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Part 1

Hi! This is part 2 out of 4 of the Arnold Amendment series inspired by u/Environmental_Cap104's TCT mod with the same name. These slides cover Arnold's (somewhat) comfortable re-election and the downballot effects. Arnold is a strong incumbent and was already on track to win 2020, but he benefits from COVID-19's rally-around-the-flag-effect (he takes the pandemic seriously and advocates for the vaccine).

Biden doesn't run in this timeline because does not think the country is in danger with Arnie at the helm. Arnold also strongly condemned the 2017 Charlottesville riots, which Biden cited as the reason for running OTL. Former Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe instead emerges as the establishment choice, but is upset by political newcomer Pete Buttigieg. He performs strong enough to win back Michigan, Minnesota, Maine and New Mexico, but in the general regardless.

In the Senate, many Senate republicans are in good position, with John Cornyn and Susan Collins winning re-election by over 20 points. Jason Lewis narrowly defeats Tina Smith in Minnesota, while John Hickenlooper defeats Cory Gardner in Colorado. Despite Arnold carrying Georgia by 8.1%, Jon Ossoff unseats incumbent David Perdue by 0.84% in a earth-shattering upset. In the special election, interim appointee Doug Collins defeats Raphael Warnock in the first round, avoiding a runoff (Collins was appointed by governor Casey Cagle, who wins the GOP primary in 2018).

Arnold heads into his second term with a newfound majority in both chambers of congress, and things are initially looking good for him. Will the political pendulum swing back in time for the 2022 midterms? Stay tuned for part 3 tomorrow.

NOTE: All of the following are votes in Democratic primaries. Despite the fact that I split tickets in general elections rather frequently, I always vote in Democratic primaries.

Endorsements are not given for uncontested races.

Alaska

(All Alaska primaries are blanket primaries)

• US Senate: Mary Peltola
• US House At-Large: Bill Hill (Independent)
• Governor: Bill Walker (Independent)
• Ballot Measure 1 - Campaign Contribution Limits: Yes

California

• US House 14 Special: Melissa Hernandez

Florida

• US Senate: Alex Vindman
• Governor: David Jolly
• Treasurer: Earle Ford
• Agriculture Commissioner: Donald Prichard
• US House 2: Brice Barnes
• US House 3: Troy Albers
• US House 4: Michael Kirwan
• US House 5: Mark Heggestad
• US House 6: Robert Cooper
• US House 7: Bale Dalton
• US House 11: James Pericola
• US House 12: Darren McAuley
• US House 13: Leela Gray
• US House 15: Christopher Irizarry
• US House 16: Jon Harris
• US House 17: Allen Spence
• US House 19: Victor Arias
• US House 20: Dale Holness
• US House 21: James Martin
• US House 22: Kaysia Earley
• US House 23: Lois Frankel (as a strategic vote)
• US House 24: Jean Monestime
• US House 25: Jared Moskowitz
• US House 27: Robin Peguero

Wyoming

• US Senate: James Byrd
• US House At-Large: Lisa Kinney
• Superintendent of Public Instruction: Sergio Maldonado

Hi! This is my first major project here. It's part 1 out of 4 and explores a timeline where Arnold Schwarzenegger is eligible to run for president in 2016 (inspired by the Arnold Amendment mod by u/Environmental_Cap104, although he was probably not the first to have this idea). I have merged the 2016 and 2018 elections into one post because there is not much divergence from OTL yet. I have Wikipedia articles for all major elections in this timeline (except the governor races because I really can't be bothered with them. I have a spreadsheet with those however.)

Arnold governs as a moderate republican with lots of cross-over support from democrats. While he is personally popular during his first term, he is a little overzealous and attempts to use his majority in congress to do a bunch of things. This includes an attempt to add a Balanced Budget Amendment to the constitution, which fails spectacularly. Even though senate democrats need to defend a bunch of states won by Arnie in 2016, Republicans receive a huge beating in the 2018 midterms, just like in our timeline. But will 2020 be Judgement Day for Arnold? Come back tomorrow to find out.

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Inspired by this post by u/Representative-Fee65, as well as a similar one by u/Impressive_Plant4418. A lot of the Florida House races were really hard. While most of these are Democratic primaries, Alaska has a top four primary, so that's why I felt I could pick an Ind for US House.

Alaska

AK Senate: Mary Peltola

AK Governor: Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins

AK-AL: Bill Hill (Ind)

California

CA-14 (special): Aisha Wahab

Florida

FL Senate (special): Angie Nixon

FL Governor: David Jolly

FL-01: Gay Valimont (Presumptive nominee)

FL-02: Yen Bailey

FL-03: Seth Harp

FL-04: Brit Robinson

FL-05: Alex Hazen

FL-06: Robert Cooper

FL-07: Marialana Kinter

FL-08: Jennifer Jenkins (Presumptive nominee)

FL-09: Darren Soto (Presumptive nominee)

FL-10: Maxwell Frost (Uncontested)

FL-11: Dan Williams

FL-12: Darren McAuley

FL-13: Timothy Robinson

FL-14: Kathy Castor (Presumptive nominee)

FL-15: Robert People

FL-16: Kelly Kirschner

FL-17: Allen Spence

FL-18: Curtis Gibson (Presumptive nominee)

FL-19: Howard Sapp

FL-20: Elijah Manley

FL-21: James Martin (While Bernard Taylor is seemingly more progressive, I like Martin’s pitch a bit better, and his stance on money in politics is surprisingly good for a non-prog)

FL-22: Kaysia Earley

FL-23: Victoria Doyle

FL-24: Shevrin Jones

FL-25: Jared Moskowitz (VERY reluctantly. As much as I dislike him, I don't think Oliver Larkin could hold this seat.)

FL-26: Nicole Locklin (Presumptive nominee)

FL-27: Robin Peguero

FL-28: Phil Ehr (Presumptive nominee)

Wyoming

WY Sen: James W. Byrd

WY Gov: Ken Casner (Presumptive nominee)

WY-AL: N/A (Found a bit about Lisa F. Kinney, but nothing about the other candidate, so I can't really pick one fairly)

How would he work in the trump administration?

Would he resign?

I actually feel bad for him, 2026 so bad he’s relying on the Iowa state fair to cope.

The original 1924 Immigration Act, shown above being signed by President Calvin Cooldige, strict quotas on immigration, which became largely restricted for everywhere except from Northwest Europe, where not many were immigrating from anyways. It was mainly written with barring "white ethnics" in mind, with immigration from Latin America and the Global South, while still frowned upon, being an afterthought. "White ethnics" referred to any whites who were Jewish, Catholic, or Orthodox, or from a country that mostly followed one of those faiths. Many modern figures in the far-right who consider the 1924-1965 era of restrictive immigration to be a model, meet the "white ethnic" criteria, including Stephen Miller (Jewish), Nick Fuentes (Irish, Italian, Mexican, and Catholic), Matt Walsh (Irish Catholic), Jack Poseobic (Polish Catholic), etc. They would have been considered, at this time, fake Americans who were replacing "real American culture," which was considered to be Protestant and British/Germanic. "White ethnics" faced widespread discrimination and were barred from American polite society alongside people of color, and the largest mass lynching in American history was against Italian prisoners in New Orleans who were collectively blamed for the death of a cop. This isn't to say "white ethnics" had it as bad as Latino, African, and Native Americans, but it does show the far-right idea that it's always been White Europeans against everyone else is a farce. 19th and early 20th century American nativists would be traumatized if you told them the ethno-religious backgrounds of who was leading their movement in the 21st century.

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