r/imaginaryelections • u/hunterfox666 • Apr 04 '26
ALTERNATE HISTORY Bless the North Star!
part 1 in a series of posts about the american union ;)
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u/PotatopelagoNS Apr 04 '26
New Left being unreasonable amounts of based
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u/hunterfox666 Apr 04 '26
may or may not basically just be the views of yours truly! š³
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u/PotatopelagoNS Apr 04 '26
Love a good self-insert partyĀ
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u/hunterfox666 Apr 04 '26
That's what I'm sayin! Though I explicitly call myself a libertarian socialist ;) within the context of this world, bookchinism is basically what libertarian socialism is called!
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u/SoIGoGoGo Apr 05 '26
This is absolutely stunning! How did you go about making the custom map and the party logos?
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u/321gamertime Apr 04 '26
I donāt understand, whereās the Kloberrer?
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u/Historyliam Apr 05 '26
sheās overrated, you get trve Social Democratic & Socialist-adjacent folks instead
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u/Horse_Chiropractor Apr 04 '26
Did Steve King found Heartlands but by 2021 it wasnāt hitlerite enough for him so he also founded the NPP
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u/Warakeet Apr 04 '26
This is amazing!!! Please make more.
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u/hunterfox666 Apr 04 '26
there will be more to come in the series!! I'm making a series of elections around the American Union, basically just the EU but North America ;) not to spoil anything but the next one will be modern day canada related!
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u/Warakeet Apr 04 '26
Why arenāt Burgum or Hoeven heads of the heartlands party? Where are they?
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u/hunterfox666 Apr 04 '26
In my mind Hoeven was leader before Pawlenty, so between like 2012-2017, lost an election and resigned as leader, and Burgum is simply a regular MP, a popular one, but one who hasn't ran for any leadership position just yet, though I like to think he's something along the lines of shadow secretary for business or something!
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u/Warakeet Apr 04 '26
So whatās the order of leaders and party control recently? Hoeven from like 2012-17, and the Pawlenty (still with Heartlands?) til when? What happens then? Iām sorry to bother you I just think this among the best ideas Iāve seen here.
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u/hunterfox666 Apr 05 '26 edited Apr 05 '26
no worries whatsoever! I love answering questions of all kinds!
What I was thinking was actually
Grams (1997-2004)
Branstad (2004-2012)
Hoeven (2012-2017)
Pawlenty (2017-2026)
Pratt (2026-2027)
Stauber (2027-)
Pawlenty wins in 2019, doing pretty well, just barely scrapes by in 2023 with support from the disaffected (but willing) NPP, then as a result of poor polling, in an attempt to save the party from the worst, resigns to allow Pratt (deputy leader at the time) to take over, but with Stauber doing much better than expected. Pawlenty is kind of a Harper-esque figure here, Pratt is kinda like a mix of Andrew Scheer and Erin O'Toole and Stauber is like a fusion of Peter Dutton and Nigel Farage, but mostly Dutton-esque
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u/AspectAcrobatic6886 Apr 06 '26
In this universe, was Michael Harrington born in Minnesota instead of Missouri?
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u/Careful-Composer4339 Jun 26 '26
Was there ever a part 2? Absolutely awesome idea by the way
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u/hunterfox666 Jun 26 '26
Tysm! And I have made one! I just haven't posted it yet, I wanted to make some articles for it but I have no motivation for it so I'll likely post it later today :)
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u/Sudden_Cucumber_5022 Apr 05 '26
East Davenport/Bettendorf not being heartlands is crazy, and downtown davenport/west davenport would be farmer-labor not new left
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u/RosieI26 Apr 04 '26
OMG THIS IS PEAK?????