prez infinity mafiascum 2016: the general creaks into action

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remember when i did this and then abandoned it before starting it?
yeah well guess who found the excel file and finally got it going

(me)

for those who didn't see, basically a bunch of MSers submitted fictional candidates to battle to the death in this cute, ultra-complex program i have that simulates presidential elections (well, it's a game, but it's basically a simulation), and now i'm gonna let the computers run wild with those candidates and we can see who's the best at thinking up fictional presidential candidates

there's still a couple things to clean up but this will start within the day, or maybe even tonight

look 4ward 2 it

Updates:

2015

Sample Practice from an Alternate Universe
The Week of September 30th, 2015
The Week of October 7th
The First Democratic Primary Debate, October 12th
The Week of October 14th
The Week of October 21th
The First Republican Primary Debate, October 27th
The Week of October 28th
The Week of November 4th
The Second Republican Primary Debate, November 10th
The Week of November 11th
The Second Democratic Primary Debate, November 14th
The Week of November 18th
The Week of November 25th
The Week of December 2nd
The Week of December 9th
The Third Republican Primary Debate, December 15th
The Week of December 16th
The Third Democratic Primary Debate, December 19th
The Week of December 23rd
The Week of December 30th

January, 2016

The Week of January 6th
The Week of January 13th
The Fourth Republican Primary Debate, January 14th
The Fourth Democratic Primary Debate, January 17th
The Week of January 20th
January 27th, 28th
The Fifth Republican Primary Debate, January 28th
January 29th, 30th, 31st

February, 2016

The Iowa Caucus
Feburary 1st
February 2nd
The Fifth Democratic Primary Debate, February 4th
February 6th
The Sixth Republican Primary Debate, February 6th
The New Hampshire Primary
The Week of February 10th
The Sixth Democratic Primary Debate, February 11th
The Seventh Republican Primary Debate, February 13th
February 17th
The South Carolina Republican Primary
The Nevada Democratic Caucus
February 21st
Suspension of Campaign I
The Nevada Republican Caucus
February 24th
The Eighth Republican Primary Debate, February 25th
The South Carolina Democratic Primary
February 28th

March, 2016

Super Tuesday: Vermont, Alaska (R) and Wyoming (R), Arkansas, Oklahoma, Alabama, Colorado, Tennessee, Minnesota, Massachusetts, Georgia, Virginia, Texas, Summary
March 2nd
The Ninth Republican Primary Debate, March 3rd
Super Saturday: Kansas, Louisiana, Maine (R) and Kentucky (R), Nebraska (D)
March 6th
Puerto Rico (R) and Maine (D)
March 7th
The Seventh Democratic Primary Debate, March 7th
Suspensions of Campaigns II and III
Suspension of Campaign IV
Super 2uesday: Democrats Abroad, Hawaii (R) and Idaho (R), Mississippi, Michigan
Through to March 9th
Suspension of Campaign V
Through to March 10th
The Eighth Democratic Primary Debate, March 9th
The U.S. Virgin Islands (R)
March 12th, 1.0
The Tenth Republican Primary Debate, March 10th
Suspension of Campaign VI
March 12th, 2.0
D.C. (R) and Guam (R)
Northern Mariana Islands (D)
March 13th
American Samoa (D)
March 15th
The Ides of March Primaries: Northern Mariana Islands (R), Missouri, Ohio, North Carolina, Illinois, Florida
March 16th
Suspension of Campaign VII
March 18th
March 22nd: American Samoa (R), Idaho (D), Arizona, Utah
March 23rd
Alaska (D), Hawaii (D), Washington (D)
March 27th

April, 2016

North Dakota (R)
April 2nd
Wisconsin
April 6th
Wyoming (D)
The Week of April 10th
April 17th
New York
The Week of April 19th
Acela Primaries: Delaware, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Maryland, Pennsylvania
April 27th

May, 2016

Indiana
May 8th
West Virginia, Nebraska (R)
The Week of May 11th
Oregon, Kentucky (D)
The Week of May 18th
Washington (R)
May 25th

June, 2016

The U.S. Virgin Islands (D)
June 5th
Puerto Rico (D)
June 6th
Montana, South Dakota, North Dakota (D), New Mexico, New Jersey, California
June 8th
Suspension of Campaign VIII
June 10th
Suspension of Campaign IX
June 11th
Washington D.C. (D)
and on

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[i]XYZ days until NEXTEVENT
XYZ days until NEXTEVENT
XYZ days until the Presidential Election[/i][/align]

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[i]The papers are released each day in the morning, and describe what happened the previous day.[/i]

[b]Wednesday's papers:[/b] XYZ

[b]Thursday:[/b] XYZ

[b]Friday:[/b] XYZ

[b]Saturday:[/b] XYZ

[b]Sunday:[/b] XYZ 

[b]Monday:[/b] XYZ

[b]Tuesday:[/b] XYZ [b][color=blue]Serduchka[/b][/color] is today in , and [b][color=red]Negarir[/b][/color] is in .

[size=150][b]Week in Review[/b][/size]
[i]The news cycle strength is how good or bad your media was for the week, if you had any media at all, and if the cycle was a week long. 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.[/i]

[spoiler=News cycle strength][b]XYZ[/b][/spoiler]

[spoiler=Ads]XYZ[/spoiler]

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[spoiler=The rest]XYZ, delete observer-based info[/spoiler]

[b][size=150]THE MAP[/size][/b]
[i]Ignore McMullin. Blue means Democratic, red means Republican, white means too close to call. [b]This is polling[/b]: real results [b]will [/b]vary, and outlier polls [b]will[/b] happen.[/i]

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[b][color=blue]Democratic-moving states:[/color][/b]
[b][color=red]Republican-moving states:[/color][/b]
[b][color=purple]Current tossups:[/color][/b]

According to polling, the current Electoral College looks like:

[align=center][b][size=450][color=blue]XYZ[/color] - [color=red]XYZ[/color][/size][/b][/align]

[b]Next time, on this thing!:[/b] XYZ

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STATE OF THE RACE

As at the end of June 14th, 2016

Republican Convention in 33 days
Democratic Convention in 40 days
Presidential election in 146 days

The General Election

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The Democrats, frozen June 14th

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PRIMARY ELECTIONS

Spoiler: Iowa

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

Spoiler: New Hampshire

Candidate	Vote share	# of votes	Delegates won	+/- final polling
Abbott	27.1%	77,437	7 dels	-4.2%
TSL	21.8%	62,221	5 dels	+2.5%
Khan	21.5%	61,331	5 dels	+9.3%
Defender	11.6%	33,285	3 dels	-2.7%
Negarir	11.4%	32,569	3 dels	+4.8%
Mothma	6.7%	19,073	0 dels	+0.3%
Total		285,916	23 dels

Candidate	Vote share	# of votes	Delegates won	+/- final polling
Serduchka	36.0%	91,148	14 dels	+1.3%
McGriddles	26.6%	67,326	11 dels	+1.7%
Peanuts	17.5%	44,365	7 dels	+1.0%
Reckoner	10.3%	25,991	0 dels	-2.8%
Spire	9.6%	24,232	0 dels	+0.6%
Total		253,062	32 dels

Spoiler: Nevada

February 20th, 2016: Democratic Caucus

Candidate	Vote share	# of votes	Delegates won	+/- final polling
Serduchka	42.0%	5,139	20 dels	+7.6%
Spire	25.6%	3,137	12 dels	-4.1%
Peanuts	22.7%	2,771	11 dels	+1.5%
McGriddles	6.3%	773	0 dels	-1.2%
Reckoner	3.4%	413	0 dels	-0.2%
Total		12,233	43 dels

February 23rd, 2016: Republican Caucus

Candidate	Vote share	# of votes	Delegates won	+/- final polling
Abbott	37.8%	28,508	11 dels	+2.7%
Khan	16.7%	12,586	5 dels	+3.2%
Defender	15.7%	11,813	5 dels	+6.5%
TSL	15.1%	11,376	5 dels	-4.7%
Negarir	14.8%	11,199	4 dels	+5.7%
Total		75,482	43 dels

Spoiler: South Carolina

February 20th, 2016: Republican Primary

Candidate	Vote share	# of votes	Delegates won	+/- final polling
Abbott	26.4%	195,570	50 dels	-11.5%
Mothma	26.1%	193,065	0 dels	+16.4%
Defender	19.2%	142,531	0 dels	+15.1%
TSL	10.7%	79,053	0 dels	-3.1%
Negarir	9.7%	71,578	0 dels	+0.2%
Khan	8.0%	59,084	0 dels	-1.4%
Total		740,881	50 dels

February 27th, 2016: Democratic Primary

Candidate	Vote share	# of votes	Delegates won	+/- final polling
Reckoner	41.4%	152,448	29 dels	+35.2%
McGriddles	22.0%	81,745	15 dels	-2.1%
Serduchka	21.6%	80,115	15 dels	-2.5%
Peanuts	10.7%	39,488	0 dels	+0.7%
Spire	9.7%	17,108	0 dels	+0.1%
Total		370,904	59 dels

Spoiler: Vermont

Candidate	Vote share	# of votes	Delegates won	+/- final polling
Khan	35.3%	77,437	9 dels	+1.8%
Negarir	27.5%	62,221	7 dels	+4.4%
TSL	14.4%	61,331	0 dels	+0.6%
Abbott	13.5%	33,285	0 dels	+4.4%
Defender	9.3%	32,569	0 dels	+5.2%
Total		61,756	16 dels

Candidate	Vote share	# of votes	Delegates won	+/- final polling
Serduchka	60.3%	81,449	20 dels	+9.1%
Spire	19.2%	25,997	6 dels	-4.7%
McGriddles	8.4%	11,344	0 dels	-0.2%
Reckoner	7.4%	9,960	0 dels	+0.2%
Peanuts	4.8%	6,456	0 dels	-0.8%
Total		135,256	26 dels

Spoiler: Alaska

March 1st, 2016: Republican Caucus

Candidate	Vote share	# of votes	Delegates won	+/- final polling
Abbott	34.7%	7,992	12 dels	+4.4%
Negarir	25.1%	5,781	9 dels	+3.0%
Defender	18.2%	4,187	7 dels	+2.4%
Khan	12.2%	2,806	0 dels	+4.2%
TSL	9.8%	2,244	0 dels	-1.0%
Total		23,010	28 dels

March 26th, 2016: Democratic Caucus

Candidate	Vote share	# of votes	Delegates won	+/- final polling
Serduchka	56.5%	5,999	11 dels	+13.4%
Spire	43.5%	4,611	9 dels	+4.0%
Total		10,610	20 dels

Spoiler: Wyoming

March 1st, 2016: Republican Caucus

Candidate	Vote share	# of votes	Delegates won	+/- final polling
Khan	30.5%	485	9 dels	+5.5%
Abbott	24.9%	396	7 dels	+1.6%
Negarir	23.0%	365	7 dels	-0.5%
TSL	12.9%	205	4 dels	+0.4%
Defender	8.7%	139	2 dels	+2.0%
Total		1,590	29 dels

Candidate	Vote share	# of votes	Delegates won	+/- final polling
Serduchka	63.6%	178	11 dels	N/A
Spire	36.4%	102	7 dels	N/A
Total		280	18 dels

Spoiler: Arkansas

Candidate	Vote share	# of votes	Delegates won	+/- final polling
Abbott	38.0%	155,962	19 dels	+8.9%
Negarir	23.9%	98,152	12 dels	-0.8%
Khan	17.5%	71,962	9 dels	+2.9%
Defender	11.8%	48,488	0 dels	-1.0%
TSL	8.8%	36,356	0 dels	+3.6%
Total		410,920	40 dels

Candidate	Vote share	# of votes	Delegates won	+/- final polling
Reckoner	41.2%	90,967	17 dels	+9.2%
Spire	31.2%	68,901	13 dels	+3.4%
Serduchka	16.9%	37,337	7 dels	+0.1%
McGriddles	6.4%	14,253	0 dels	-0.4%
Peanuts	4.3%	9,562	0 dels	-1.3%
Total		221,020	26 dels

Spoiler: Oklahoma

Candidate	Vote share	# of votes	Delegates won	+/- final polling
Khan	31.5%	144,651	17 dels	+8.2%
Abbott	29.3%	134,657	15 dels	+2.0%
Defender	21.3%	98,084	11 dels	+3.7%
TSL	9.7%	44,758	0 dels	-0.5%
Negarir	8.2%	37,772	0 dels	-2.1%
Total		459,922	43 dels

Candidate	Vote share	# of votes	Delegates won	+/- final polling
Serduchka	38.9%	130.555	26 dels	+23.6%
McGriddles	24.7%	83,056	16 dels	+5.0%
Spire	14.8%	49,605	0 dels	-1.8%
Reckoner	10.9%	36,448	0 dels	+1.9%
Peanuts	10.8%	36,179	0 dels	-1.9%
Total		335,843	42 dels

Spoiler: Alabama

Candidate	Vote share	# of votes	Delegates won	+/- final polling
Abbott	32.4%	278,617	21 dels	-0.9%
TSL	22.7%	195,098	15 dels	-0.5%
Khan	21.9%	188,697	14 dels	+2.1%
Negarir	15.8%	136,085	0 dels	1.1%
Defender	7.2%	62,155	0 dels	+5.1%
Total		860,652	50 dels

Candidate	Vote share	# of votes	Delegates won	+/- final polling
Reckoner	31.8%	126,560	24 dels	+17.3%
Peanuts	30.8%	122,620	24 dels	+12.4%
McGriddles	15.5%	61,688	12 dels	-0.1%
Serduchka	13.2%	52,596	0 dels	-1.6%
Spire	8.7%	34,693	0 dels	-0.8%
Total		398,157	60 dels

Spoiler: Colorado

Candidate	Vote share	Delegates won	+/- final polling
TSL	23.2%	8 dels	+10.6%
Abbott	22.2%	8 dels	+7.4%
Khan	20.6%	8 dels	+1.1%
Defender	18.8%	7 dels	+11.1%
Negarir	15.2%	6 dels	-0.5%
Total		37 dels

Candidate	Vote share	# of votes	Delegates won	+/- final polling
Reckoner	38.1%	47,093	36 dels	+24.5%
Serduchka	24.4%	30,162	23 dels	-2.2%
Spire	20.3%	25,100	19 dels	-0.1%
McGriddles	11.1%	13,651	0 dels	-1.0%
Peanuts	6.1%	7,502	0 dels	-1.1%
Total		123,508	78 dels

Spoiler: Tennessee

Candidate	Vote share	# of votes	Delegates won	+/- final polling
Defender	36.3%	310,288	30 dels	+7.4%
Abbott	34.6%	295,88	28 dels	+7.4%
TSL	14.5%	124,194	0 dels	+0.2%
Khan	11.0%	93,897	0 dels	+0.8%
Negarir	3.7%	31,462	0 dels	-2.5%
Total		855,729	58 dels

Candidate	Vote share	# of votes	Delegates won	+/- final polling
Serduchka	58.2%	216,700	56 dels	+0.7%
Reckoner	20.3%	75,556	19 dels	+1.4%
McGriddles	11.3%	42,196	0 dels	+1.4%
Spire	5.3%	19,607	0 dels	+-
Peanuts	4.9%	18,163	0 dels	+0.6%
Total		372,222	75 dels

Spoiler: Minnesota

Candidate	Vote share	# of votes	Delegates won	+/- final polling
Khan	27.0%	30,819	10 dels	+5.9%
Abbott	25.0%	28,515	10 dels	+4.1%
TSL	21.5%	24,561	8 dels	+3.2%
Defender	16.1%	18,382	6 dels	+4.0%
Negarir	10.5%	11,968	4 dels	-2.0%
Total		114,245	58 dels

Candidate	Vote share	# of votes	Delegates won	+/- final polling
Serduchka	55.5%	113,535	58 dels	+5.5%
Reckoner	18.0%	36,780	19 dels	+0.8%
Peanuts	16.0%	32,717	16 dels	-0.9%
McGriddles	7.6%	15,455	0 dels	+1.4%
Spire	3.0%	6,123	0 dels	-0.2%
Total		204,610	93 dels

Spoiler: Massachusetts

Candidate	Vote share	# of votes	Delegates won	+/- final polling
Abbott	40.9%	260,861	17 dels	+3.9%
Khan	24.2%	154,396	10 dels	+4.4%
TSL	20.1%	127,901	9 dels	+1.4%
Defender	9.1%	58,002	4 dels	+2.0%
Negarir	5.7%	36,543	2 dels	+-
Total		637,703	42 dels

Candidate	Vote share	# of votes	Delegates won	+/- final polling
Serduchka	38.8%	473,180	56 dels	+7.3%
Reckoner	22.6%	275,662	33 dels	-2.9%
Peanuts	17.8%	216,875	26 dels	+1.7%
McGriddles	13.1%	159,283	0 dels	+3.5%
Spire	7.8%	95,296	0 dels	-2.2%
Total		1,220,296	93 dels

Spoiler: Georgia

Candidate	Vote share	# of votes	Delegates won	+/- final polling
Abbott	36.3%	470,113	30 dels	+4.5%
Negarir	35.1%	454,736	29 dels	+2.7%
Defender	20.3%	262,503	17 dels	+7.5%
TSL	6.0%	77,205	0 dels	-0.1%
Khan	2.4%	31,407	0 dels	-0.1%
Total		1,295,964	76 dels

Candidate	Vote share	# of votes	Delegates won	+/- final polling
Serduchka	29.3%	224,370	41 dels	+10.2%
McGriddles	28.2%	215,746	39 dels	+5.8%
Peanuts	26.5%	202,703	37 dels	+3.2%
Reckoner	11.6%	88,848	0 dels	+4.4%
Spire	4.4%	33,699	0 dels	-1.3%
Total		765,366	117 dels

Spoiler: Virginia

Candidate	Vote share	# of votes	Delegates won	+/- final polling
Abbott	39.0%	400,151	19 dels	+4.0%
Negarir	29.6%	303,559	15 dels	-0.4%
Khan	21.1%	216,352	10 dels	+3.1%
Defender	7.0%	71,890	3 dels	-0.9%
TSL	3.3%	33,500	2 dels	+0.2%
Total		1,025,452	49 dels

Candidate	Vote share	# of votes	Delegates won	+/- final polling
Serduchka	50.1%	393,076	74 dels	+9.0%
Spire	22.7%	177,823	34 dels	+2.7%
Reckoner	13.4%	105,416	0 dels	+1.4%
Peanuts	8.0%	62,876	0 dels	+-
McGriddles	5.9%	45,940	0 dels	+3.6%
Total		785,041	108 dels

Spoiler: Texas

Candidate	Vote share	# of votes	Delegates won	+/- final polling
Abbott	58.2%	1,650,639	155 dels	+19.3%
Defender	13.6%	385,439	0 dels	+0.9%
Negarir	11.7%	332,795	0 dels	-1.3%
TSL	10.4%	294,522	0 dels	-0.9%
Khan	6.1%	173,093	0 dels	+0.3%
Total		2,836,488	155 dels

Candidate	Vote share	# of votes	Delegates won	+/- final polling
McGriddles	46.4%	665,690	166 dels	+30.5%
Serduchka	23.7%	340,096	85 dels	-15.4%
Reckoner	14.7%	211,269	0 dels	+0.7%
Peanuts	9.7%	139,293	0 dels	-0.2%
Spire	5.5%	79,547	0 dels	-0.2%
Total		1,435,895	251 dels

Spoiler: Kansas

Candidate	Vote share	# of votes	Delegates won	+/- final polling
Negarir	36.4%	28,765	15 dels	+4.7%
Khan	19.8%	15,616	8 dels	+4.9%
Defender	19.7%	15,538	8 dels	+4.3%
Abbott	13.6%	10,718	5 dels	-1.5%
TSL	10.6%	8,341	4 dels	+0.8%
Total		78,978	40 dels

Candidate	Vote share	# of votes	Delegates won	+/- final polling
Spire	27.0%	10,600	10 dels	-0.5%
Serduchka	24.2%	9,509	9 dels	+1.4%
Peanuts	16.3%	6,398	6 dels	+0.3%
McGriddles	16.3%	6,390	6 dels	+2.8%
Reckoner	16.1%	6,333	6 dels	+0.8%
Total		39,230	37 dels

Spoiler: Louisiana

Candidate	Vote share	# of votes	Delegates won	+/- final polling
Negarir	27.1%	81,690	24 dels	+0.2%
Abbott	24.1%	72,704	22 dels	+1.0%
Khan	18.9%	56,894	0 dels	+3.2%
Defender	16.1%	48,585	0 dels	+6.3%
TSL	13.7%	41,368	0 dels	+1.7%
Total		301,241	46 dels

Candidate	Vote share	# of votes	Delegates won	+/- final polling
Spire	33.7%	104,920	28 dels	+4.6%
McGriddles	20.2%	63,080	17 dels	+4.5%
Serduchka	17.0%	53,088	14 dels	-0.6%
Peanuts	14.8%	46,127	0 dels	+0.4%
Reckoner	14.3%	44,561	0 dels	-5.3%
Total		311,776	59 dels

Spoiler: Maine

March 5th, 2016: Republican Caucus

Candidate	Vote share	# of votes	Delegates won	+/- final polling
Abbott	25.9%	4,832	6 dels	+6.4%
Negarir	24.0%	4,479	6 dels	+1.0%
Khan	23.7%	4,418	5 dels	+4.1%
Defender	13.5%	2,523	3 dels	+3.9%
TSL	12.8%	2,375	3 dels	+1.0%
Total		18,627	23 dels

March 6th, 2016: Democratic Caucus

Candidate	Vote share	# of votes	Delegates won	+/- final polling
Serduchka	29.8%	1,035	12 dels	+0.9%
Spire	23.8%	824	10 dels	+0.7%
Peanuts	20.3%	704	8 dels	+2.9%
Reckoner	14.2%	491	0 dels	-2.8%
McGriddles	12.0%	415	0 dels	+0.2%
Total		3,469	30 dels

Spoiler: Kentucky

March 5th, 2016: Republican Caucus

Candidate	Vote share	# of votes	Delegates won	+/- final polling
Negarir	28.6%	65,702	13 dels	-1.3%
Abbott	27.5%	63,209	13 dels	+5.6%
TSL	20.9%	47,922	10 dels	+2.4%
Khan	11.5%	26,493	5 dels	+2.7%
Defender	11.5%	26,303	5 dels	-0.7%
Total		229,669	46 dels

May 17th, 2016: Democratic Primary

Candidate	Vote share	# of votes	Delegates won	+/- final polling
Serduchka	53.7%	244,120	32 dels	+15.4%
Spire	46.3%	210,448	28 dels	+0.9%
Total		454,568	60 dels

Spoiler: Nebraska

March 5th, 2016: Democratic Caucus

Candidate	Vote share	# of votes	Delegates won	+/- final polling
Spire	28.9%	9,665	10 dels	-0.5%
Serduchka	26.7%	8,918	9 dels	+3.3%
Peanuts	16.8%	5,612	6 dels	+1.0%
McGriddles	15.0%	5,022	5 dels	+1.1%
Reckoner	12.7%	4,243	0 dels	-2.5%
Total		33,460	30 dels

May 10th, 2016: Republican Primary

Candidate	Vote share	# of votes	Delegates won	+/- final polling
Negarir	59.8%	118,941	36 dels	+14.2%
Abbott	40.2%	80,047	0 dels	+5.7%
Total		198,988	36 dels

Spoiler: Puerto Rico

March 6th, 2016: Republican Primary

Candidate	Vote share	# of votes	Delegates won	+/- final polling
Abbott	25.2%	9,752	12 dels	+6.7%
Negarir	22.9%	8,867	11 dels	-0.7%
TSL	19.8%	7,645	0 dels	+1.1%
Defender	17.6%	6,802	0 dels	+4.6%
Khan	14.6%	5,633	0 dels	+0.9%
Total		38,699	23 dels

June 5th, 2016: Democratic Primary

Candidate	Vote share	# of votes	Delegates won	+/- final polling
Serduchka	53.9%	47,545	36 dels	+15.5%
Spire	46.1%	40.644	31 dels	+0.4%
Total		88,149	67 dels

Spoiler: Democrats Abroad

Candidate	Vote share	# of votes	Delegates won	+/- final polling
Spire	29.8%	10,273	7 dels	+0.5%
Serduchka	26.1%	9,000	6 dels	+2.0%
Peanuts	15.6%	5,385	4 dels	-0.1%
McGriddles	14.7%	5,082	0 dels	-0.2%
Reckoner	13.8%	4,755	0 dels	+0.3%
Total		34,495	17 dels

Spoiler: Hawaii

March 8th, 2016: Republican Caucus

Candidate	Vote share	# of votes	Delegates won	+/- final polling
Negarir	58.0%	7,764	11 dels	+28.4%
Abbott	42.0%	5,616	8 dels	+10.4%
Total		13,380	19 dels

March 26th, 2016: Democratic Caucus

Candidate	Vote share	# of votes	Delegates won	+/- final polling
Serduchka	54.9%	19,607	19 dels	+12.7%
Spire	45.1%	16,109	16 dels	+3.4%
Total		35,716	35 dels

Spoiler: Idaho

March 8th, 2016: Republican Primary

Candidate	Vote share	# of votes	Delegates won	+/- final polling
Negarir	51.0%	113,337	16 dels	+29.2%
Abbott	49.0%	108,883	16 dels	+16.9%
Total		222,220	32 dels

March 22nd, 2016: Democratic Caucus

Candidate	Vote share	# of votes	Delegates won	+/- final polling
Serduchka	55.6%	13,290	15 dels	+16.5%
Spire	44.4%	10,594	12 dels	-0.7%
Total		23,884	27 dels

Spoiler: Mississippi

Candidate	Vote share	# of votes	Delegates won	+/- final polling
Negarir	69.7%	289,963	28 dels	+36.0%
Abbott	30.3%	126,307	12 dels	+9.1%
Total		416,270	40 dels

Candidate	Vote share	# of votes	Delegates won	+/- final polling
Peanuts	30.3%	68,725	15 dels	+5.3%
Spire	23.7%	53,743	11 dels	+2.7%
Reckoner	17.2%	38,993	8 dels	-1.3%
Serduchka	15.3%	34,800	7 dels	-1.8%
McGriddles	13.6%	30,903	0 dels	+2.8%
Total		227,164	41 dels

Spoiler: Michigan

Candidate	Vote share	# of votes	Delegates won	+/- final polling
Negarir	57.9%	765,719	34 dels	+31.6%
Abbott	42.1%	557,870	25 dels	+17.5%
Total		1,323,589	59 dels

Candidate	Vote share	# of votes	Delegates won	+/- final polling
Reckoner	26.3%	316,661	45 dels	-1.0%
Serduchka	22.8%	274,563	39 dels	+1.1%
Spire	19.0%	229,650	32 dels	+3.0%
Peanuts	18.5%	227,827	31 dels	+1.9%
McGriddles	13.4%	161,851	0 dels	-0.6%
Total		1,205,552	147 dels

Spoiler: U.S. Virgin Islands

March 10th, 2016: Republican Caucus

Candidate	Vote share	# of votes	Delegates won	+/- final polling
Negarir	57.8%	940	5 dels	+21.9%
Abbott	42.2%	687	4 dels	+7.0%
Total		1,627	9 dels

June 4th, 2016: Democratic Caucus

Spoiler: US Virgin Islands

Candidate	Vote share	# of votes	Delegates won	+/- final polling
Serduchka	67.8%	1,026	8 dels	+19.5%
Spire	32.2%	488	4 dels	-1.6%
Total		1,514	12 dels

Spoiler: Washington, D.C.

March 12th, 2016: Republican Primary

Candidate	Vote share	# of votes	Delegates won	+/- final polling
Negarir	59.7%	1,696	11 dels	+18.9%
Abbott	40.3%	1,143	8 dels	+6.3%
Total		2,839	19 dels

June 14th, 2016: Democratic Primary

Candidate	Vote share	# of votes	Delegates won
Serduchka	100%	98,398	46 dels
Total		98,398	46 dels

Spoiler: Guam

March 12th, 2016: Republican Caucus

Candidate	Vote share	# of votes	Delegates won	+/- final polling
Negarir	55.6%	5	5 dels	+17.5%
Abbott	44.4%	4	4 dels	+5.3%
Total		9	9 dels

Candidate	Vote share	# of votes	Delegates won	+/- final polling
Serduchka	62.7%	818	8 dels	N/A
Spire	37.3%	487	4 dels	N/A
Total		1,305	12 dels

Spoiler: Northern Mariana Islands

March 12th, 2016: Democratic Caucus

Candidate	Vote share	# of votes	Delegates won	+/- final polling
Serduchka	41.3%	78	4 dels	+12.4%
Spire	33.9%	64	4 dels	-1.1%
Reckoner	24.9%	47	3 dels	-0.6%
Total		189	11 dels

March 15th, 2016: Republican Caucus

Candidate	Vote share	# of votes	Delegates won	+/- final polling
Negarir	71.3%	336	9 dels	+17.3%
Abbott	28.7%	135	0 dels	+5.9%
Total		471	9 dels

Spoiler: American Samoa

March 16th, 2016: Democratic Caucus

Candidate	Vote share	# of votes	Delegates won	+/- final polling
Serduchka	46.4%	110	5 dels	+13.9%
Spire	27.4%	65	3 dels	-1.8%
Reckoner	26.2%	62	3 dels	-0.3%
Total		237	11 dels

March 22nd, 2016: Republican Caucus

Candidate	Vote share	# of votes	Delegates won	+/- final polling
Negarir	55.5%	5	5 dels	+19.6%
Abbott	44.4%	4	4 dels	+7.5%
Total		9	9 dels

Spoiler: Missouri

Candidate	Vote share	# of votes	Delegates won	+/- final polling
Negarir	59.7%	560,926	52 dels	+22.6%
Abbott	40.3%	378,344	0 dels	+8.1%
Total		939,270	52 dels

Candidate	Vote share	# of votes	Delegates won	+/- final polling
Serduchka	44.5%	280,085	38 dels	+14.3%
Spire	30.1%	189,357	25 dels	-1.1%
Reckoner	25.4%	159,983	21 dels	+0.9%
Total		629,425	84 dels

Spoiler: Ohio

Candidate	Vote share	# of votes	Delegates won	+/- final polling
Negarir	66.4%	1,321,249	66 dels	+18.2%
Abbott	33.6%	667,711	0 dels	+2.7%
Total		1,988,960	66 dels

Candidate	Vote share	# of votes	Delegates won	+/- final polling
Serduchka	43.6%	541,806	70 dels	+11.4%
Spire	37.4%	464,703	60 dels	+4.2%
Reckoner	18.9%	234,969	35 dels	+1.6%
Total		1,241,478	160 dels

Spoiler: North Carolina

Candidate	Vote share	# of votes	Delegates won	+/- final polling
Negarir	63.5%	729,508	46 dels	+19.8%
Abbott	36.5%	420,022	26 dels	+2.0%
Total		1,149,530	72 dels

Candidate	Vote share	# of votes	Delegates won	+/- final polling
Serduchka	49.2%	562,451	59 dels	+12.8%
Spire	25.7%	293,971	31 dels	+1.0%
Reckoner	25.1%	286,494	30 dels	-0.9%
Total		1,142,916	120 dels

Spoiler: Illinois

Candidate	Vote share	# of votes	Delegates won	+/- final polling
Negarir	59.7%	865,562	69 dels	+20.0%
Abbott	40.3%	584,186	0 dels	+6.5%
Total		1,449,748	69 dels

Candidate	Vote share	# of votes	Delegates won	+/- final polling
Serduchka	38.2%	786,310	70 dels	+13.9%
Spire	36.9%	758,820	68 dels	-1.2%
Reckoner	24.8%	510,917	45 dels	+2.4%
Total		2,056,047	183 dels

Spoiler: Florida

Candidate	Vote share	# of votes	Delegates won	+/- final polling
Negarir	67.7%	1,598,242	99 dels	+23.8%
Abbott	32.3%	763,563	0 dels	+6.4%
Total		2,361,805	99 dels

Candidate	Vote share	# of votes	Delegates won	+/- final polling
Serduchka	43.5%	743,149	107 dels	+12.5%
Spire	36.2%	619,387	90 dels	+0.2%
Reckoner	20.3%	346,647	50 dels	+2.6%
Total		1,709,183	247 dels

Spoiler: Arizona

Candidate	Vote share	# of votes	Delegates won	+/- final polling
Negarir	52.6%	328,377	58 dels	+11.3%
Abbott	47.4%	295,662	0 dels	+9.1%
Total		624,039	58 dels

Candidate	Vote share	# of votes	Delegates won	+/- final polling
Serduchka	60.7%	283,184	52 dels	+18.1%
Spire	39.3%	183,051	33 dels	-2.3%
Total		466,235	85 dels

Spoiler: Utah

Candidate	Vote share	# of votes	Delegates won	+/- final polling
Negarir	62.3%	110,374	25 dels	+17.4%
Abbott	37.7%	66,829	15 dels	+8.0%
Total		177,203	40 dels

Candidate	Vote share	# of votes	Delegates won	+/- final polling
Spire	54.0%	42,977	20 dels	+14.8%
Serduchka	46.0%	36,549	17 dels	+9.1%
Total		79,526	37 dels

Spoiler: Washington

March 26th, 2016: Democratic Caucus

Candidate	Vote share	# of votes	Delegates won	+/- final polling
Serduchka	63.0%	16,587	74 dels	+17.4%
Spire	37.0%	9,758	44 dels	+0.2%
Total		26,345	118 dels

May 24th, 2016: Republican Primary

Candidate	Vote share	# of votes	Delegates won	+/- final polling
Negarir	64.9%	391,328	29 dels	+11.1%
Abbott	35.1%	211,670	15 dels	+4.8%
Total		602,998	44 dels

Spoiler: North Dakota

April 1st, 2016: Republican Caucus

Candidate	Vote share	Delegates won	+/- final polling
Negarir	71.4%	20 dels	+11.8%
Abbott	28.6%	8 dels	+4.9%
Total		28 dels

Candidate	Vote share	# of votes	Delegates won	+/- final polling
Serduchka	54.8%	216	13 dels	+14.4%
Spire	45.2%	178	10 dels	+0.7%
Total		394	23 dels

Spoiler: Wisconsin

Candidate	Vote share	# of votes	Delegates won	+/- final polling
Negarir	60.4%	667,709	42 dels	+16.0%
Abbott	39.6%	438,235	0 dels	+6.8%
Total		1,105,944	42 dels

Candidate	Vote share	# of votes	Delegates won	+/- final polling
Serduchka	59.6%	600,885	57 dels	+14.8%
Spire	40.4%	406,715	39 dels	-2.9%
Total		1,007,600	96 dels

Spoiler: New York

Candidate	Vote share	# of votes	Delegates won	+/- final polling
Negarir	73.0%	683,947	69 dels	+28.2%
Abbott	27.0%	252,580	26 dels	+9.6%
Total		936,527	95 dels

Candidate	Vote share	# of votes	Delegates won	+/- final polling
Serduchka	61.3%	1,208,735	178 dels	+17.4%
Spire	38.7%	762,165	113 dels	-3.1%
Total		1,970,900	291 dels

Spoiler: Delaware

Candidate	Vote share	# of votes	Delegates won	+/- final polling
Negarir	73.5%	51,394	16 dels	+25.9%
Abbott	26.5%	18,498	0 dels	+5.5%
Total		69,892	16 dels

Candidate	Vote share	# of votes	Delegates won	+/- final polling
Serduchka	67.3%	63,003	22 dels	+14.4%
Spire	32.7%	30,637	10 dels	+2.7%
Total		93,640	32 dels

Spoiler: Rhode Island

Candidate	Vote share	# of votes	Delegates won	+/- final polling
Negarir	77.0%	48,010	15 dels	+17.7%
Abbott	23.0%	14,321	4 dels	+9.6%
Total		62,331	19 dels

Candidate	Vote share	# of votes	Delegates won	+/- final polling
Serduchka	70.7%	86,601	23 dels	+15.5%
Spire	29.3%	35,857	10 dels	+0.1%
Total		122,458	33 dels

Spoiler: Connecticut

Candidate	Vote share	# of votes	Delegates won	+/- final polling
Negarir	69.6%	148,557	28 dels	+17.9%
Abbott	30.4%	64,916	0 dels	+7.3%
Total		213,493	28 dels

Candidate	Vote share	# of votes	Delegates won	+/- final polling
Serduchka	52.6%	172,651	37 dels	+12.1%
Spire	47.4%	155,604	34 dels	+0.8%
Total		328,255	71 dels

Spoiler: Maryland

Candidate	Vote share	# of votes	Delegates won	+/- final polling
Abbott	58.3%	267,455	38 dels	+38.0%
Negarir	41.7%	191,661	0 dels	+8.0%
Total		459,066	38 dels

Candidate	Vote share	# of votes	Delegates won	+/- final polling
Serduchka	69.6%	638,293	83 dels	+16.7%
Spire	30.4%	278,470	36 dels	-2.1%
Total		916,763	119 dels

Spoiler: Pennsylvania

Candidate	Vote share	# of votes	Delegates won	+/- final polling
Negarir	75.8%	1,209,359	71 dels	+21.7%
Abbott	24.2%	385,116	0 dels	+4.2%
Total		1,594,475	71 dels

Candidate	Vote share	# of votes	Delegates won	+/- final polling
Serduchka	55.1%	926,913	115 dels	+12.6%
Spire	44.9%	754,514	94 dels	+3.1%
Total		1,681,427	209 dels

Spoiler: Indiana

Candidate	Vote share	# of votes	Delegates won	+/- final polling
Negarir	73.0%	810,881	57 dels	+16.0%
Abbott	27.0%	299,662	0 dels	+4.7%
Total		1,110,543	57 dels

Candidate	Vote share	# of votes	Delegates won	+/- final polling
Serduchka	64.9%	414,345	60 dels	+15.5%
Spire	35.1%	224,303	32 dels	-0.2%
Total		638,648	92 dels

Spoiler: West Virginia

Candidate	Vote share	# of votes	Delegates won	+/- final polling
Negarir	57.2%	116,778	34 dels	+10.9%
Abbott	42.8%	87,283	0 dels	+9.1%
Total		204,061	34 dels

Candidate	Vote share	# of votes	Delegates won	+/- final polling
Serduchka	63.7%	154,525	24 dels	+13.6%
Spire	36.3%	88,014	13 dels	+0.9%
Total		242,539	37 dels

Spoiler: Oregon

Candidate	Vote share	# of votes	Delegates won	+/- final polling
Negarir	58.2%	230,967	16 dels	+7.5%
Abbott	41.4%	162,953	12 dels	+9.0%
Total		393,920	28 dels

Candidate	Vote share	# of votes	Delegates won	+/- final polling
Serduchka	69.3%	444,496	51 dels	+18.6%
Spire	30.7%	197,099	23 dels	-2.3%
Total		641,595	74 dels

Spoiler: Montana

Candidate	Vote share	# of votes	Delegates won	+/- final polling
Negarir	68.6%	107,591	27 dels	+8.7%
Abbott	31.4%	49,297	0 dels	+7.5%
Total		156,888	28 dels

Candidate	Vote share	# of votes	Delegates won	+/- final polling
Serduchka	79.9%	101,147	22 dels	+18.5%
Spire	20.1%	25,492	5 dels	-0.3%
Total		126,639	27 dels

Spoiler: South Dakota

Candidate	Vote share	# of votes	Delegates won	+/- final polling
Negarir	69.7%	46,593	29 dels	+14.2%
Abbott	30.3%	20,286	0 dels	+6.2%
Total		66,879	29 dels

Candidate	Vote share	# of votes	Delegates won	+/- final polling
Serduchka	65.7%	34,820	16 dels	+12.8%
Spire	34.3%	18,183	9 dels	+0.8%
Total		53,003	25 dels

Spoiler: New Mexico

Candidate	Vote share	# of votes	Delegates won	+/- final polling
Negarir	74.6%	78,007	18 dels	+23.9%
Abbott	25.4%	26,620	6 dels	+0.7%
Total		104,627	24 dels

Candidate	Vote share	# of votes	Delegates won	+/- final polling
Serduchka	69.1%	149,289	30 dels	+15.5%
Spire	30.9%	66,786	13 dels	+1.3%
Total		216,075	43 dels

Spoiler: New Jersey

Candidate	Vote share	# of votes	Delegates won	+/- final polling
Negarir	73.3%	324,731	51 dels	+22.1%
Abbott	26.7%	118,331	0 dels	+4.1%
Total		443,062	51 dels

Candidate	Vote share	# of votes	Delegates won	+/- final polling
Serduchka	67.5%	592,791	96 dels	+17.6%
Spire	32.5%	284,924	46 dels	-2.6%
Total		877,715	142 dels

Spoiler: California

Candidate	Vote share	# of votes	Delegates won	+/- final polling
Negarir	68.9%	1,534,308	172 dels	+19.6%
Abbott	31.1%	692,884	0 dels	+3.3%
Total		2,227,192	172 dels

Candidate	Vote share	# of votes	Delegates won
Serduchka	68.6%	3,550,000	377 dels
Spire	31.4%	1,623,298	173 dels
Total		5,173,298	550 dels

Spoiler: Progressive Results

Candidate	Vote share	# of votes	Delegates won
Negarir	48.9%	15,251,093	1,440 dels
Abbott	36.6%	11,397,141	710 dels
Khan	4.5%	1,389,345	127 dels
Defender	5.2%	1,625,703	113 dels
TSL	4.0%	1,255,983	77 dels
Mothma	0.8%	242,511	5 dels
Dels left			0 dels
Total		31,161,776	2,472 dels

Candidate	Vote share	# of votes	Delegates won
Serduchka	50.6%	15,585,216	2,528 dels
Spire	28.9%	8,897,080	1,341 dels
Reckoner	10.2%	3,133,314	385 dels
McGriddles	5.9%	1,824,899	313 dels
Peanuts	4.5%	1,376,113	198 dels
Dels left			0 dels
Total		30,718,224	4,765 dels

Italics indicate a withdrawn candidate. They no longer receive any votes, but retain some vote share in polling until the day of a primary or caucus, and retain their delegates should the relevant convention be contested.

Green delegate counts indicate a clinched nomination.

GENERAL ELECTION

When the game concludes, on November 8th game-time, state-by-state returns will be here!

[Drench]

THE CANDIDATES

The Democrats

DRENCH

Miss Verka Serduchka

, of Illinois

I Love You

XRECKONERX

Mr. Reckoner

, of North Carolina

Kill The Bourgeois

Spoiler: More Information about Mr. Reckoner

Submitted by xRECKONERx

A crazy fucking liberal

FORWHOMTHEJELLYROLLS

Mr. Peanuts

, of Washington

Honey Roasted With Love

INSPIRATIELOOS

Mr. Ian Spire

, of Florida

What's The Worst That Could Happen?

Spoiler: More Information about Mr. Spire

Submitted by inspiratieloos

Apparently a sentient piece of glass... Presumably not any worse than the other candidates.

MAJIFFY

Mr. Jerfy McGriddles

, of Maine

Liberty Is The Highest Among Human Rights

The Republicans

CEPHRIR

Mr. Neg Arir

, of Nevada

It Speaks For Itself*

Spoiler: More Information about Mr. Arir

Submitted by Cephrir

Cephrir: Not a good presidential candidate. His evil twin and opposite? Let's find out!

D3F3ND3R

Mr. D3f

, of Wisconsin

It Speaks For Itself*

N

The Hon. Tony Abbott MP

, of Texas

Stop The Boats

Spoiler: More Information about The Hon. Abbott MP

Submitted by N

asshole

ANIX

"Lady" Dawn Tilden-St. Leonard

, of New York

The Sun Has Set On Democracy

Spoiler: More Information about "Lady" Tilden-St. Leonard

Submitted by AniX

ormer famous socialite/general celebrity. Most famous for being famous for basically nothing (She happens to just weasel her way into the right place at the right time with the right famous people including being Taylor Squad) yet avoiding the classic train wreck trap most people of that breed fall into. Most of the news on her detailed how she got this friend clean or brought that drunk friend home before they could flash the paparazzi. It didn't stop the media from trying though. Her war with them ended up with nothing worse than the fact since her quickie marriage and divorce like a decade and a half ago, nobody has seen her so much as look at another boy. Ever the opportunists, they decided to brand her the “Dawn the Untouchable”, hoping to sell papers playing off her lack of scandals as well as that infamous lack of boyfriends. That quickie marriage (and divorce) was to a very rich investment banker (and son of a media mogul) and Dawn was smart enough with her money to let other people handle it. Upon the death of her father, she found some papers in her possession that made her curious and subsequently had her linage traced, which revealed she was the oldest living descendant of Samuel J. Tilden, America's would-be 19th President until it was stolen from under him. She now rises (with a new Tilden hyphenated into her name) to demand to serve the term owed to her blood ancestor by the customary claim of Widow's Succession while also campaigning on a platform that democracy has failed and only the creation of a royalty can prevent such tragedies in the future, strengthening (in her opinion) her position by marrying a blood descendant of George Washington, who she is proud to say she is having a child with (via a gestational surrogate). Her plan is simple: She will serve Samuel J. Tilden's term and use it to advocate for a restructuring of the government such that a royal family will be established with her as that Monarch and her son (Blood of Washington himself!) succeeding her. America needs to pay its debt and give a Tilden the White House. America needs to do its duty to itself and let a monarch do what democracy cannot.

ARONIS

Ms. Mon Mothma

, of California

It's about ideas, bro. New ideas. People with ideas. People who believe in truth.

KUBLAI KHAN

Mr. Kublai Khan

, of Alaska

Submit or be Destroyed

*No slogan received.

[Drench]

first post up....in a few hours??? :O

i'll be posting one week's worth of action at a time, starting with september 30th, 2015. the candidates start on basically equal footing, being a few decimals within each other, but that will change. i'll also post screenshots of the map and where people might be picking up delegates and who's got the momentum; be warned that evan mcmullin's face is in them because i gotta play as someone in order to let the AI do their thing, although i've forced him to only have ballot access in DC so it shouldn't affect the result. he also won't be doing anything i'm literally just clicking next turn and moving on.

if at any time you've got any questions about any candidate's anything, i probably have the answer and can tell you. this includes: finances, ground game, advertising (to an extent), momentum, campaign themes and platforms, endorsement progress, campaign strength--you get the drift.

anyway yeah if you think i should be putting anything in the opening posts lmk

[N]

looks good, but how long until you flake again

[Drench]

Spoiler: A Sample Practice Post from an Alternate Timeline

The Week of September 30th, 2015

Headlines

Thursday's papers: Russia has begun airstrikes in Syria.

Abbott

has hit the ground running, barnstorming in Massachusetts and giving a keynote speech launching his campaign and boasting of his leadership potential, having both led a party before and been sacked from leading a party before.

Friday: There has been a shooting in Roseburg, Oregon; gun control is dominating the news. Various candidates leap onto the Sunday and talk shows to capitalize (obviously!!)--

Abbott

was apparently really good on Colbert, and

D3f

shined on Fox News Sunday. Unfortunately, it's not all good news--

Abbott

being first out the gate to campaign has led to a star-studded cast slamming him on the cable networks, particularly

Tilden-St. Leonard

(TSL from now on because fuck off) and

Reckoner

. Elsewhere,

Peanuts

slammed

Serduchka

for her dangerous plan to leave health care exactly as it is, all Obama-fied.

Saturday:

Serduchka

struck back on Colbert, who's just having a ball with the politics nowadays, boasting of her health care plan.

Sunday: The Obama Administration bombs a Doctors Without Borders hospital in Syria.

Spire

appears on Fox News Sunday as well, because apparently it's on every day, and makes sure to point out

Negarir's

claim that

Negarir

was a terrible leader whilst barnstorming in Oklahoma.

TSL

is the first to hit the ground in the pivotal caucus state of Iowa, while those Russian strikes are already out of the news.

Monday: In the general election,

Democrats

and

Republicans

are even in the polls!

Khan

hopes to bury both parties though, with a stirring and well-received speech on his leadership credentials.

Negarir

tries to claw back some face on yet another episode of Fox News Sunday, although questions are already being asked about the negative tone of his campaign. And

Abbott

, icon and legend of politics, compares Social Security to sex work. People are very much not amused.

Tuesday: The TPP is finalized in the last round of talks, although whether the US will ratify it is another question.

Spire

puts forward his policy on government spending, otherwise known as "stay exactly the same", which people seem to like. Because apparently there is not enough news,

TSL

is the latest to go through the negative campaign ringer, but will anyone notice when

Peanuts

is being accused of the exact same thing????

The

Democratic

debate is in seven days.

Wednesday:

McGriddles

, an honest to god Libertarian, went on Rachel Maddow and it was actually good. Eat your heart out, Weld.

TSL

appears on the exact same fucking episode and also does well, so good job everyone. Elsewhere,

Khan

tries to push the line that

TSL

is a negative nancy, but it's not really taking.

The Crystal Ball

Larry Sabato has ranked you all in terms of who's going to win the nomination (NOT WHO'S CURRENTLY WINNING!!!!) and here's what he thinks.

The Republicans

1. Defender
2. Negarir
3. Abbott
4. TSL
5. Mothma
Defender's polling (see below) looks like it has room to grow. The endorsement primary is clearly favouring him and Abbott. But Negarir's running a tight ship, and he's a good candidate. TSL's platform is hurting her, and Mothma is just there.

The Democrats

1. Serduchka
2. Peanuts
3. Spire
4. Reckoner

Serduchka's leaped to the lead in part off her strong endorsement game and close skewing to the Democratic platform. Reckoner's campaign is in good shape, but the candidate himself is a different story. Spire is the exact opposite. But nobody's drowning: barely 25 points between first and fourth, in the Crystal Ball's methodology.

The Libertarians

1. Khan
2. McGriddles

It's basically a tie. Both platforms are highly anti-libertarian, but nobody else's gonna run so what are the voters gonna do about it? Khan's campaign is in better shape, but Sabato thinks it won't sustain his growth in the polls.

These rankings occur semi-regularly get hype.

Week in Review

News Power:

Khan

+6,

Spire

+6,

Mothma

+5,

Defender

+3,

Abbott

-3,

Serduchka

+2,

Tilden-St. Leonard

-2,

McGriddles

+2,

Peanuts

+-,

Negarir

+-.

Ads

Negarir

> completed ad > United States >

Negarir

/Experience.

Abbott

> completed ad > United States >

Abbott

/Experience.

Serduchka

> completed ad > United States >

Serduchka

/Health Care.

Spire

> completed ad > United States >

Spire

/Experience.

Peanuts

> completed ad > United States >

Peanuts

/Role of Government.

Khan

> completed ad > United States >

Khan

/Leadership.

Reckoner

> completed ad > United States >

Reckoner

/Government Spending.

McGriddles

> completed ad > United States >

McGriddles

/Military Intervention

REPUBLICANS

the map is color coded 4 ur convenience; the delegates are on the bottom; the polling is on the right

DEMOCRATS

LIBERTARIANS

[Drench]

looks good, but how long until you flake again

never, to spite u, and only to spite u

[Kublai Khan]

Man. I should have run as a Republican. Libertarians don't stand a chance.

Is it too late to switch parties?

[Drench]

they indeed, do not
i would have to restart but i can do that if we just take the first post as like, a practice round or something
i'd probably shunt majiffy onto one of the majors as well just because one person in a primary is boring

[Drench]

actually fuck it i'm doing it
majiffy via snapchat said he wants to be a dem so we're two parties now boys

[Kublai Khan]

Sweet. Thanks Drench.

I take back all those "drench abandoned us" wailings.

[Drench]

The Week of September 30th, 2015

(for real this time)

124 days until Iowa
132 days until New Hampshire
405 days until the Presidential Election

FYI: so this is an entirely new game, but like, if your candidate's well designed, you're gonna do well, so leave me alone

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:

The primary election begins in earnest with Russia commencing airstrikes in Syria. So that's really great. The War on Terror is big in the news, which is probably why

Negarir

gives a soaring speech condemning the Iran Deal. It's well received, and manages to dwarf slightly the incredible pop concert held on

Reckoner's

behalf. Pro-choice politics and music: a combination.

Friday:

After one big piece of news, another: there's been a shooting in Roseburg, Oregon, driving Gun Control into the news.

Reckoner

, perhaps a bit dazed from meeting the stars, stumbles on his leadership credentials on On The Record. That Iran speech is still making (tiny) waves.

Saturday:

Defender

wants everyone to know that he is making BANK today, after holding a successful fundraiser at which he spoke on leadership.

Khan

makes a "good impression" on Jimmy Fallon, which I assume means he let Fallon corpse for ten minutes and then did a lip sync.

McGriddles

tells Massachusetts that spending money is good, and Massachusetts cheers.

Sunday:

The Obama Administration bombs a Doctors Without Borders hospital in Afghanistan. I know last time I said Syria, but I was wrong. Finally, other candidates decide to use the weekend to get going, and it's chaos:

Mothma

decries big government, successfully;

Serduchka

, a Democrat, goes on the O'Reilly Factor and learns why you don't go on the O'Reilly Factor as a Democrat;

Negarir

follows up the amazing Iran thing with claiming corruption helps government work which is politely described as a gaffe; and

Khan

keeps it going with some light-hearted neoliberal banter on Colbert.

Reckoner

manages to draw a crowd for the fascinating topic of defense spending, but it doesn't make a huge impact.

Monday:

Khan

hates unions, and his audiences love that.

Mothma

sees all this stuff about Republicans not liking big government and decides to have a go, with some well-received results.

Abbott

is raking in the dough, fundraiser-style, and did we mention that the

Republicans

and

Democrats

are dead-even in the general election polls? It's anyone's game.

Tuesday:

Maybe it'll be a game-changer, maybe not: the Trans-Pacific Partnership was finalized and agreement reached, with free trade being a hot button issue as a result.

Reckoner

does not get the memo and decides to share with the class that the government should cut spending on non-essential things, and then fails to share with the class what specifically he meant.

Mothma

breaks this campaign's attack cherry by slamming

Abbott

as a warmonger, and it impacts...just.

Serduchka's

O'Reilly thing is still being played three times a day on CNN, at least.

The first Democratic primary debate is in a week.

Wednesday:

Reckoner

tries to seize the narrative by holding a gangbusters fundraiser, and it nearly works, except, during that,

Peanuts

totally went on every single news channel and rubbed salt in the gaffe-y wound. But, turns out,

Reckoner

is very good on energy policy. Thanks, Meet The Press. Elsewhere,

Khan

shares a surprisingly moderate and resonant vision of immigration policy, in between that pop concert he scored on the basis of his tax policy.

Defender

doesn't like the Iran deal, and Chris Matthews fails to bite his head off, which counts as a win. Week one was Too Much.

The Crystal Ball

Every now and then, Larry Sabato fires up his Crystal Ball and predicts who he thinks has the best chance of taking the nomination. Tag yourselves.

The Republicans

1. Khan (64 points)
2. Abbott (56 points)
3. Negarir (55 points)
4. Defender (52 points)
5. TSL (51 points)
6. Mothma (34 points)

Khan's platform isn't actually that great for this crowd, but he's got room to grow in the polls and a whole bunch of potential endorsements creeping up. His campaign hires are also top notch. But there's so little daylight between him and second, and virtually nothing at all between second and fifth, that it's anyone's game. Mothma's being dragged down not by the platform, which is discordant but not overly so, but just her polling. If that improves, who knows?

The Democrats

1. Peanuts (61 points)
2. Serduchka (60 points)
3. Spire (58 points)
4. Reckoner (45 points)
5. McGriddles (42 points)

This field is very close. Spire's hauling in the endorsements, potentially; Peanuts' polling is very promising; Reckoner's campaign hires are the best of the lot; McGriddles is flush with cash; and Serduchka's platform fits the electorate best. Truly, it's anyone's game.

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. The full picture has basically everything that happened, but unformatted, so you can cry while you read it.

Spoiler: News cycle strength

News Power:

Khan +19

,

Serduchka -9

,

Mothma +7

,

Defender +4

,

Reckoner -2

,

Abbott +2

,

McGriddles +1

,

Peanuts +1

,

Negarir -1

.

Spoiler: Ads

Tilden-St. Leonard

> completed ad > United States >

Tilden-St. Leonard

/Health Care.

Negarir

> completed ad > United States >

Negarir

/Military Intervention.

Mothma

> completed ad > United States >

Mothma

/Military Intervention.

Khan

> completed ad > United States >

Khan

/Experience.

Serduchka

> completed ad > United States >

Serduchka

/Tax Rates.

Reckoner

> completed ad > United States >

Reckoner

/Immigration.

Spire

> completed ad > United States >

Spire

/Immigration.

Peanuts

> completed ad > United States >

Peanuts

/Immigration.

Spoiler: The rest

Event "Russia Begins Airstrikes in Syria!" has occurred.
Event replenishes speeches for War on Terror issue.
Event caused a momentum change of +0.4 for Tilden-St. Leonard's campaign.
Event caused a momentum change of +1.7 for Negarir's campaign.
Event caused a momentum change of +1.6 for Defender's campaign.
Event caused a momentum change of +2 for Abbott's campaign.
Event caused a momentum change of +2 for Khan's campaign.
Event caused a momentum change of +0.5 for McMullin's campaign.
New endorsers available > United States > The Heritage Foundation, FreedomWorks, Tea Party Express, Ann Coulter, Fmr. Gov. Sarah Palin, Bill Maher, George Soros, Iowa > The Heritage Foundation, Americans for Tax Reform, FreedomWorks, Tea Party Express, Ann Coulter, South Carolina > Rep. Trey Gowdy.
Event "Shooting in Roseburg, Oregon" has occurred.
Event increases Gun Control profile by 1 to Medium, speeches replenished.
Event caused a momentum change of +1.5 for Serduchka's campaign.
Event caused a momentum change of +1.4 for Reckoner's campaign.
Event caused a momentum change of +1.5 for Peanuts's campaign.
Mothma receives permanent issue bonus from policy speech on the Role of Government issue.
Event "U.S. Forces Bomb Doctors Without Borders in Afghanistan" has occurred.
Event replenishes speeches for War on Terror issue.
Event caused a momentum change of -0.1 for Tilden-St. Leonard's campaign.
Event caused a momentum change of -1.7 for Negarir's campaign.
Event caused a momentum change of -1.5 for Mothma's campaign.
Event caused a momentum change of -1.9 for Defender's campaign.
Event caused a momentum change of -2 for Abbott's campaign.
Event caused a momentum change of -2 for Khan's campaign.
Event caused a momentum change of -0.2 for McMullin's campaign.
Event "Trans-Pacific Partnership Trade Agreement Reached!" has occurred.
Event increases Free Trade profile by 1 to High, speeches replenished.

Increasing momentum:

Peanuts

,

Khan

,

Abbott

Decreasing momentum:

Serduchka

,

Reckoner

,

Negarir

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 line down the bottom are PROJECTED delegates. Once delegates start being earned, that will be added separately.

REPUBLICANS

DEMOCRATS

Next time, on

Survivor!

this thing!:

Can Khan keep it up? Will Serduchka ever recover? The answer is no and yes respectively because there's still like four months to go before Iowa, but there's a Democratic debate and it's gonna shake things up probably.

[Drench]

i'm gonna do one more b4 i go to bed because heck ya debates but like, lmk if anything else should be a regular part of updates because i'm kinda winging it in terms of important things you'd expect to know about a campaign

[Kublai Khan]

Khan makes a "good impression" on Jimmy Fallon, which I assume means he let Fallon corpse for ten minutes and then did a lip sync.

YES, KHAN LEFT FALLON AS A CORPSE AND PROCEEDED TO CATERWAUL IN VICTORY~!

Basically I set up Kublai Khan as accurate to the actual Kublai Khan as possible. I imagine he'll do pretty well with the Republican crowd.

[xRECKONERx]

MORE

[Drench]

The Week of October 7th

117 days until Iowa
125 days until New Hampshire
398 days until the Presidential Election

I can't believe we haven't had a single scandal yet so here's hoping. I set these AIs on Hard for a reason.

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:

Peanuts

and

Reckoner

both appeared and did well on bleeding heart liberal hippie yuppie city slicker program The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, but

Reckoner

went one step further and nailed it on Meet the Press. By talking about energy again, but he nailed it.

Khan

continues to ride high, nailing (lot of nailing going on) the presentation of his calm immigration policy, interspersed with the solemn belief that Iran must be destroyed immediately. And

Defender

was not having any of it from Mothma, hitting her where it hurts: health care. She would need a burn unit, but Mothma's government health care plan is to abolish all of it, so there's that.

Friday:

Peanuts

tried to frame his campaign today as one of leadership, and it certainly did something, although we're not quite sure what. Shadows Were Cast on

Reckoner's

campaign for perhaps being too negative, whilst

McGriddles

and Rachel Maddow got along just fine. The pop stars just kept coming, this time serenading

Mothma's

education policy, whilst everyone (ESPECIALLY

TSL

) tried to bury

Reckoner's

good Colbert appearance...and failed! Streisand Effect, indeed. Meanwhile, protestors disturbed a

Peanuts

event, as well as the event of one of

Spire's

surrogates.

Saturday:

Reckoner

keeps making news, but this time for the wrong reasons, being unable to name the top marginal tax rate when prompted. But, his Virginia barnstorm did have a lot of people genuinely excited about government spending policy, so there's that.

Spire

outlined his approach to Iran (i.e. fobbing them off to the UN), to mixed results.

TSL's

one-sided war against

Reckoner

spilled some blood with the

Reckoner

-is-negative spin sticking (albeit with

Abbott

doing the actual damage), whilst a day later,

Peanuts'

leadership speech was receiving more and more negative reviews at the hands of

Serduchka's

spin doctors. Speaking of

Serduchka

, she was in Colorado talking about tax rates. Good for her.

Sunday:

A suicide bomber took a hundred lives and injured 400 more in Turkey, but

Negarir's

fundraising prowess is above the fold on A1 so.

TSL

finally got some coverage in Wyoming with the positive reception of her moderate gun stance.

McGriddles

took up the

Republican

campaign* against

Reckoner

, hitting him on the tax rate thing and making a good job of it. Protestors had a go at

Mothma, Khan,

and

TSL

events, with little effect.

*I literally just checked and it's not like all the Republicans hate Reck any more than they do the other Democrats; they just keep hitting him for some reason. Maybe it's his face.

Monday:

Columbus Day triggered no political debate. Haha just kidding of course it did. But while that happened,

Neganir

did well on Jimmy Fallon,

Spire

passionately outlined his vision for universal health care, and

Reckoner

both nailed Meet The Press (again), and returned fire, slamming

McGriddles'

isolationist military policy. We hope he realizes he has to win the primary first soon.

Tuesday:

Another day, another candidate slam dunking Meet The Press. Today's winner is

Khan

, who loves to invade countries.

Spire's

quiet invasion of the front page continued with a good performance on Colbert, while

Neganir

gave a policy speech outlining his government spending position, which as far as we know amounts to "don't".

THE FIRST

DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY

DEBATE

October 13th, 2015

Where to start with this debate? It was clear that one natural candidate came to play, three more came to try (and fail), and one didn't come at all. Maybe we should've seen

McGriddles'

complete non-event of a performance coming, given his low debating experience. But his claim of improving health outcomes in Augusta (the only thing he had to lean on) was lost amidst the fireworks happening up top, along with

Peanuts'

more creative (yet still oddly acceptable) claim of being good-looking and thus qualified. True,

Reckoner

had a lot to do with the spectacle--shooting

McGriddles'

policy (the Augusta one) down before it even got in the air, and humiliating the latter in the process--but it was

Serduchka's

fierce and at-times overly-aggressive attacks on

Spire

that may have been the game-changer we've been waiting for. Nobody expected

Serduchka

to act the attack dog, but she did, and it didn't suit, with her accusations of

Spire's

policy mendacity falling flat. It wasn't even needed--both

Reckoner

and

Serduchka

were otherwise competent, delivering answers as expected, if without flair and precision. It was, in the end, that contrast that helped

Spire

to a commanding win--a win that didn't need

Serduchka

, but certainly would use her help anyway.

Spire

was calm, confident, knowledgeable, prepared, and charismatic; in amongst the rest of them, he stood out. It was a thumping, a true blowout, and it gets you wondering: will the other four candidates wise up to avoid being embarrassed again?

Final Results

1st: Spire (14 points)
2nd: Reckoner (7 points)
3rd: Serduchka (6 points)
4th: Peanuts (3 points)
5th: McGriddles (-1 points)

Headlines, Continued

Wednesday:

Yes,

Spire

triumped in the debate. However, we've got bigger fish to fry, in the form of leaked memos showing

Defender

very clearly changing positions on nearly everything he believes in not through ~evolution~, but for political expediency. It's a

massive scandal

(six points, to be exact, which is the biggest news story since game start). While he enters damage control,

Khan's

in the corner delivering a "stirring" speech about government spending, somehow, and more Shadows are Being Cast over

TSL's

"negative" campaign.

Negarir

and

Peanuts

both put forward their War on Terror policies, and surprisingly, the Democrat was left-wing about it and the Republican was right-wing about it.

Spire

also had things to say about education and it was good and fine but it's been a big news day.

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 I would hope. The full picture has basically everything that happened, but unformatted, so you can cry while you read it.

Spoiler: News cycle strength

Negarir

+28,

Spire

+17,

Khan

+10,

Defender

-6,

McGriddles

-5,

Tilden-St. Leonard

-2,

Mothma

+2,

Peanuts

-1,

Reckoner

-1,

Serduchka

+1.

Spoiler: Ads

Tilden-St. Leonard

> completed ad > United States >

Tilden-St. Leonard

/Health Care.

Negarir

> completed ad > United States >

Negarir

/Military Intervention.

Mothma

> completed ad > United States >

Mothma

/Military Intervention.

Defender

> completed ad > United States >

Mothma

/Military Intervention.

Abbott

> completed ad > United States >

Abbott

/Health Care.

Khan

> completed ad > United States >

Khan

/Role of Government.

Serduchka

> completed ad > United States >

Serduchka

/Military Intervention.

Peanuts

> completed ad > United States >

Peanuts

/Health Care.

McGriddles

> completed ad > United States >

McGriddles

/Role of Government.

Reckoner

> completed ad > United States >

Reckoner

/Government Spending.

Spire

> completed ad > United States >

Spire

/Tax Rates.

Spoiler: Scandals

A scandal on

Defender

has been uncovered!

Spoiler: The rest

Peanuts receives permanent issue bonus from policy speech on the Leadership issue.
Event "Suicide Bomber Kills 100 in Turkey, Injures 400" has occurred.
Event replenishes speeches for War on Terror issue.
Event "Columbus Day Stirs Debate" has occurred.
Event replenishes speeches for Leadership issue.

Gaining momentum:

Neganir

,

Spire

,

Khan

Losing momentum:

TSL

,

Defender

,

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!:

Will Defender's scandal fade away or blow up in his face? Can Spire capitalize on his debate performance, and will McGriddles recover from his? Will Republicans stop attacking Reckoner?

[Drench]

also if anyone has ideas for hilar scandals and gaffes to use i'll literally throw em in, all the game gives me is "gaffe about issue xyz!!" or "scandal about integrity/corruption!!!" and im like ok...............cool

[D3f3nd3r]

Oh god, what did I do...

[xRECKONERx]

how tf am i losing momentum???

killed it on colbert & mtp
nobody was able to bury my colbert performance
i had a tax rate gaffe
but i had a decent debate showing!!!

also yeah wtf @ every attack on me coming from republicans
im like the hillary of this primary

[Drench]

fuck if i know how momentum works
all i really understand is that it makes rallies bigger

i played carly fiorina in 2016 redux last night though and her momentum was shit and she's president now so like whatever

[Kublai Khan]

Khan

continues to ride high, nailing (lot of nailing going on) the presentation of his calm immigration policy, interspersed with the solemn belief that Iran must be destroyed immediately.

I'm hoping I sang a "bomb bomb bomb, bomb bomb Iran" song. That's gold right there.

[Cephrir]

This is everything I dreamed it could be

[AniX]

Just you guys wait for my momentum to take off and I win with a 101% of the delegates.

[AniX]

Khan is obviously getting RNC COLLUSION support.