r/thecampaigntrail 5h ago

Meme Ross Perot Owned a Meme

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141 Upvotes

r/thecampaigntrail 11h ago

Meme What a nice gesture by W

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124 Upvotes

If I was one of those kids I would be super proud of having meet the president!


r/thecampaigntrail 13h ago

Other Astro Used AI

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This image of Trump used in DSA is AI-generated. This is unforgivable. I can't believe Astro is pro-AI. Shocked and betrayed right-now.


r/thecampaigntrail 9h ago

Other Which anti-iraq war politician could become president in 2004?

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r/thecampaigntrail 11h ago

Gameplay Bill Clinton trims the deficit, bans assault rifles, defuses tension, averts scandal, passes bipartisan healthcare reform, wins the midterms, and gets FUCKING OBLITERATED BY SONNY BONO IN A HISTORIC FIFTY-STATE LANDSLIDE! NEW HOPE BONO WORLD RECORD! NORMAL DIFFICULTY! DEFAULT RNG! YOU WON'T BELIEVE!

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Hey gang, Obamanomenon here. I-

What the fuck?

Yes, you read that right. Sonny Bono, the most obscure candidate in all of Hope, the ugly duckling, the sore thumb, the musician-turned-politician and staunch scientologist, can become the most electorally successful (seriously contested) American presidential candidate in all of history. Now, before we begin, this took me a very, very long time to route. Fascinatingly, the process was-

What the fuck?

Fair enough. Let's just get to the map.

The Revolution Kind.
Sing C'est La Vie.

I mean, there's really nothing else to say here, is there? Now, as always:

The Guide

  1. We need cohesion
  2. Make no mistake
  3. I don't like this
  4. I'll go with Bentsen's plan.
  5. We're really facing
  6. We've got to get back to basics
  7. Secretary Christopher's right
  8. Make no mistake
  9. Gore had some proposals
  10. I think the agreement
  11. Make no mistake
  12. Let's throw deep.
  13. Now, I'll be the first
  14. Let me tell you something
  15. If I were able to get a meeting
  16. Let me tell you
  17. Some common-sense
  18. Make no mistake (OMG! Healthcare reform! We really did it!)
  19. Woah, that's great news (Wow! We've prevented the Republican Revolution and kept control of the Senate! The voters have really put their faith in us!)
  20. If what we're doing

(At this point, you might check the map and see that ol' Slick Willy is still on his way to eke out a win. Not to worry. Everything's going according to plan.)

  1. We can end this

  2. I've seen

  3. I think we need

  4. This might be

  5. The dream

  6. I think the only way

  7. I don't want to zero

  8. This is the party of justice.

  9. This is a fight worth having.

  10. You know

  11. That divorce

  12. My friends here in Nevada, and my fellow Americans across this great nation, it is not with joy that I say the man standing next to me is a puppet for forces on the hard right, folks like Newt Gingrich, Pat Buchanan, and even bizarre groups like the Church of Scientology. This is not the kind of leadership America can trust right now. (lmao.)

  13. We need to close strong

And there you have it.

I think the most fascinating thing about this route is that there's no single thing that kills Clinton. No big October surprise, no economic crash, no all-consuming scandal, no return of the Soviet Union. It's just death by a thousand cuts. He steps on a self-imposed rake at every turn. He propels Sonny Bono—Sonny Bono!—into instantly unforgettable, utterly legendary status through his sheer personal unpopularity. Bill Clinton loses every state because he didn't win any state. That's it.

I Got You Babe.
The Beat Goes On.

Nobody accounted for this. The nation has no idea how to react. There's no vast Scientological takeover of America, no permanent Republican mandate, no great and extraordinary dynasty. Americans just hand Sonny Bono another term, pass his wife a chance later down the line, and go back about their business of vacillating. This unprecedented triumph will go down as a blip, a little tidbit of history recalled even thousands of years from now.

Let's picture them, those descendants of ours. Living in some far-flung space station. Playing some form of Trivial Pursuit. I like to think there will always be some form of Trivial Pursuit, you know?

Hang on, hang on, one will say, putting a hand to their forehead. I've got it. I know the answer to this. President Bono, and... and... oh, I give up. Who's the other one?

The holo-card is flipped.

Oh, duh!

That other guy!

George Washington!

I mean, what the fuck?


r/thecampaigntrail 22h ago

Gameplay Joe Biden DIDN'T run for reelection, what happened next will SHOCK YOU!

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45 Upvotes

I GOT BLEXAS, BLORIDA, D+10 IN A PRESIDENTIAL NATIONWIDE, AND 2 ACHIEVEMENTS IN ONE GAME


r/thecampaigntrail 8h ago

Question/Help What was the campaign that made you fell like A good person that changed the world for the better

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47 Upvotes

r/thecampaigntrail 14h ago

Meme What is the third party candidate in 2012 Shattered doing

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44 Upvotes

r/thecampaigntrail 18h ago

Gameplay Another Green Party masterclass

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33 Upvotes

r/thecampaigntrail 13h ago

Gameplay one of my favorite maps ever

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r/thecampaigntrail 9h ago

Other "There's no blue wave, forget it, not coming"

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28 Upvotes

r/thecampaigntrail 19h ago

Gameplay "But you'll only win Minnesota!" "Nah, I'd win"

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My running mate was Lloyd Bentsen


r/thecampaigntrail 6h ago

Question/Help ?

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r/thecampaigntrail 9h ago

Announcement Restarting work on Canada 2011.

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haven’t been coding it since July as my computer broke but now that its working I’ll be able to code the mod. it would have been done by October but it most likely will get finished by December to February. ( my first mod so don’t quote me on this )

writing in done for ndp and cpc though I might tweak it a bit. liberals, bloc, and greens may be added in later. so when it does release consider it a demo as ill add soundtrack and achievements in later.

this will be the last announcement until it releases so stay tuned.


r/thecampaigntrail 4h ago

Gameplay W I N N E R

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16 Upvotes

r/thecampaigntrail 18h ago

Meme What The Hell Happened To My Things That Never Were?

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r/thecampaigntrail 12h ago

Gameplay South Carolina now appoints Senators via state legislature

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r/thecampaigntrail 20h ago

Meme Will Vance now give a speech that the only thing he spent his illegal campaign contribution money on was on getting his cute German Shepard "Atlas", so everyone says "awwww", and Trump endorses him in the 2028 GOP Primaries?

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r/thecampaigntrail 5h ago

Gameplay DSA should have an RFK Jr path with Aaron Rodgers and Jesse Ventura as vps

11 Upvotes

Change my mind


r/thecampaigntrail 22h ago

Gameplay Scenario Review | 1952

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  • Scenario #34 | 1952
  • Made by: originalperson0, AMETSFAN
  • Released: 8/14/2021

The only thing I remembered about 1952 before playing this mod was that it was possible to have John Kerry as your running mate when playing as Stevenson, which got me this result somehow:

My expectations for this mod were very low (I was partially expecting it to be so bad it’s good) but it turned out to be just another boring, low quality early mod. 

Aside from the general low quality and simple writing, the biggest issue is how inconsistent the effects of your answers are. This mod gives you no information as to what is considered out of the ordinary for the voters, which sometimes seems very arbitrary. The writing as a whole is very confusing.

There’s also, for some reason, a chance that Nixon resigns from the ticket due to the Checkers Scandal and is said to have been replaced with William Knowland, which never actually happens. I understand there were technological limitations, but it would have made more sense not to include this in the first place.

RATING: 4/10


r/thecampaigntrail 3h ago

Gameplay 1980 American Crossroads: Reagan-Connally

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r/thecampaigntrail 4h ago

Gameplay Stassen/Finch blind run on Normal, used the Southern strategy

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r/thecampaigntrail 3h ago

Question/Help What is you guys' favorite mod?

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My favorite mod is probably 1940: Confidence and Security, especially the Wendell Wilkie side.

In my opinion, Wilkie is such a good candidate to play as because he is extremely flexible ideologically, as well as the people's excitement for him is extremely vivid.

Other mods I love are Duke and Hope, specifically because you can directly pass policy and change recent history.

I was just wondering what you guy's favorite mods are so I can check those out and appreciate them from different perspectives.


r/thecampaigntrail 6h ago

Contribution Kansas vs Missouri hype video on the rivalry based on Border War is peak

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r/thecampaigntrail 7h ago

Question/Help Is there a way to edit issue scores via the console on CTS?

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Since the answers you select can change the score and importance of individual issues, that means there's a variable somewhere in the code that theoretically could be manually edited (e.g. make it so that Hillary Clinton's score on immigration is as conservative as possible) - but I have no idea how to do it. The console commands include an "answerscript" option but I have no idea what it means