind that California is considered Republican at the start of the campaign. -Replace the election issues with the ones in the campaigns. So can people suggest 18 election issues from Season 7? I've got the season 7 episodes on my computer so I'll go through them looking for issues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex xauw Posted March 22, 2006 Share Posted March 22, 2006 well, Nuclear Power is an obvious one now... i'll take a look at what's already in the game... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hillary'08 Posted March 22, 2006 Share Posted March 22, 2006 sounds good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sven Posted March 23, 2006 Author Share Posted March 23, 2006 I've started sifting through the 14 episodes so far. Here are some I've come up with: -Immigration (Vinick on the border) -Nuclear Power -Abortion (Vinick and Santos are the same, but other candidates would be different) -Tax Cuts -Intelligent Design -Education (Santos' education plan) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug325 Posted March 23, 2006 Share Posted March 23, 2006 This is an interesting thread. Several months ago, I created a scenario on the West Wing 2006 election called "Santos Vs Vinick". It still uses the original issues. There are three potential Democratic candidates (Santos, Russell, and Hoynes) and two Republicans (Vinick and Rev. Butler). I was thinking of an updated version which would add Gov. Baker to the Democrat side and Glenallen Walken to the Republican side. (I set up Baker's issue views as a little more centrist than Russell or Santos (same as Hoynes in fact) and Walkens as the same as Dubya. As far as electoral trends, I used the real world 2004 trneds, except that I changed California from a strong Dem state, to a leaning (50-45) Republican state. I also reduced the Republican lead in Texas. Other than that, I have left most things alone. Most of the issues are the same. Nuclear energy became an issue on the show only as an "October Surprise" I suppose the Khazakstan issue is part of "Military Intervention". The other thing is Leo McGarry. How and when are the writeres going to write ion the death of actor John Spencer. I suspect it will be late enough in the campaign as to not require a diffeerent VP for Santos. (I already have Russell and Baker as posible alternate VPs) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oxymoron Posted March 24, 2006 Share Posted March 24, 2006 -Work out the support levels in each state. Bear in mind that California is considered Republican at the start of the campaign. SPOILER http://westwing.bewarne.com/seventh/images/2WESfaN05josh.jpg SPOILER That's a photo from the season finale showing who won a big number of the states. It doesn't, however, divulge the winner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex xauw Posted March 24, 2006 Share Posted March 24, 2006 I set up Baker's issue views as a little more centrist than Russell or Santos (same as Hoynes in fact) Baker is definitely cloer to Santos than Russell, Russell and Hoynes were the DLC types Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaryHart88 Posted March 24, 2006 Share Posted March 24, 2006 Hope you don't mind a newbie putting my 2 cents in... Watching the debate would give plenty of issues. I remember Health Care, 3rd World Debt Relief, and Alaskan Drilling; that's just off the top of my head. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sven Posted March 25, 2006 Author Share Posted March 25, 2006 Yeah, the Debate is the best one for find policy issues. I could probably find enough to cover the election just in that episode. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hillary'08 Posted March 26, 2006 Share Posted March 26, 2006 SPOILERhttp://westwing.bewarne.com/seventh/images/2WESfaN05josh.jpg SPOILER That's a photo from the season finale showing who won a big number of the states. It doesn't, however, divulge the winner. but also look at this pic. http://westwing.bewarne.com/seventh/images...iN05funeral.jpg it would make sense to have the winner carry the coffin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CapA2040 Posted March 26, 2006 Share Posted March 26, 2006 SPOILER!!!!!!! Didn't we pretty much establish that Santos was the winner in another thread? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJE Posted March 26, 2006 Share Posted March 26, 2006 CapA, you might want to bump that down a bit. On a 1024x768 screen you can see it at the bottom. Move it down something like another five lines EDIT: Seems I fixed it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hillary'08 Posted March 26, 2006 Share Posted March 26, 2006 actually, the funny thing about that picture with josh standing next to the board is that he's blocking california, which will detirmine who wins the election. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hillary'08 Posted March 28, 2006 Share Posted March 28, 2006 wow, yesterday's episode was pretty stressful with the 5 states a day and also toby's indicment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CapA2040 Posted March 28, 2006 Share Posted March 28, 2006 CapA, you might want to bump that down a bit. On a 1024x768 screen you can see it at the bottom. Move it down something like another five lines EDIT: Seems I fixed it Eh, I moved it down anyway. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flasuss Posted April 11, 2006 Share Posted April 11, 2006 I think that Vinick was depicted as too liberal on the original West Wing scenario. For example, as pro-affirmative action, which he's not. And actually, i think that only on abortion he is really liberal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hillary'08 Posted April 12, 2006 Share Posted April 12, 2006 here's a good site with both of their platforms: http://www.footnote.tv/ftvwwcampaignguide.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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