Running for reelection after defeating his hated rival, John Quincy Adams of the National Republican Party in 1828, President Andrew Jackson now faces another hated rival from his painful 1824 defeat as the National Republican candidate; Henry Clay. The newly formed Anti-Masonic Party is also running. This is the first American presidential election that will use the party convention to nominate candidates.
Canada – 2004
Canada – 2004
Author: ScottM
What seemed a coronation walk has turned into a struggle for a majority government. Plagued for months by scandal, Martin has dropped the writ for a late spring election, but will Harper, Duceppe, and Layton have the best of it?
United States 1828
After his controversial victory through a backroom deal with House Speaker Henry Clay when no candidate actually got a majority of Electoral Votes in the 1824 election, John Quincy Adams has had a rough presidential term, constantly fighting with a Congress dominated by supporters of his main rival, Andrew Jackson, and little has actually been accomplished. The once monolithic Democratic-Republican Party that dominated US politics as a one-party system since 1816 has been split now into the National Republican Party, built around President Adams and supported by Clay, which has come to resemble the now-defunct Federalist Party in doctrine and policy, and the Democratic Party, built around Jackson, a war hero who won a plurality of the Electoral Votes and popular vote in 1824, and feels the Adams-Clay deal robbed him of his rightful victory. Now the two bitter rivals from the previous election once again go head-to-head for the presidency.
United States 1936
After his first term in office, Franklin D. Roosevelt has begun instituting his New Deal to combat the effects of the Great Depression. He is very popular with the working class, and has faced opposition from wealthy captains of industry and fiscal conservatives. The Republicans plan on mounting a challenge, but their frontrunner is much more a moderate. This scenario also allows the option of an alternate history, where Huey Long survives his assassination and mounts a challenge to Roosevelt, either as a challenger within the Democratic Party, or as a viable Third Party challenge with his Share Our Wealth Party, as it’s candidate or through a proxy candidate.
Ireland – 2007
Chancellor Forever 2005
Authors: Ed Gaffney & GOP Progressive
The 2007 Irish General Election has occurred as scheduled, with the race becoming a contest between the Fianna Fail-Progressive Democrats government and a broad-based “Alliance for Change” of Fine Gael and the Labour Party. However, the rising Green Party may upset the political status quo. Can Fianna Fail secure a 3rd successive government on the back of a strong economy?
Ireland – 2002
Chancellor Forever 2005
Author: Ed Gaffney
Taoiseach Bertie Ahern’s FF-PD coalition has overseen five years of strong growth and occasional controversy. They now face the most divided opposition since the 1940s. Will Fine Gael and Labour regain support, or will the smaller parties have the best of it? And can Ahern win the greatest prize in Irish politics – a majority government?
Indiana Senatorial 2010
Author: Rz9392
With Evan Bayh retiring, Republicans are poised to take back this senate seat. Can Democrats hold this seat in a traditonally red state?
Zimbabwe – 2008
Author: Sandy McLachlan
It has been six years since Robert Mugabe’s Presidency was contested by his arch rival Morgan Tsvangirai. Now the country finds itself torn between the legacy of the ZANU PF and the rising tide of the MDC. With the progressive factions gaining traction, Mugabe faces the reality that he could lose control of the House of Assembly for the first time since independence.”
Note: This scenario was designed using Prime Minister Forever – Canada 2006 v. 1.03.7
Canada – 2008
Prime Minister Forever – Canada 2008
Author: GOP Progressive
Despite fixed election legislation, Stephen Harper has called an election over a year early. With the Liberals in disarray, the Bloc Quebecois losing strength, and the NDP and Greens gaining strength at the expense of the Liberals, the conditions seem right for the Conservatives to win a majority. Will Harper preside over the first Conservative majority in a decade and a half?
Note: This is a modification of the official and “wonk” 2008 scenarios.
Canada – 2006
Author: ScottM
With the NDP withdrawing its support from the minority Liberal government, the country is plunged into a winter election. Will Harper succeed on his second attempt, or will the Liberals survive the Gomery scandal intact?