prez infinity mafiascum 2016: the general creaks into action

Majiffy · Post Post #100 (ISO) » Fri Jan 20, 2017 3:24 pm

MY HORSES CANNOT BE HELD

THEY ARE WILD

WILD HORSES

COULDN'T DRAG ME AWAYYYYYY

Drench · Post Post #101 (ISO) » Sat Jan 21, 2017 7:18 pm

The Week of December 23rd

40 days until Iowa
48 days until New Hampshire
321 days until the Presidential Election

Headlines

The papers are released each day in the morning, and describe what happened the previous day. The first day of the cycle is a Wednesday, and the last a Tuesday, but the first newspapers are Thursday's, and the last Wednesday's.

Thursday's papers:

Welcome back! Where were we. Yeah so,

scandal

for

Khan

, obviously.

Abbott

tries to drop a lit attack ad, and he fucks it up.

Reckoner

jerks off to government intervention, and is applauded. Then again, he takes a hit on the whole integrity thing, so, your mileage may vary.

Spire

continues to be perfect and I hate it.

Peanuts

chats with Greta, and does it well

McGriddles

gets slammed for his government spending plans, and

Negarir

both does well with his free trade thing and also gets owned by the media for being negative.

Friday:

It Christmas.

Khan

continues to suffer his

scandal

.

Reckoner

LOVES to intervene government-wise.

Spire

gives another stirring speech aksudfhaiusdf ugh.

Mothma

hits the trail in Tennessee, and that's it. How good are Fridays.

Saturday:

Peanuts

is on Fallon and says words and it's all really great yay!!! Also

Khan

is still having a rough one.

Serduchka

is up and getting on with it in New Hampshire, which is good because there's less than seven weeks to go.

Defender

gets some pop artists on his side, while people protest

Mothma

.

Sunday:

Abbott

does really well with Colbert, somehow, and

Mothma

welcomes immigrants in a speech which goes very poorly in re the Republican base. Anyway let's get these endorsements out of the way.

Sen. Jerry Moran

,

Khan

;

Rep. Trey Gowdy

,

Negarir

;

Ann Coulter

,

Abbott

;

Sen. Michael Bennett

,

Spire

;

Sen. Pat Roberts

,

Defender

.

Monday:

Oh no!!!

Negarir

has to contend with a

scandal

now yikes. And Democrats are up in the generic ballot.

TSL

emerges from the darkness, does well on Fallon, and then I have no idea what. Oh actually no then she goes to talk a good talk on free trade so that's great.

Abbott

goes on Colbert and while he leaves a good impression, there's a gaffe on abortion (that they shoot the babies in the womb apparently) that's gonna ring out for a bit.

Serduchka

and

McGriddles

get protested, while

Khan

hammers

Negarir

for being a War on Terror extremist.

Tuesday:

That

Negarir

scandal

is expanding, and fast, and there's also a NEW one that's even worse!!! But at least he did well on Fallon.

Reckoner

does O'Reilly and somehow they don't scream each other to death about unions??

TSL

keeps on truckin' in Nevada, while

Spire

gets some heat as the leading Democrat in the race...just because, I think.

Wednesday:

While

TSL

continues mingling in Colorado, and

Abbott

cops some flack for being too negative,

Negarir

's

scandals

continue to multiply.

Spire

is ready to fight corruption, and

Khan

gets more protests in a protesty week.

The Week That Was

Week in Review

The news cycle strength is how good or bad your media was for the week, if you had any media at all. The ads just tell you who's producing what, and what's being targeted in each. Scandals are self-explanatory. The full picture has basically everything that happened, but unformatted, so you can cry while you read it.

Spoiler: News cycle strength

Spoiler: Ads

Spoiler: Scandals

Spoiler: The rest

Gaining momentum:

TSL

,

Spire

,

Reckoner

Losing momentum:

Negarir

,

Mothma

,

Khan

MAPS

Ignore McMullin. Leaders of each state are colour-coded; white states means it's too close to call. The percentage list on the right-hand side is the popular vote; the lines and segments down the bottom are PROJECTED delegates. Once delegates start being earned, that will be added separately.

REPUBLICANS

DEMOCRATS

Next time, on this thing!:

SO CLOSE

Drench · Post Post #102 (ISO) » Sat Jan 21, 2017 8:15 pm

The Week of December 30th

33 days until Iowa
41 days until New Hampshire
314 days until the Presidential Election

Headlines

The papers are released each day in the morning, and describe what happened the previous day. The first day of the cycle is a Wednesday, and the last a Tuesday, but the first newspapers are Thursday's, and the last Wednesday's.

Thursday's papers:

It New Year's Eve. Happy New Year's Eve.

Defender

is just nailing it talking about the War on Terror, while

Negarir

is rrrreallly suffering, his good showing on Fox News nonwithstanding.

Spire

talks tax on O'Reilly, to good effect, as does

Serduchka

.

TSL

gets the knife stuck into

Negarir

on the trail, while

Abbott

tries to solidify his position in New Hampshire.

Friday:

TSL

is RICH babes!!!!

Negarir

continues to take hits, while

Khan

cops it a bit for being negative.

Reckoner

is on the end of a harsh

McGriddles

attack ad, as

Mothma

finds herself confronting protesters at an event.

Saturday:

Defender

? Meet the Press? A match made in heaven.

Negarir

both does well on O'Reilly and continues suffering elsewhere. And a lot of people did a lot of things and it had no effect whatsoever. So, like, whatever.

Sunday:

Lookit,

Khan

did super well on Meet the Press, and

Serduchka

gives a speech that moves no needles.

Abbott

is probably hoping for that after a badly received speech on integrity, and

Peanuts

gets along with Maddow. And, endorsements.

Gov. Robert Bentley

,

Abbott

;

Gov. Asa Hutchinson

,

Negarir

;

Sen. Rand Paul

,

Khan

;

Sen. Mitch McConnell

,

Defender

.

Monday:

Democrats continue to beat Republicans in the generic, while

Reckoner

barnstorms in Minnesota.

Khan

has a new

scandal

to deal with, and slams

Defender

's leadership.

Negarir

gets protested, but his plan for The Gays is applauded.

Tuesday:

Abbott

runs into a minor

scandal

about the legitimacy of his onion bite.

Khan

hops onto Maddow and doesn't fuck it.

Defender

loves corruption but in that way where you hate it except for how it gives you higher poll numbers.

Negarir

gets slammed on the campaign trail, and

Spire

enjoys a concert put on just for him.

Wednesday:

Defender

and

Mothma

: too negative? Apparently, yes.

Negarir

gets protested, and

Abbott's

scandal

continues. Etc etc etc.

The Crystal Ball

Hey things have changed, huh.

The Republicans

1. Negarir (91 points)
2. Abbott (63 points)
3. Defender (46 points)
4. Khan (41 points)
5. TSL (30 points)
6. Mothma (28 points)

Well, Negarir's hold on the lead has softened, and that's great for fans of close elections. His entire advantage here is his endorsement strength, so unless that really puts a dent in anyone else's plans, it looks like this thing is wide wide open.

The Democrats

1. Spire (76 points)
2. Reckoner (45 points)
3. Serduchka (40 points)
4. Peanuts (39 points)
5. McGriddles (23 points)

Okay so Spire still has some advantage here. It's mainly that as a candidate, he is just very very good, and his polling is solid. But, you take just one of those away, and this is very close. So there's a tightening going on.

Week in Review

The news cycle strength is how good or bad your media was for the week, if you had any media at all. The ads just tell you who's producing what, and what's being targeted in each. Scandals are self-explanatory. The full picture has basically everything that happened, but unformatted, so you can cry while you read it.

Spoiler: News cycle strength

Spoiler: Ads

Spoiler: Scandals

Spoiler: The rest

Gaining momentum:

Reckoner, McGriddles, Peanuts

Losing momentum:

Negarir, Defender, Mothma

MAPS

Ignore McMullin. Leaders of each state are colour-coded; white states means it's too close to call. The percentage list on the right-hand side is the popular vote; the lines and segments down the bottom are PROJECTED delegates. Once delegates start being earned, that will be added separately.

REPUBLICANS

DEMOCRATS

Next time, on this thing!:

asdlfihasiudfh the republicans are literally going apeshit and there's 4 weeks until iowa keep it COMING

Drench · Post Post #103 (ISO) » Sat Jan 21, 2017 8:46 pm

The Week of January 6th, 2016

26 days until Iowa
34 days until New Hampsire
307 days until the Presidential Election

Headlines

The papers are released each day in the morning, and describe what happened the previous day. The first day of the cycle is a Wednesday, and the last a Tuesday, but the first newspapers are Thursday's, and the last Wednesday's.

Thursday's papers:

Wew lads! It's 2016 which means we are literally less than four weeks from Iowa. So.

Serduchka

gives a speech.

Reckoner

tries to go on the attack and fails.

Peanuts

is protested. That's actually it, what a boring day. Oh, and the

next Republican debate is in a week.

Friday:

Reckoner

and

Negarir

are stumping in the early states, to good effect.

Reckoner's

attack ad causes a couple more problems for him.

Spire

gives an unnoticed speech.

TSL

apparently only attacks other people nowadays; this time being on

Negarir's

back.

Saturday:

Reckoner

gets protested

so does

TSL

But, on the bright side,

Abbott's

gun control policies (aka be sane) are a hit on Fallon. That

Spire

speech gets spun a little negatively by

Reckoner

. Literally this week is so slow.

Sunday:

Serduchka

manages to arrive at the Fox News Sunday studios on an actual Sunday, so we're all very proud. Also her campaign is too negative apparently so asodiufhbasiudofas.

Reckoner

is good on Maddow, as well, but we're really here for the weekly endorsements.

Sen. Dean Heller

,

Defender

;

Gov. Matt Bevin

,

Abbott

;

Sen. Kelly Ayotte

,

Khan

;

Sen. Dick Durban

,

McGriddles

;

Gov. Nathan Deal

,

Negarir

; and

Sen. Joe Donnelly

,

Serduchka

.

The next Democratic debate is in a week.

Monday:

Negarir

is being a bit negative, yikes! Dems are still ahead in the generic, while

Mothma

lets everyone know that she's got the most integrity.

Spire

is slammed by

McGriddles

, and both

Abbott

and

TSL

are protested at their events. And

Reckoner

gets a concert!

Tuesday:

Khan

just can't stop having

scandals

!!! Although this one is kinda minor. Both

Negarir

and

McGriddles

are quite good on Meet the Press.

Mothma

fumbles a speech on experience, while

Serduchka

and

Reckoner

are good with Greta.

Spire

makes a keynote speech on gun control, but also takes some heat for not being better in the generic against Republicans.

Wednesday:

The

Khan

scandal

continues apace, although it's slowing.

McGriddles

hits up Virginia, and surprisingly well, too. That is all the new news apparently.

The Week That Was

for some reason this was a super slow week but i'm not complaining because spire got owned
i root for close elections thanks

Week in Review

The news cycle strength is how good or bad your media was for the week, if you had any media at all. The ads just tell you who's producing what, and what's being targeted in each. Scandals are self-explanatory. The full picture has basically everything that happened, but unformatted, so you can cry while you read it.

Spoiler: News cycle strength

Spoiler: Ads

Spoiler: Scandals

Spoiler: The rest

Gaining momentum:

Reckoner, McGriddles, Serduchka

Losing momentum:

Negarir

,

Spire

,

Khan

MAPS

Ignore McMullin. Leaders of each state are colour-coded; white states means it's too close to call. The percentage list on the right-hand side is the popular vote; the lines and segments down the bottom are PROJECTED delegates. Once delegates start being earned, that will be added separately.

REPUBLICANS

DEMOCRATS

Next time, on this thing!:

things......are......getting..................lit

Drench · Post Post #104 (ISO) » Sat Jan 21, 2017 11:49 pm

The Week of January 13th

19 days until Iowa
27 days until New Hampshire
300 days until the Presidential Election

less than three weeks. take a fucking sip, babes

Headlines

The papers are released each day in the morning, and describe what happened the previous day. The first day of the cycle is a Wednesday, and the last a Tuesday, but the first newspapers are Thursday's, and the last Wednesday's.

Thursday's papers:

Let's roll.

Defender

is out on the streets decrying corruption (which only Democrats do anyway) and hitting up Colbert about free trade. And yikes for

Abbott

; a

scandal

is taking hold, although it seems minor. We've got protesters at

Negarir

and

Serduchka

events, whilst

Khan

cops a spray from

Mothma

. And

McGriddles

has an okay run on Meet the Press. So basically, the stage is set for this debate.

THE FOURTH

REPUBLICAN PRIMARY

DEBATE

Thursday, January 14th, 2016

There were four pretenders and two actual debaters on that stage. The four were, in no particular order:

Defender

, whose attack against

Mothma

fell flat;

Abbott

, who tried to make

Negarir

look bad, and both

Khan

and

TSL

, who were both able to at least make themselves look a little bit better.

TSL

was a surprise to see do competently: her issue familiarity is an Achilles' heel in this format, but she managed to cope regardless. But, obviously,

Negarir

and

Mothma

stole the show, and were both able to highly successfully boast about their own achievements. Preparation trumps talent, though, and

Mothma

came out on top.

1. Mothma (10 points)
2. Negarir (8 points)
3. TSL (3 points)
3. Khan (3 points)
5. Abbott (0 points)
6. Defender (0 points)

Headlines, Continued

Friday:

Mothma

has another favourable news cycle, but here's the thing: can she finally capitalize on it? History suggests no, but she's got a boost in the news for the time being.

Negarir

is back out, talking on the issues (literally just how much he knows about the issues), and

McGriddles

awkwardly says he doesn't have integrity.

Abbott's

troubles are fading as expected,

Spire

gets some protesting, and yep. That's all.

Saturday:

Negarir

leads the papers with a well-received speech on how killing terrorists is good.

Reckoner

hits up Vermont and its proclivity to spend money, while also calling for unions to continue existing, which people are into. And

Mothma

has not tried to further spin her debate win, so wow, colour me shocked.

Sunday:

Negarir

leads again! Except, this time, for being too negative, so yikes.

Peanuts

and

Mothma

both do well on Meet the Press and Colbert, respectively, while

Defender

does a good barnstorm on integrity. And now, endorsements.

Gov. Terry Branstad

,

Abbott

;

Sen. Jim Inhofe

,

Khan

; and

Sen. Ed Markey

,

Serduchka

. Is it going to affect the debate? Probably not, but eh.

THE FOURTH

DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY

DEBATE

Sunday, January 17th, 2016

Wew lads. You know how like, when

Reckoner

gets mad and he just shouts a lot? And you know how that's usually like, a little bit offputting? This time, it was not, and

Peanuts

had no chance because of it. Obviously,

McGriddles

languished near the bottom, with no standout moments. As usual. But

Peanuts

ended up performing really badly, and it was to the benefit of both

Reckoner

and

Serduchka

, who ended up beating expectations (not that it counts for much, I guess).

Serduchka

did try to pile on

Peanuts

, and it did backfire, but she was obviously energized in a way she hadn't been in previous debates. And

Reckoner's

own charisma and energy also contributed to an impressive performance. But, oh look, what a shock,

Spire

takes it, in part with mighty natural debating skills and intense preparation on the issues.

I suspect this is the last debate before Iowa. If not, we'll see you there; if so, that was the last parting shot before the sprint. Good luck.

1. Spire (10 points)
2. Reckoner (7 points)
3. Serduchka (5 points)
4. Peanuts (2 points)
5. McGriddles (0 points)

Headlines, Continued

Monday:

Spire

won, so I welcome death now.

Negarir

is raising an absolute fuckton of money and that's good for him, especially since questions about his negativity remain.

Mothma

does pretty well on Colbert, and

Serduchka

suffers some protesters at an event.

Tuesday:

Negarir

is just having a really big week. The fundraiser is still news, and a really good run on Fox News Sunday is bumping him up a lil bit more.

Spire's

debate win has been spun into uselessness, to the delight of many, and

Serduchka

gives a rallying cry consisting of the words "let's spend more money".

Wednesday:

Khan

will not be outdone!!! He has also made money.

Abbott

is being too negative, and

Reckoner

hits up Nevada. And a lot of sniping's going on as well.

Peanuts

cops it from

Serduchka

, and

Defender

targets

Mothma

, while

Peanuts

tries for

McGriddles

in Minnesota.

The Week That Was

Week in Review

The news cycle strength is how good or bad your media was for the week, if you had any media at all. The ads just tell you who's producing what, and what's being targeted in each. Scandals are self-explanatory. The full picture has basically everything that happened, but unformatted, so you can cry while you read it.

Spoiler: News cycle strength

Spoiler: Ads

Spoiler: Scandals

Spoiler: The rest

Gaining momentum:

Negarir, Khan, Mothma

Losing momentum:

McGriddles, Spire, Peanuts

MAPS

Ignore McMullin. Leaders of each state are colour-coded; white states means it's too close to call. The percentage list on the right-hand side is the popular vote; the lines and segments down the bottom are PROJECTED delegates. Once delegates start being earned, that will be added separately.

REPUBLICANS

DEMOCRATS

Next time, on this thing!:

Next update is the last weekly one before Iowa. Also your last update on the numbers in Iowa.

inspiratieloos · Post Post #105 (ISO) » Sat Jan 21, 2017 11:59 pm

In post 101, Drench wrote:Spire continues to be perfect and I hate it.

I was wondering, is my candidate constantly going QUIETLY COMPETENT on everyone's asses a matter of just having a different skill allocation than the others or just plain luck?

Drench · Post Post #106 (ISO) » Sun Jan 22, 2017 12:03 am

your candidate is like, maxed out on the key character attributes (leadership/experience/integrity), and your campaign is maxed out on corruption (1, i.e. least corrupt), so it's definitely a matter of allocation
the problem is that it didn't leave room for much else but it doesn't seem to be hurting right now because your attributes are weighted towards winning the primary (literally, in primary rather than general), so i think it'd be super interesting to watch the general if you do get up

xRECKONERx · Post Post #107 (ISO) » Sun Jan 22, 2017 6:31 am

i dont even remember doing points for this

Kublai Khan · Post Post #108 (ISO) » Sun Jan 22, 2017 9:08 am

I'm getting pretty regular endorsements from a large variety of sources. Does that translate into a better long game?

Aronis · Post Post #109 (ISO) » Sun Jan 22, 2017 12:41 pm

In post 107, xRECKONERx wrote:i dont even remember doing points for this

I don't either.

Why is my candidate so awful Drench?

Drench · Post Post #110 (ISO) » Sun Jan 22, 2017 2:05 pm

idk man

hey iowa's gonna happen by midnight est get rowdy

Kublai Khan · Post Post #111 (ISO) » Sun Jan 22, 2017 2:15 pm

Drench · Post Post #112 (ISO) » Sun Jan 22, 2017 3:08 pm

The Week of January 20th

12 days until Iowa
20 days until New Hampshire
293 days until the Presidential Election

Headlines

The papers are released each day in the morning, and describe what happened the previous day. The first day of the cycle is a Wednesday, and the last a Tuesday, but the first newspapers are Thursday's, and the last Wednesday's.

Thursday's papers:

Twelve days.

Peanuts

is hard at work attacking

McGriddles

via advertisement, while the latter shines on Meet the Press.

Khan

keeps earning money, which is great, but also Iowa is in 12 so like, priorities. And to his credit, he's got a surrogate out in Massachusetts (of all places), but there are protesters there, so.

Mothma

endures a few protesters, while

Negarir

is also flush with cash and makes a nice impression on FNS.

Reckoner's

John Kerry is up in Nevada,

Abbott

is accused of being too negative, and

Mothma

hits a bum note in a speech on corruption.

The next Republican primary debate is in a week.

Friday:

khan

rich good rich.

Mothma

is nailing it on integrity, which is nice. More protests at

Defender

events in Tennessee,

Peanuts

goes double in Iowa, and

Spire's

speech on integrity is not that enthralling but is in fact the opposite.

Saturday:

Someone's been mining the oppo mines today folks!!! TWO

Abbott

scandals[/b]

AND a

Peanuts

scandal[/b]

drops today, and wow, they're all pretty meaty. I have no clue what actually happened but I'm gonna assume that they all did pretty sordid stuff like have orgies or something because it's integrity all the way down folks. Away from that catastrophe,

TSL

does well with Greta, and

Mothma

continues her positive press with a good speech on government spending.

Serduchka

gaffes on corruption, calling it "good", while

McGriddles

slams

Reckoner

as an extremist on the War on Terror, somehow.

Sunday:

Well, congrats to

Abbott

, who had so much bad press that nobody bothered to spin it. No congratulations to

Peanuts

, for whom that is not applying.

Khan

goes in on military intervention on FNS, while

Negarir

gets some heat for his negativity

Also,

Reckoner

is chilling in Alabama for some reason, and he hates

McGriddles

right back about the War on Terror. And we also have the second last round of endorsements before Iowa, folks.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren

,

McGriddles

;

Sen. Lamar Alexander

,

Khan

;

Sen. Lindsey Graham

,

Mothma

;

Gov. Sam Brownback

,

Abbott

; and

Gov. Jerry Brown

,

Negarir

(!). And lastly, this headline is presented without comment.

Monday:

I can't deal with the front page. Literally it's just

Abbott

,

Abbott

,

Peanuts

. Sucks to suck.

Negarir

continues battling questions of negativity.

Serduchka

and

Peanuts

both are good on the pundit shows, and now, Republicans have drawn level with Democrats in the generic.

TSL

gets attacked by

Negarir

(how negative!), and

Spire

comes under fire from Sec. of State John Fucking Kerry in Arkansas.

Defender

keeps on keepin' on in Oklahoma, and Hardball welcomes good performer

Reckoner

.

Tuesday:

God, I mean,

Peanuts

apparently has negative momentum. No shit.

Khan

does well on FNS as Iowa inches closer, while those

scandals

are still a few days from disappearing.

McGriddles

tries his best to talk about education on Maddow, and mostly succeeds, while

Abbott

tries to push past all other questions and talk about immigration instead on On The Record. He's also in Vermont, where he gets protested; so does

Khan

at a Bush 43 event.

There is one week until Iowa for the Republicans and Democrats.

Wednesday:

TSL

is rich!!!! Sky is blue!!!!! Water is wet!!!!!!!!!! As if he couldn't handle more bad news,

Peanuts

royally fucks a speech on tax, while

Reckoner

keeps on with education.

McGriddles

, not to be outdone by the latter, tries also to make a great speech, and fails dramatically

Negarir

lays out how he's got the most integrity, or something, and

Mothma

attacks

Abbott

for being a terrible leader who'll probably get rolled in six months.

See you in Iowa.

The Week That Was

I literally have no fucking clue what's going to happen. Four in ten voters on the Democratic side are undecided in Iowa. Abbott's got a pretty solid lead, but there's five days for this momentum to play out. Who knows. Far out.

Week in Review

The news cycle strength is how good or bad your media was for the week, if you had any media at all. The ads just tell you who's producing what, and what's being targeted in each. Scandals are self-explanatory. The full picture has basically everything that happened, but unformatted, so you can cry while you read it.

Spoiler: News cycle strength

Spoiler: Ads

Spoiler: Scandals

Spoiler: The rest

Gaining momentum:

Khan, TSL, Mothma

Losing momentum:

Peanuts

,

Abbott

,

McGriddles

MAPS

Ignore McMullin. Leaders of each state are colour-coded; white states means it's too close to call. The percentage list on the right-hand side is the popular vote; the lines and segments down the bottom are PROJECTED delegates. Once delegates start being earned, that will be added separately.

REPUBLICANS

DEMOCRATS

Next time, on this thing!:

So, up next, your last look at Iowa in depth before the election happens. Then, we go day-by-day. And, five day-by-days later, Iowa is in. whew

Drench · Post Post #113 (ISO) » Sun Jan 22, 2017 3:12 pm

and here are the iowa maps, five days out

34.2% undecided aosidufhasdfuoabsdf literally anyone could win

abbott probably has this, probably

and last thing i'll say: polling in this game is never 100% accurate. expect deviation

Drench · Post Post #114 (ISO) » Sun Jan 22, 2017 3:27 pm

January 27th

5 days until Iowa
13 days until New Hampshire
286 days until the Presidential Election

Headlines

Five days. The

scandals

have not disappeared for

Abbott

and

Peanuts

.

TSL

holds a fundraiser, does well on Meet the Press, but gets attacked for being too negative.

Spire

is pretty good on Fallon.

Peanuts

, too, does it good on Meet the Press, but he did fuck up that speech on tax, so. Protesters are spotted at

TSL

,

Mothma

and

Negarir

events. Endorsements, now.

Sen. Amy Klobuchar

,

Serduchka

;

Sen. John Cornyn

,

Khan

;

Sen. Bob Corker

,

Mothma

; and

Gov. Nikki Haley

,

Abbott

.

The next Democratic primary debate is in a week.

In Review

The news cycle strength is how good or bad your media was for the week, if you had any media at all. The ads just tell you who's producing what, and what's being targeted in each. Scandals are self-explanatory. The full picture has basically everything that happened, but unformatted, so you can cry while you read it.

Spoiler: News cycle strength

Spoiler: Ads

Spoiler: Scandals

Spoiler: The rest

Gaining momentum:

Khan, Mothma

Losing momentum:

Peanuts

,

Abbott

,

McGriddles

MAPS

Ignore McMullin. Leaders of each state are colour-coded; white states means it's too close to call. The percentage list on the right-hand side is the popular vote; the lines and segments down the bottom are PROJECTED delegates. Once delegates start being earned, that will be added separately.

REPUBLICANS

DEMOCRATS

Next time, on this thing!:

The last debate before Iowa.

Drench · Post Post #115 (ISO) » Sun Jan 22, 2017 3:39 pm

January 28th

4 days until Iowa
12 days until New Hampshire
285 days until the Presidential Election

THE FIFTH

REPUBLICAN PRIMARY

DEBATE

The last debate before Iowa, and all through the house, not a creature was stirring, especially the five other people who weren't the winner.

Abbott

did predictably badly, owing to his usually terrible charisma, and landed in the negatives.

TSL

tried her best to at least make a dent, but her attack on

Defender

was successfully parried, and her issue familiarity once again is a massive weight around her neck. But, that's not to say

Defender

did great either, because he tried to boast and it just fell flat. Where it didn't fall flat was

Khan

and

Mothma

, who both at least managed to get words in the right order when talking about their own achievements. But, that leaves one, who soared above the rest, and managed to put

Khan

in his place;

Negarir

. Of course, Iowa has always been

Abbott's

to lose, despite his bad debate performances. Is it going to matter?

1. Negarir (8 points)
2. Mothma (4 points)
2. Khan (4 points)
4. Defender (3 points)
5. TSL (1 point)
6. Abbott (-1 point)

Headlines

Four days.

Negarir

gets a much-needed boost from his debate win.

Khan

and

McGriddles

both do especially well on the pundit shows.

TSL

faces down more questions about negativity.

Abbott

still faces a minor hiccup from his debate faux pas.

Serduchka

has surrogates all up in Vermont, while

Mothma

is still getting protested.

Defender

has stuff going in Tennessee, and there's a lot more endorsements.

Sen. John Barrasso

,

Khan

;

Gov. Bill Haslam

,

Abbott

;

Sen. Al Franken

,

McGriddles

; and

Sen. Mike Enzi

,

Mothma

.

In Review

The news cycle strength is how good or bad your media was for the week, if you had any media at all. The ads just tell you who's producing what, and what's being targeted in each. Scandals are self-explanatory. The full picture has basically everything that happened, but unformatted, so you can cry while you read it.

Spoiler: News cycle strength

Spoiler: Ads

Spoiler: Scandals

Spoiler: The rest

Gaining momentum:

Negarir, Mothma, Khan

Losing momentum:

Peanuts

,

Abbott

,

Reckoner

MAPS

Ignore McMullin. Leaders of each state are colour-coded; white states means it's too close to call. The percentage list on the right-hand side is the popular vote; the lines and segments down the bottom are PROJECTED delegates. Once delegates start being earned, that will be added separately.

REPUBLICANS

DEMOCRATS

Next time, on this thing!:

more like 72 hours until iowa amirite fellas

Drench · Post Post #116 (ISO) » Sun Jan 22, 2017 4:00 pm

January 29th

3 days until Iowa
11 days until New Hampshire
284 days until the Presidential Election

Headlines

Three days.

Abbott

is a petty binch and spun

Negarir's

debate out of positive existence asudhfaiusdf.

Reckoner

talks tax on Maddow because his fingers are on the Iowan PULSE (apparently though it was good. But,

McGriddles

isn't done with him and attacks him again on his War on Terror policies whew.

Peanuts

does alright on Meet the Press, and a lot of people do a lot of things that have no positive or negative slant whatsoever, including

Khan

and

McGriddles

appearances on pundit shows. And, golly, more endorsements still.

Abbott

gets

Gov. Greg Abbott

(lmao).

In Review

The news cycle strength is how good or bad your media was for the week, if you had any media at all. The ads just tell you who's producing what, and what's being targeted in each. Scandals are self-explanatory. The full picture has basically everything that happened, but unformatted, so you can cry while you read it.

Spoiler: News cycle strength

Spoiler: Ads

Spoiler: Scandals

Spoiler: The rest

Gaining momentum:

Negarir, Defender

Losing momentum:

Peanuts

,

TSL

,

Abbott

MAPS

Ignore McMullin. Leaders of each state are colour-coded; white states means it's too close to call. The percentage list on the right-hand side is the popular vote; the lines and segments down the bottom are PROJECTED delegates. Once delegates start being earned, that will be added separately.

REPUBLICANS

DEMOCRATS

Next time, on this thing!:

FORTY EIGHT

D3f3nd3r · Post Post #117 (ISO) » Sun Jan 22, 2017 4:02 pm

Do I exist still?

Drench · Post Post #118 (ISO) » Sun Jan 22, 2017 4:06 pm

not in the news

Drench · Post Post #119 (ISO) » Sun Jan 22, 2017 4:29 pm

January 30th

2 days until Iowa
10 days until New Hampshire
283 days until the Presidential Election

Headlines

Dos.

Spire

talks up his government spending policy, while

Abbott

tries to hit

Mothma

on the same.

Negarir

loves guns a lot and his speech lets you know it. That's all the news. Literally. Also, endorsements, I guess.

Sen. Jeanne Shaheen

goes for

McGriddles

, and

Abbott

gets another one in the form of

Gov. Matt Mead.

In Review

The news cycle strength is how good or bad your media was for the week, if you had any media at all. The ads just tell you who's producing what, and what's being targeted in each. Scandals are self-explanatory. The full picture has basically everything that happened, but unformatted, so you can cry while you read it.

Spoiler: News cycle strength

Spoiler: Ads

Spoiler: Scandals

Spoiler: The rest

Gaining momentum:

Negarir, Defender,

Serduchka

Losing momentum:

Reckoner

,

TSL

,

McGriddles

MAPS

Ignore McMullin. Leaders of each state are colour-coded; white states means it's too close to call. The percentage list on the right-hand side is the popular vote; the lines and segments down the bottom are PROJECTED delegates. Once delegates start being earned, that will be added separately.

REPUBLICANS

DEMOCRATS

Next time, on this thing!:

Drench · Post Post #120 (ISO) » Sun Jan 22, 2017 4:45 pm

January 31st

1 day until Iowa
9 days until New Hampshire
282 days until the Presidential Election

Headlines

Uno. Republicans and Democrats are dead even in the generic.

Reckoner

faces lingering questions about his negative campaign.

Negarir

gives a compelling speech on government spending, meets voters in Georgia, and does Maddow, for a busy day.

Abbott

gets another endorsement, from

Sen. Dan Sullivan

.

TSL

is also in Georgia, and is doing well on the whole invade countries thing. And of course, the Iowa caucus is tonight.

In Review

The news cycle strength is how good or bad your media was for the week, if you had any media at all. The ads just tell you who's producing what, and what's being targeted in each. Scandals are self-explanatory. The full picture has basically everything that happened, but unformatted, so you can cry while you read it.

Spoiler: News cycle strength

Spoiler: Ads

Spoiler: Scandals

Spoiler: The rest

Gaining momentum:

Negarir, Defender

Losing momentum:

Reckoner

,

Khan

,

McGriddles

MAPS

Ignore McMullin. Leaders of each state are colour-coded; white states means it's too close to call. The percentage list on the right-hand side is the popular vote; the lines and segments down the bottom are PROJECTED delegates. Once delegates start being earned, that will be added separately.

REPUBLICANS

DEMOCRATS

Next time, on this thing!:

Next update, someone's gonna win Iowa. #hype

N · Post Post #121 (ISO) » Sun Jan 22, 2017 5:31 pm

In every update, Drench wrote:
Abbott
cops some flack for being too negative

well, duh

Drench · Post Post #122 (ISO) » Sun Jan 22, 2017 5:33 pm

IOWA

The caucus began at 7pm sharp. No formal threshold exists to earn delegates in the Republican caucus, but since there are only thirty delegates up for grabs, a candidate must poll at least

3.2%~

to win delegates. The Democratic caucus, as with all caucuses and primaries in the Democratic contest, has a threshold of

15%

to earn delegates.

The caucus has been a tale of opposites, especially what appears to be the relatively settled Republican contest and the up-for-grabs Democratic one. So, let's do the former first.

Spoiler: The Iowa Republican Caucus; Monday, 1st February, 2016

The Democrats had a tight race--it could truly go to anyone. Especially when over 3 in 10 voters are undecided heading to the caucus, if they vote at all.

Spoiler: The Iowa Democratic Caucus; Monday, 1st February, 2016

Drench · Post Post #123 (ISO) » Sun Jan 22, 2017 5:37 pm

January 31st

8 days until New Hampshire
19 days until South Carolina (Republican) and Nevada (Democratic)
281 days until the Presidential Election

Headlines

Iowa is done and dusted.

Abbott

and

Serduchka

dominate the headlines massively (12 extent, folks). Nothing else is gonna punch through, but let's assume it does.

Negarir

was a good sport on Fallon and does a thing about education.

Mothma

decries government spending on Meet the Press.

Serduchka

makes bank. And, endorsements:

Abbott

takes

Sen. Tom Cotton

,

McGriddles

has

Sen. Patrick Leahy

, and

Spire

's got

Sen. Harry Reid

on his side.

The Crystal Ball

Yoooooo

The Republicans

1. Negarir (86 points)
2. Abbott (60 points)
3. Khan (46 points)
4. Defender (40 points)
5. Mothma (32 points)
6. TSL (25 points)

Abbott's closing the gap, and Negarir just needs to rely on that institutional support. Is it going to be enough? I don't know, but if there are warning sighs, it's Khan's superior campaign organization, Abbott's massive ground game, and Negarir's relative fundraising weakness.

The Democrats

1. Spire (79 points)
2. Serduchka (49 points)
3. Reckoner (43 points)
4. Peanuts (35 points)
5. McGriddles (29 points)

Spire still has a massive polling advantage, funds advantage, candidate advantage, and ground game advantage. But, then again. He just lost a winnable caucus. All that could be said is, if Spire falters, this is wide open.

In Review

The news cycle strength is how good or bad your media was for the week, if you had any media at all. The ads just tell you who's producing what, and what's being targeted in each. Scandals are self-explanatory. The full picture has basically everything that happened, but unformatted, so you can cry while you read it.

Spoiler: News cycle strength

Spoiler: Ads

Spoiler: Scandals

Spoiler: The rest

Gaining momentum:

Negarir, Defender

Losing momentum:

Reckoner

,

Khan

,

McGriddles

MAPS

Ignore McMullin. Leaders of each state are colour-coded; white states means it's too close to call. The percentage list on the right-hand side is the popular vote; the lines and segments down the bottom are PROJECTED delegates. Earned delegates aren't in this update, but will probably be in the next one onwards.

REPUBLICANS

DEMOCRATS

Next time, on this thing!:

New Hampshire is in seven days. See you soooooon

Majiffy · Post Post #124 (ISO) » Sun Jan 22, 2017 6:00 pm

Suck it Reck

Also I've got both Warren and Franken so as far as I'm concerned I already won this thing, at least morally.

Candidate	Vote share	# of votes	Delegates won	+/- final polling
Abbott	40.2%	75,114	12 dels	-0.2%
Mothma	16.2%	30,373	5 dels	+2.2%
TSL	14.0%	26,244	4 dels	+0.9%
Negarir	13.5%	25,254	4 dels	+1.2%
Khan	9.0%	16,909	3 dels	-1.0%
Defender	7.0%	13,038	2 dels	+0.2%
Total		161,678	30 dels

Candidate	Vote share	# of votes	Delegates won	+/- final polling
Serduchka	61.3%	104,835	51 dels	43.6%
Peanuts	11.7%	20,068	0 dels	-5.8%
Spire	10.9%	18,662	0 dels	-9.8%
McGriddles	9.6%	16,418	0 dels	+2.2%
Reckoner	6.5%	11,126	0 dels	-1.9%
Total		171,109	51 dels