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  1. WI: Alf Landon loses the 1932 Kansas gubernatorial election?

    The 1932 Kansas gubernatorial election was a three way battle: Incumbent Democrat Harry H. Woodring faced liberal Republican and state chairman Alf Landon, but also faced an independent candidacy by the disbarred "doctor" (and now well-known quack) John R. Brinkley. All three men polled above 30...

  2. How would a 1960 VP Debate change the election?

    Just an idea I've had. The 1960 Presidential election was the first to have a live TV debate between the two main party Presidential candidates. Unlike future installments starting in 1976, there was no debate between the Vice-Presidential candidates. Assuming Johnson and Lodge could be...

  3. AHC: Nigel Farage and George Galloway the front runners in a by-election.

    Have two of the most colo(u)rful politicans in Britain not only face off against each other in a by-election, but have them be the front runners in a by-election to the United Kingdom's House of Commons.

  4. What if Ireland switched to FPTP in 1959?

    I'm just going to quote irishpoliticalmaps wholesale: What would have happened if Ireland had changed her electoral system, if, say, a couple percentage more of the population turned out to vote? Would it mean an even more Fianna Fáil-dominanated Ireland? The crippling of Labour, the various...

  5. PC: Progressives form a minority government after the 1921 Canadian election

    December 6, 1921, Canada held the first post-WWI election. The Conservative government of Arthur Meighen lost nearly half of their vote from the previous election in 1917, and over two-thirds of their seats. Despite getting second place in the popular vote, the new Progressive Party surpassed...

  6. AHC/WI: Royal pretender wins their nation's Presidency

    Basically, how can we get someone to pull a Louis Napoleon in the 20th or 21st century? Is it an election or an appointment? What would be the international reaction? Who would and could do it? Would they try and reinstall the monarchy? Thus far the only royalty to win an election as a...

  7. PC: Francis Thomas picked as National Union Vice-President in 1864?

    Jacksonian Congressman in the 1830's, Democratic Governor of Maryland in the 40's, and Unconditional Unionist representative during the Civil War. If Andrew Johnson dies during the War, could this border state abolitionist become picked for Lincolns second VP, or would some other more likely...

  8. AHC: Jimmy Carter comeback in 1984

    Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to have James Earl "Jimmy" Carter, Jr. secure a third nomination for President, and win a second nonconsecutive term with a POD starting on January 20th, 1981. Good luck and Godspeed.

  9. A Socialist Senator in 1916!? WI: A. Grant Miller won Nevada's Senate seat in 1916?

    1916, President Woodrow Wilson narrowly won re-election against Charles E. Hughes of New York. Meanwhile, much to the West, Key Pittman himself narrowly wins a second term (and full first one) against Republican Samuel Platt and Socialist Ashley Grant Miller. Miller himself was a former minister...

  10. No Southern Strategy: The Political Ramifications of an Alternate 1964 Election

    What the hell is this? In the beginning, there was me. Hadn't slept in like 24 hours, and made a crappy infobox on a whim. Then came Dr. Gonzo, who force fed me enough ideas and sleeping meds that I felt like a new man, and actually expanded this idea into a full fledge TL (sort of). As you...

  11. How does US history change with a smaller State of Texas?

    Bit of an unwieldy title, but I hope it gets the point across. Light Green was everything the Republic (and for a bit the state) of Texas claimed. The Dark Green was what it actually controlled and populated. The Light Green territories were cut back to the modern borders as part of the...

  12. (Pre/Post 1900)AHC: Another 4-way Presidential Election after 1860

    We had a few good third party attempts: Populists, Roosevelt, the Dixiecrats, Wallace, and Perot, but they weren't the four way messes 1824 and 1860 were. How can we get another one of those elections, with at least 4 plausible candidate winning decent amounts of both electoral and...

  13. TLIAW(II):A Rigged Deck, for a Rigged System

    What is this? You know all the people who ran for President in America? Uh-huh. And you know how a lot of them lost? Uh-huh. Well let's take them and remix them into a new list. This sounds kind of like all those "Shuffle" TLIA(X), surely you aren't so strapped for ideas that...

  14. PC/WI: President Bonaparte, of the United States?

    Charles Joseph Bonaparte was the Baltimore-born grandnephew of the man who sold the United States the Territory of Louisiana. A Roman Catholic and a Republican, he graduated from Harvard and was involved in various municipal and national reform movements. He was appointed Secretary of the Navy...

  15. WI: John Calhoun enters the 1824 Presidential election?

    The Secretary of War in 1824 considered his chances for the Presidency to be dim in 1824. Despite a following in his native South Carolina, and Pennsylvania for some reason, he decided not to blow his chances fighting against such a crowed and popular field, and instead snagged the...

  16. PC: Third Anglo-American War in 1837?

    I've been reading John Eisenhower's Agent of Destiny: The Life and Times of General Winfield Scott, and one of the things it talks about was Scott's role in defusing American involvement for the Rebellions of 1837. American personal involvement was relatively low, mostly cash and supplies with a...

  17. PC: Foreign volunteers in the US Civil War go on to become leaders of their country?

    After reading about Gustave Paul Cluseret my first thought was "how cool would it have been if this guy lead France?" And then I got to thinking, what if another foreign volunteer did somehow do that? I'll admit my knowledge of the many Civil War generals is pretty nonexistent, and so I came to...

  18. PC: William H. Crawford in 1816? [3 Scenarios]

    Despite the widespread popularity of President James Madison, Secretary Monroe, and the feeling of victory that followed the end of the War of 1812, not all was so perfect. Virginia had her men occupy the Presidency 24 out of 28 years by the time the 1816 was rolling around. Even without...

  19. AHC: Keep the Weimar Constitution to present day.

    Here's an interesting one, come up with a plausible way to keep the 1919 Constitution of the German Reich in effect to modern day, both de facto and de jure (so no Nazi 's win and they don't bother to change it) up to 2015.

  20. WI: Senator Thaddeus Stevens in 1838?

    In 1838 conflicting returns in parts Pennsylvania lead to a partisan battle known as the Buckshot War. Control of the state House of Representatives was in the balance, with the Whigs already controlling the Senate. The end of the "war" meant a humiliating loss for the Whigs, and Stevens being...
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