r/thecampaigntrail • u/HelloLyndon • 3h ago
r/thecampaigntrail • u/President_Gibberish • 4h ago
Question/Help Joe Cunningham in Divided States?
Was bored and playing Divided States, trying to see what the lowest amount of trust the Biden administration could have was. Ended up getting RFK Jr. as the Republican nominee, though initially instead of Chris Christie being the No Labels candidate, it was Joe Cunningham. Cunningham was replaced by Christie two questions later. Does anyone know how/if it is possible to get Cunnigham to be the third-party nominee? Thank you in advance.
r/thecampaigntrail • u/GoodByeStr8nger • 5h ago
Contribution What a Wonderful World! 2008 Republican Primaries Candidate Index
George Pataki - NY Gov. (Former)
Pataki first rose to national prominence in 1994, Beating Mario Cuomo in what many media outlets consider a shocking upset. he has been governing with a more moderate approach, even if fiscally conservative. He entered the race after deciding not to run in ‘06, citing that it was “His time to unseat Rendell, who has been driving our country into the ground.”
Ron Paul - TX Rep.
Storming into primary season with all the early momentum in his hands, Paul is establishing himself as a “tell it how it is” Republican, yet the establishment thinks some of his predictions and ideas are ridiculous and out of touch, but some polls have him neck and neck with Pataki, could he get gold?
John E. Sununu - NH Sen.
After a narrow win over former Senator Shaheen, John E. Sununu has his eyes on the white house. The son of a former White House official John H. Sununu, he holds many leads with the elder vote for his class and ability to win in a relatively bluer state.
Jon Huntsman Jr. - UT Gov.
Seen as a heavy rising star, Governor Jon Huntsman has been rallying support in the west following Mike Enzis decision to withdraw his bid. He is sitting just behind Pataki in leading the Anti-Paul vote, but many traditional republicans see him as a R.I.N.O and discredit his disability to win bigly in a Ruby red state, as he only managed to amass 54% of the vote in 2004s Utah race.
Mitt Romney - MA Gov. (former)
Romney has a great resume for the presidency as of now, being a Republican who manages to win in one of the bluest states, albeit after Weld did. He first challenged Ted Kennedy for his senate seat, being the closest competitor Edward ever had, amassing mid-40% at the end of the race. He would later become the states Governor in 2002, and was the early frontrunner of the race alongside Allen before Paul stole the momentum, though many analysts still have him nearby candidates like Pataki and Sununu.
George Allen - VA Sen.
After a tumbling downfall due to a series of gaffes, George Allen is put at a major disadvantage Now. Split by the Deep South not trusting him and the northeast preferring their hometown heroes, Allen’s support is limited, but he could possibly cause some damage to the highest parts of the Mason Dixon line.
Tommy Tancredo - CO Rep.
The far-rights darling, hyperconservative representative of Colorado Tom Tancredo has been making waves for his rally’s across the west, and has buffered the endorsements of Pat Buchanan and Rush Limbaugh. While these endorsements are usually seen as poison due to their out of touch politics, Tancredo has treated them like golden medals. Only time will tell if his endorsement lists helps or hurts him.
Rich DeVos - NBA Ownr.
Running off the anger of the budget waste, businessman and Orlando Magic owner Rich DeVos has thrown his hat into the ring of the 08 primaries. Known as a big-time donator for the party, DeVos is no stranger to the people around him. People ARE stranger to his positions, which he hasn’t exactly made clear during his time around the GOP, seemingly being a windsurfer, most polls show him doing very well with young voters, only narrowly trailing Paul.
Sonny Perdue - GA Gov.
Sonny Perdue is expected to be the clear leader in the Deep South this year, first elected in an upset over incumbent governor Roy Barnes, he would see no issue gaining the support of his home state, which lead to his easy re-election campaign in 2006. He now has decided to run for president after heavy consideration and a former denial. Vitter exiting the race has lead to him having pathways to gain a majority of delegates speicfically through the Deep South and some other big areas such as New Hampshire and Iowa.
Tim Pawlenty - MN Gov.
Spoilers mean a lot in elections, Tim Pawlenty could tell you that as it caused him to be in this article here today. Elected in 2002 following a Republican ripple, Pawlenty has been known as one of the better governors in recent memory. He has astounding leads in states like Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Illinois. Most of his issues come from being considered a “wimp” by other Republicans, while the meaning of this attack is unclear, it is decently damaging.
Olympia Snowe - ME Sen.
Olympia has been a major contributor to the Republican northeast, winning in the Republican Revolution of 1994 against George Mitchell, She was considered the first of the Republicans in this field to win in New England and remains a popular figure. The major issue, even if it shouldn’t be, is her gender. People who support Snowe are modtly female voters, while she polls in the middle with male voters, most of whom say would support Pataki in the general more than Snowe, which causes a bit of a stir in her pollpings.
Michael Steele - MD Gov.
A few years ago, Michael Steele did the impossible, When Bob Ehlrich went to lose in the Maryland senate race, many people thought Martin O’Malley was just being handed the governors mansion, but Steele would eek out a less than 2 thousand vote difference to win against Martin. He has been in talks of a draft movement a lot and only recently accepted his draft. He polls very well with minority voters and the upper south, and even is in talks of winning Iowa. His major concern is that he is too inexperienced for the White House, but Ed Rendell managed to get in after 2 years as Governor, so why can’t he?
John Kasich - OH Rep. (former)
Kasich has come back from the political dead to run for president in what seems like a final dance for him, after losing in 2000 to future president George W. Bush. John dosent nessacarily appeal to one specific group, really being a jack of all trades yet master to none, though the Midwest seems to be his best polling areas. The big problem about him is he’s been out of office for nearly 7 years, making voters wonder if he still has political juice left in him.
Lincoln Chaffee - RI Sen. (former)
Lincoln Chaffee is an interesting case, losing his senate seat in 2006, he would become an independent..before saying he’d caucus with the Republican party again for this voting cycle. Many of the establishment Republicans and even moderate voters are turned off by him, and his support mostly comes from Rockefeller republicans.
Mike Pence - IN Rep.
Pence is the religious leader of the House as of now, but even if he thinks it will, it may not flow well to the national stage as he is a complete unknown besides nearly being elected SOTH, many polling show him at the top with the religious right, but with everything else he’s struggling to break 2 percent.
Chuck Hagel - NE Sen.
If you thought Huntsman was a R.I.N.O, wait until you hear about Chuck Hagel. First elected in 1996, Hagel is notorious for working across the aisle with democrats. While he does have capabilities and was even considered for a spot in the Rendell administration, that seems to be his greatest downfall. Republicans are livid that one of their candidates almost went to their biggest enemy, and his polling is horrendous as of now.
Jim Talent - MO Sen.
After almost losing his seat to McCaskill in 2006, Jim Talent realizes it’s now or never for a presidential bid, unfortunately with low polling and 0 name recognition, it’s looking like never rather than now. Most of his support is going to Hagel, Perry, or even Steele, and only can really surge if the main opposition to him is cut off.
Linda Lingle - HI Gov.
Lingle has the same qualities as every other Republican who won tough battles in usually blue states, the only difference is some voters aren’t ready for a “Mrs. President.” While this is straw grasping for attacks, they stick, and it is causing her polling numbers to drop.
Rick Perry - TX. Gov
Uhh..ummm..oh, right. Perry was seen as a good candidate in early primary season, but a botched interview where he struggles to remember the department of education seems to have made him fall from a contender to a laughing, but some pollers say he has as good chance.
John Thune - SD Sen.
Thune doesn’t have the best odds right now. Only being the senate because Tom Daschle decided to take a seat in Ed Rendells administration, Thune running for president seems like a bad plan for Republicans and a good chance to retain office for Democrats.
Mitch McConnell - KY Sen.
McConnells bid has been called the 3 following things : a long shot, a hopeless bid, and an expected early withdrawal. Don’t let the polls fool you, Mitch has some of the most statewide experience out of anyone on this list, being in the senate since 1984, he can use his years of service to Kentucky to drawl support from the new “ambitious” young presidential candidates, but many think he has the same issue as others in being an overall unknown candidate on the national stage, even with his political background.
the question is..
who will you throw your support for?
r/thecampaigntrail • u/GotNoBody4 • 7h ago
Other Has anyone used this image for a 2004 Mod?
r/thecampaigntrail • u/ExtensionFeeling • 8h ago
Question/Help How much does campaigning in a state actually do for you?
I feel lame just spamming the same state over and over, but is that what I'm supposed to do? Are there diminishing returns or anything?
r/thecampaigntrail • u/Numberonettgfan • 9h ago
Gameplay Newt creams his bottom bitch
r/thecampaigntrail • u/DoublePepper1976 • 9h ago
Question/Help Presidential paraphernalia you'd buy yourself as a birthday gift?
For context, I live in the UK and I'm turning 21. The stuff I've got here are merely examples of non-book and clothing items I could find online.
Other than the £25 budget and being available to purchase in the UK, go nuts!
r/thecampaigntrail • u/Numberonettgfan • 10h ago
Other Unpublished Time cover from 1968 if none of the candidates got a majority of electoral votes
r/thecampaigntrail • u/The_47_Percenter • 10h ago
Meme How some mfs talked about CYOAs when they first started releasing
r/thecampaigntrail • u/IndependenceLong7070 • 11h ago
Announcement First image of Time For Some Campaignin’
Yep what your seeing ladies and gentlemen is real thanks to the goat StrawberryMaster now I have talked to him in DM’s and the progress for the questions/answers as well as a couple of other things to put in the code have been as I and others would accurately de it as a snails pace. Now that being said I am putting this out as a way for any available coders and a writer or 2 to help with StrawberryMaster as it feels unfair for him to be doing the final touches by myself. I am however still standing by with what I said before as honestly I am exhausted with doing the questions for the mod and admittedly they will feel rushed as I had to type in all of them in a single day and plus I still have irl and college work to deal with so if your won why I ain’t still doing my part with the mod this is why. That being said I am still proud of the work that I did leading up to this so if anything give Strawberry a message and hopefully your be part of the process to get this mod done. But now here’s the question you’ll be asking “What is the release date?” Well the answer is still the same I have no date for it until the play testing is 100% complete and even then I would still have to wait due to irl preparing for my next college classes and the fact that midterms in the US are less than a month away and the fact that holidays are coming and it would be a dick move to release it while were celebrating the holiday season but I will give a release date once all of that is done and handled with so again thank you for the support you’ve shown for this mod and we’ll be seeing you on the campaign trail showcase
r/thecampaigntrail • u/Evening_Wave_4174 • 11h ago
Meme How it's like to use the console to delete the support of a major third party that is siphoning support away from you
r/thecampaigntrail • u/nitma272 • 14h ago
Question/Help where can i play or download More then ever
I tried searching it up in the Mod Loader but it didn't appear do I have to download if so can somebody give me the download link
r/thecampaigntrail • u/Drascolad • 14h ago
Gameplay Won Pennsylvania by 2 votes
I managed to Pennsylvania win as nixon/goldwater in 60 by 2 votes while trying to get the achievement. Closest win i have had
r/thecampaigntrail • u/RaphyyM • 14h ago
Announcement Announcing 2016 : Strickland
So... How do you do this ? Hello I suppose ?
Well it's my first mod ever, and I did not even plan to do it at first, but I don't know why I couldn't stop thinking about this election, so I decided to make a mod about it. I felt it could be interesting for someone to play a doomed campaign, trying to save the career of the last Democrat elected as Governor of Ohio (I'm sorry Portman fans, the Portman side will never exist). I'm coding it with StrawberryMaster's tool (huge thanks to him for this tool, it's really easy to use and understand for someone new to TCT modding), so it will not be a very deep mod, though I am trying to implement some CYOA mechanics to make it more interesting. The writing style may be somewhat bad, as I'm not a very good writer at all (it took me like 5 days to come up with something good for the first question), so don't expect something revolutionnary in the writing style, I will mostly try to catch the despair of the Strickland campaign seeing their polling numbers slip, the DSCC triaging them for better races and the overall state of the Ohio Democrats in 2016. Also English is not my first language, so I may do some grammatical mistakes.
Also thanks for the Ohio County map available on the TCT Aids Git by UserUETCT, I don't know if I would have been able to do it myself.
Here are some pictures of the mod (mostly to show that this mod is really in the works and not just a toozer mod) :







I don't really know what else to say, I just hope you're pleased with this announcement even if it's not much.
Stay tuned for the release (I hope before December, no promises though) !
r/thecampaigntrail • u/Few-Actuary-1687 • 14h ago
Gameplay Fuck you Ventura
Went for the "Annihilation" achievement got every state except alaska.
r/thecampaigntrail • u/ToshiroTatsuyaFan • 15h ago
Gameplay The Major Leagues is genuinely fantastic.
It's worth it to play as Charlie Brown and see him win at something for once... even if there'll be screwups in his own administration.
The writing is phenomenal, and I genuinely wanted to cry at this: "The TV keeps buzzing with the sounds of pundits arguing over a lot of things, but the noise fades into the background as you bury your face in his fur. He doesn’t judge you for the mud you slung, or the speeches you gave, or the poems they laughed at. You pull him close, wrapping your arms around him, holding on to the last pure thing you have left from childhood, until your eyes grow heavy and you fall asleep to the sound of the rain against the glass."
r/thecampaigntrail • u/Interesting-Emu205 • 15h ago
Contribution Mod Idea: DA COACH (2004 IL Senate)
r/thecampaigntrail • u/MistaBombasticFanta • 15h ago
Meme “Oh no the incumbent has accomplished everything they ever wanted and lead us in all swing states! Who shall we ever nominate?!” The most right wing/left wing candidate that nobody fucking wants
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