America: Write Your Own History

Debs, sure!

The interesting thing about this election is, the Socialists are united and the anti-socialists are divided and fighting amongst each other. So unlike the real world ;P .

adhiraj.bose said:

The interesting thing about this election is, the Socialists are united and the anti-socialists are divided and fighting amongst each other. So unlike the real world ;P .

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Now it seems I'm just 80% of a voter (to compensate my abuse in previous elections, where my abstain counted as 1.2 votes).

It's ok, but may I give you a suggestion RT?

I think you should split evenly between the parties the votes that abstain.

E.G. In this election we have 4 parties, so my 1.00 vote could be split as 0.25 for each party (not for candidates).

This way it doesn't make any difference at all, it gives all parties the same value, and it doesn't increase the difference between members of each party.

(Again a new record with 19 voters! Keep it coming)

-moved-

Spirictum said:

Now it seems I'm just 80% of a voter (to compensate my abuse in previous elections, where my abstain counted as 1.2 votes).

It's ok, but may I give you a suggestion RT?

I think you should split evenly between the parties the votes that abstain.

E.G. In this election we have 4 parties, so my 1.00 vote could be split as 0.25 for each party (not for candidates).

This way it doesn't make any difference at all, it gives all parties the same value, and it doesn't increase the difference between members of each party.

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I've already been doing that. I gave your votes to Debs instead of Haywood since you didn't want him to win, and I gave my vote to Wilson since he was the winning candidate and the other candidate probably would have dropped out of the race by now.

1912-1916: Scientific Breakthroughs



After the promise of small military interventions, Debs laid out his plan: 1) Take the Eastern Russian Coast and keep it as a military territory -- the gold and silver mines will please the corporations as well. 2) March into deep Russia and reconstruct the nation, even though Greece, Poland, and Germany contain large chunks of their homeland. 3) Reconstruct Ethiopia.


Under his third term, Debs also began very large projects with the huge surplus the nation had. A group of top digital scientists and engineers were hard at work in California, as Debs and his administration expected a creation of a worldwide communication system. In Canada, physicists and mathematicians began working on how to make weapons out of uranium and plutonium; Debs stated that this would be used purely to stop other nations from developing them. In Chicago, the newly appointed capital of science and production, the CERN Research Center, which is the abbreviation of the Chicago Egalitarian Research of the Nucleus, was founded which led to the discovery of the laser.




January 1914, American forces land once again on the Russian shores of Okhotsk and capture the city easily with the use of bombers and marines. Meanwhile, troops land in Finland ready to march deep into Russia.



At the University of Calgary, researchers had discovered a more efficient way of processing coal. Although very little cities still used coal power plants (such as Seattle and Salt Lake City), Debs' administration found this a perfect solution to cleaning up drydocks at cities. This led to a huge reduction in pollution, especially in New York.


In July 1914, after capturing Vologda, Debs and his cabinet outlined the reconstruction of Russia. Large amounts of money were spent organizing the various small independent states that were once Russia, and the Russian capital was agreed to be Kujbyshev, east of German Moscow.



Ethiopia soon followed, as tanks that were shipped from Washington to Kenya arrived.


By July 1915, the CERN Project had opened. The project was dedicated to flying a man to the moon.


Following Russia's quick rise to power, after annexing Mongolia as a satellite state, Debs focused the large American spy system on Russia. Hoping to avoid another Finland Conflict, Debs hoped the concentrated espionage focus could keep Russia under surveilance and possibly take out extremists.


At the United Nations, Debs had been pushing for a worldwide agreement of open borders. With his rich rhetoric and metaphors, he described the universal brotherhood of man and its destiny to be united by the pursuit of happiness. Regardless, the vote was narrowly defeated, with the largest in opposition being Russia.



Ending his third term, Debs pointed out that stability had reached -15 and the nation was in a very secure position. Furthermore, New York had placed 2nd in most visited city, with Chicago taking the 5th place. After an entire term of focus on culture, good relations, and trade, Debs managed to increase longevity, quality of life, and make several American cities one of the most desirable cities to live in in the world.



PS. I went back a few saves and redid his second term while avoiding domination victory. Because of this, Iraq and Vietnam appear in the game, while Morocco does not.

If Russia becomes a major enemy again, I'm voting for the man or woman who will disassemble Russia into city states

Election of 1916: A Quiet, Calm State of Affairs

After serving three terms, Eugene V. Debs has stated he has not wished to run for a fourth term. Wishing to return to his home state, he has added that should conditions call for it, he is not opposed to making a political comeback in the 1920 election.

Socialist Party
Allan L. Benson, Age 45, American newspaper editor and author. Highly opposed to militarism, wishing to avoid war or military conflicts if at all possible. Wishes to establish declarations of war as a national referendum, making it so each declaration of war must be won by majority popular vote. Anyone who vote in favor of the war would then be selected for draft eligibility, although this would include removing the private ballot of American voting, where Benson adds that this would reduce voter fraud. Benson declares that prestige and respect will save the Socialist Party during Debs' temporary withdrawal.

James H. Maurer, Age 52, Pennsylvania Representative and Trade Unionist. Highly opposed to war, but not against military defense and small military operations that can be used to avoid larger world conflicts. Does not believe any event thus far calls for the need of a military intervention, and he plans to continues Debs' policies.


Progressive Party
Albert B. Cummins, Age 66, Iowa Senator and Governor. The leader of the progressive movement that broke away from the Republican Party, he supports environmentalism and socialism. He differs with the Socialist Party, however, by opposing the United Nations and supporting military interventions. He wants to increase the American army, stationing at least one army in each major city and expanding international military bases, and station army near Germany should they "cross the line".

Charles Evans Hughes, Age 54, New York Governor and Supreme Court Justice. A professor during the 1890's, he claims to be highly influenced by British Liberalism. He supports the socialist programs enacted by the Socialist Party, but states that its leadership without Debs' will lack backbone, initiative, experience, and integrity. Furthermore, he fears that environmentalism is damaging the American economy and the citizens' right to a free market, and wishes to take away many of its environmental laws. He wishes to continue scientific research, territorial improvements, and strengthen espionage and military presence.


Democratic Party
Woodrow Wilson, Age 59, President of Princeton University and New Jersey Governor. Afraid of radicalism of the Socialist movement, we wishes to enforce the constitution to prevent candidates from running who intent to create a state economy or become autocratic. He believes in a world democracy and wants to maintain good diplomacy, but also wants to extend American imperialism as the American stability improves. His plans are to rebuild Spain and war against Germany as they are increasingly imperialist; having captured Paris and Moscow, and made Poland a client state. He worries that another world war will break out if interventionist policies are not taken.


Republican Party
Elihu Root, Age 70, Secretary of War, Secretary of State, and New York Senator. Supports "paternalistic" imperialism; he supports the acquiring of vassals and strengthening them by supporting their infrastructure and improving their science institutes. Seeing the political system of America bleakly, he has doubts in democracy. Wants to strengthen the American Reserve, aiming to station each major city with an army, thus increasing the amount of troops available for airlift, and decreasing unruliness during riots. Annoyed by Germany's military actions into France and Russia, and wishes to install sanctions against them.


Socialist Labor Party
Arthur E. Reimer, Age 35, Political Activist and Lawyer. States that the Socialist Party is weak and unorganized. States they are opportunist, and not sincere nor bold. As the economy flourishes, even socialist programs are beginning to fail the poor. Being influenced by Russian political scientists, he leads the communist movement -- stating that as the heirs to the socialist movement, communism will once and for all end the social caste wars and establish an equal, egalitarian worker's paradise.


Campaign News:
The race is still on, with 3-6 more votes expected! Communism has made a huge impact on the race, claiming to be the true successors of the Socialist movement legacy. The opposition to this movement is divided between Socialists and Democrats; if they were united, the opposition would match the communist movement! The Progressive and Republican Parties both fail during this campaign, with the Republican Party disbanding after years of defeat and the fall of American conservative capitalism. If the communist opposition decides on a frontrunner, they may have a chance. Likewise, the communists may solidify their victory by gaining the undecided voters.
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Wilson wins campaign! Woodrow Wilson becomes 21st president of the United States!



After a vicious race, the Democrats win their first election as a united party since 1852! Wilson, gaining support from Socialists who feared the communist branch breaking off with the party, garnered 55% of the vote! The Socialist Labor Party was condemned by the Democratic Party for committing voter fraud as well. This election will go down in history as the closest, most interesting and competitive campaign in American history! With this victory for the Democrats, the administration has taken two steps away from socialist, as opposed to a step towards communism. The revival in capitalism has brought many former Republicans back to the political arena, attempting to reform a party that'll further reduce the Socialists' impact.

Woodrow Wilson, upon his inauguration, gave a speech to ban the communist, autocratic movements. Known as the Phrasemaker, as a former professor, he had no need for a hired writer to write his speeches as he was already eloquent. Within his first months in office, he passed a bill that outlawed voting for radical communism or fascism. How will this affect his popularity with the left? Only time will tell.

Ballot:
Socialist Party 2 (10%)
•Benson 2

Democratic Party 11 (55%)
•Wilson 11

Socialist Labor Party 7 (35%)
•Reimer 7

(PS, three Socialist Labor voters were not counted as they were obviously accounts made just for this election to cheat. Regardless, this would not have changed the outcome.)

Allan L. Benson Changed in a later post.

There is only one image in post #672.

Arthur E. Reimer

Anyone who wants to invades Mexico?