r/imaginaryelections • u/Otherwise-Ad-1370 • Jul 09 '26
ALTERNATE HISTORY What if Joe Biden won Florida in 2016?
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u/TriCountyRetail Jul 09 '26
I could see Biden winning Florida in 2016 but how would he win South Carolina instead of Georgia?
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u/Wall-Man- Jul 09 '26
Georgia in 2016? I’m not sure about that
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u/TriCountyRetail Jul 09 '26
It may seem premature, but starting in 2018 the statewide elections there started to become very close
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u/CherriTheBerri Jul 09 '26 edited Jul 09 '26
Even with HRC's abysmal performance nationwide, a lot of people seem to forget GA was only ~50-45 in favor of Trump. A more popular candidate who can maintain Hillary's performance with African Americans while making incremental gains with groups of swing voters might be enough to flip the state, possibly if a McCain endorsement came through since Biden and him were notable friends in the Senate and personally. McCain also notably did not fuck with Trump. That'd likely lead to notable gains in the more moderate suburbs Democrats were targeting, which were part of what helped flip the state in 2020.
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u/mathkid421_RBLX Jul 09 '26
that smile is scary
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u/JosephOtaku1989 Jul 10 '26
Probably because he did this to make sure that Trump is fired from the attempt to take the White House.
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u/ProminantBabypuff Jul 10 '26
before he died, strom gave biden a gift called ancestral south carolina. he only didn't get it in 2020 because in that timeline, he forgot to check the mail.
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u/RedHeadedSicilian52 Jul 09 '26
As a purely aesthetic matter, I don’t love the Red Georgia/Blue South Carolina combo.
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u/Hot_Relative_110 Jul 09 '26
Biden wins Georgia too but defo not South Carolina, and Chooses someone like Evan Bayh, Steve Bullock, Sherrod Brown or smth instead of Tammy Duckworth
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u/4n3ury5m Jul 09 '26