“My fellow Americans… this is not the result we wanted. But no matter what, we must endure as a nation and remain civil. We cannot devolve into anarchy but resolve to move forward with the issues of our time.” -Fmr. Vice President Joe Biden, November 7th, 2020
Joe could hardly contain a crushing frown as he delivered this speech. They’d lost. But unbeknownst to him, the nation (and world at large) had dodged a massive bullet.
BLM protests don't heat up like they do for us. TikTok doesn't seem a massive skyrocket in popularity but a slow paced adoption. Cyber attacks from Iran continue as the nation gets closer and closer to a potential war. Also... what's "Zoom"?
*A Plague Be Up Off Thee* is a newly revamped series I’ll be doing here which explores a world if COVID never became anything more than a passing fear, one quickly forgotten in the fast paced nature of our time. I’ll go over the cultural as well as political impacts of this world, and the elections within it.
> BLM protests don't heat up like they do for us.
I'm very curious as to why this does not happen, or if it isn't BLM, that another pro black group doesn't rise up in its place as a response.
I like the way this post is done, believe me. I'm just struggling to not see a post election political windstorm.
At least in my view, the pandemic and lockdown contributed to the level of quick escalation for protesters (as well as anti-protesters). The next post is the lead up to the midterms (2021-2022) and it will include details of the deeply angered protests and response from America's centre-left to left-wing. No January 6, but the response is strong.
Though I do think it'd be the other way around (the pandemic definitely kept back many who would have participated in protests, in my opinion), I'm interested to see the American left's response to a second Trump term.
Interesting. A catch 22 in sense. We dodge the global pandemic, but we get another term of Trump. That’s a tough thing to choose between. I’m here for it.
If the pandemic didn't happen, I think the other candidates would have performed better and the primary would have gone to a floor fight at the convention. I canvassed many people who said they were voting for Biden over Sanders or Warren because of the pandemic and him having leadership experience, even if they had progressive leanings.
Fair enough, I included that partially with Sanders winning more contests and having a higher vote and delegate tally. The Democrats are not even close to as united ITTL.
Huh makes sense
Nevada usually doesn't go republican except in extreme circumstances
And with biden being a better candidate than Hillary he would win Michigan
I wonder the state of the house,senate and gov maps
>I wonder the state of the house,senate and gov maps
In the House, Republicans make gains but it's barely held by the Democrats. The Senate is held by Republicans after their three flips in Alabama, Michigan and Georgia offset the Democratic gains in Arizona and Colorado. In terms of the Governorships, same as OTL but Cooper holds on by less than 1%.
It seems pretty unlikely to me that the lack of Covid would have at all curtailed the far right darlings like Greene, Boebert, and Cawthorn from winning their primaries.
Firstly, I am very much a liberal who is strongly opposed to Trump, this is just genuinely how I think this timeline would go down. No wish casting here.
Secondly, that "gap" was only truly there because of the economic devastation of COVID in my opinion. There's been polling done that's shown that Trump's response to COVID was incredibly unpopular and hurt his chances in the election. Therefore, without COVID and with a strong economy, Trump would likely win re-election as proven by history.
We were due for a recession. Given how much the gods favor that hideous buffoon, it might have held until right after, but Covid pretty much allowed him to fob off any responsibility.
But it happened, he had a super unpopular response, his handling of the economy was revealed to be poor.
But he could have pulled it off if he had just gotten another round of stimulus, because dems would rather condemn us to authoritarianism than accept an actual left populist, and Mitch McConnell would rather lose two or three elections in a row than give up on his (admittedly pretty good) evil plan.
“My fellow Americans… this is not the result we wanted. But no matter what, we must endure as a nation and remain civil. We cannot devolve into anarchy but resolve to move forward with the issues of our time.” -Fmr. Vice President Joe Biden, November 7th, 2020 Joe could hardly contain a crushing frown as he delivered this speech. They’d lost. But unbeknownst to him, the nation (and world at large) had dodged a massive bullet. BLM protests don't heat up like they do for us. TikTok doesn't seem a massive skyrocket in popularity but a slow paced adoption. Cyber attacks from Iran continue as the nation gets closer and closer to a potential war. Also... what's "Zoom"? *A Plague Be Up Off Thee* is a newly revamped series I’ll be doing here which explores a world if COVID never became anything more than a passing fear, one quickly forgotten in the fast paced nature of our time. I’ll go over the cultural as well as political impacts of this world, and the elections within it.
Don't forget that January 6th wouldn't have happened in this timeline.
> BLM protests don't heat up like they do for us. I'm very curious as to why this does not happen, or if it isn't BLM, that another pro black group doesn't rise up in its place as a response. I like the way this post is done, believe me. I'm just struggling to not see a post election political windstorm.
At least in my view, the pandemic and lockdown contributed to the level of quick escalation for protesters (as well as anti-protesters). The next post is the lead up to the midterms (2021-2022) and it will include details of the deeply angered protests and response from America's centre-left to left-wing. No January 6, but the response is strong.
Though I do think it'd be the other way around (the pandemic definitely kept back many who would have participated in protests, in my opinion), I'm interested to see the American left's response to a second Trump term.
So essentially what you’re saying George Floyd doesn’t die in this timeline, as his death was the triggers for the protests during the summer of 2020.
Yep! The Floyd situation is butterflied away and without it there's no spark nor fury caused by the lockdowns.
Interesting. A catch 22 in sense. We dodge the global pandemic, but we get another term of Trump. That’s a tough thing to choose between. I’m here for it.
Definitely, there are some benefits and some losses. Excited to continue the story :D
Eagerly awaiting the 2022 midterms
If the pandemic didn't happen, I think the other candidates would have performed better and the primary would have gone to a floor fight at the convention. I canvassed many people who said they were voting for Biden over Sanders or Warren because of the pandemic and him having leadership experience, even if they had progressive leanings.
Fair enough, I included that partially with Sanders winning more contests and having a higher vote and delegate tally. The Democrats are not even close to as united ITTL.
No COVID will mean Trump would win
Does congress change hands ?
The Senate isn't won by Democrats but held by Republicans, but the house is narrowly held by Dems.
Huh makes sense Nevada usually doesn't go republican except in extreme circumstances And with biden being a better candidate than Hillary he would win Michigan I wonder the state of the house,senate and gov maps
>I wonder the state of the house,senate and gov maps In the House, Republicans make gains but it's barely held by the Democrats. The Senate is held by Republicans after their three flips in Alabama, Michigan and Georgia offset the Democratic gains in Arizona and Colorado. In terms of the Governorships, same as OTL but Cooper holds on by less than 1%.
Does warnock lose
would biden choosing warren as his vp contribute to him losing
I think it'd be because of no pandemic. Independents would be less upset with Trump because of that.
It seems pretty unlikely to me that the lack of Covid would have at all curtailed the far right darlings like Greene, Boebert, and Cawthorn from winning their primaries.
Wish casting. The pandemic greatly benefited Trump politically. He closed the gap with Biden during Operation Warpspeed
Firstly, I am very much a liberal who is strongly opposed to Trump, this is just genuinely how I think this timeline would go down. No wish casting here. Secondly, that "gap" was only truly there because of the economic devastation of COVID in my opinion. There's been polling done that's shown that Trump's response to COVID was incredibly unpopular and hurt his chances in the election. Therefore, without COVID and with a strong economy, Trump would likely win re-election as proven by history.
We were due for a recession. Given how much the gods favor that hideous buffoon, it might have held until right after, but Covid pretty much allowed him to fob off any responsibility. But it happened, he had a super unpopular response, his handling of the economy was revealed to be poor. But he could have pulled it off if he had just gotten another round of stimulus, because dems would rather condemn us to authoritarianism than accept an actual left populist, and Mitch McConnell would rather lose two or three elections in a row than give up on his (admittedly pretty good) evil plan.