Zyobot
Just a time-traveling robot stranded on Earth.
Having crushed Jimmy Carter four years earlier and ushered in a new, rightwards-headed paradigm in the process, Ronald Reagan enjoyed a blowout reelection in 1984. With a recovering economy, a revived sense of optimism, and Walter Mondale as the Democratic nominee, the elderly president swept to victory with a whopping 525 electoral votes and roughly 58.8% of the popular vote on that fateful November night.
But that was IOTL, and one particular ASB has plans to ensure that, whatever the outcome, this new scenario is much less one-sided. On January 1st, 1984, all the states that would've otherwise voted Democratic in November 1996 suddenly replace their 1984 counterparts. President Bill Clinton, his cabinet, and his staff come along for the ride to not only represent the uptimers and their interests, but also to secure the Democratic nomination and challenge Reagan for another term in the White House. What happens next?
Here's the corresponding 1996 election map from 270 To Win. The blue states are their 1996 iterations, whereas the red states and Washington, D.C. remain as they were in 1984.
Thank you in advance,
Zyobot
But that was IOTL, and one particular ASB has plans to ensure that, whatever the outcome, this new scenario is much less one-sided. On January 1st, 1984, all the states that would've otherwise voted Democratic in November 1996 suddenly replace their 1984 counterparts. President Bill Clinton, his cabinet, and his staff come along for the ride to not only represent the uptimers and their interests, but also to secure the Democratic nomination and challenge Reagan for another term in the White House. What happens next?
Here's the corresponding 1996 election map from 270 To Win. The blue states are their 1996 iterations, whereas the red states and Washington, D.C. remain as they were in 1984.
Thank you in advance,
Zyobot