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For all your hypothetical political scenarios.

What would happen if Ross Perot had actually won the 1992 election? What if Roosevelt had died in 1939? There are so many possibilities, let's try to think of how things may have been different.


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Please try to include actual possibilities, but think outside of the box.


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Iran became a secular democracy?

Basically the name. What would the new government/surrounding politics be like?

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2024/11/01
16:33 UTC

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If there was a second American civil war because of project 2025, which states would be on each side?

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2024/07/25
00:19 UTC

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What if Quebec and Mexico united so that they may counter the dominance of the English language in North America?

So let's say that mexico wants to show that it doent speak English unlike the other 2 powers in north america and quebec also wishes to be distinct from anglophones so the two unite to become distinct from the english of usa and canada, with quebcois french and mexican spanish being the offical languages. What would life in this new country be like? How would canada react to losing quebec to mexico? How would the quebecois and Mexicans get along with each other in the union?

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2023/12/02
23:14 UTC

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What if we got Trump in the Guinness Book of World Records for "Person Targeted by the Most Lawsuits"

He wants to be #1 at everything, why not as the most litigated human on Earth? It would make great headlines.

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2022/08/30
01:49 UTC

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What if Harrison Ford ran as third party against Trump & Biden and in disqust at the major party candidates, Ford is elected?

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2022/07/27
15:58 UTC

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What if Congress members and potentially former VP Pence were killed during the inserection?

Would trump have remained the Teflon orange? How would the nation and world react and respond. Would Trump still be able to run in 24? And how do you think Trump would have responded?

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2022/02/17
20:34 UTC

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Very Fine People

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2020/09/21
18:00 UTC

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What if the US government started transitioning its electricity supply to electricity in the early 1900s; and made an efficient public transport system alongside its road network investment during the post-WW2 infrastructure investment?

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2019/10/31
07:56 UTC

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What if Joseph Liberman got the Democratic nomination in 2004?

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2019/06/08
22:49 UTC

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What if Edmond Muskie got the Democtratic Nomination in 1972?

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2018/08/08
15:03 UTC

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What if Jerry Brown won the Democratic nomination in 1976?

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2018/08/07
02:59 UTC

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What if Trump was President during WW1 and also what if he was President during WW2?

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2018/06/13
07:21 UTC

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What if Obama was assassinated shortly after he won in 2008 and also what if he was assassinated shortly after he won in 2012?

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2018/06/13
06:53 UTC

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What IF Barack Obama had chosen Hillary Clinton As his runningmate in 2008?

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2017/10/24
17:28 UTC

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Little bit of an odd question. What would happen if a bunch of Ancient Romans accidentally time traveled to 2017?

(X-Post from /r/timetravelwhatif )

I'm not sure if this really belongs here, so sorry in advance.

To be more specific, about 1,300 legionaries.

After tests are taken, studies completed, vaccines given, and the Romans given a very thorough history lesson, what would happen to them? Would they become citizens of some country? Which one? Or would some country cede them a small piece of land? What do you think?

Thanks in advance, I'm writing a book with this scenario.

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2017/10/04
10:53 UTC

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What if Donald Trump is Indicted for Collusion and Money Laundering the same day OJ Simpson is released from prison?

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2017/08/24
19:40 UTC

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What if Margaret Tatcher was still prime minister of the UK?

With all the terrorist attacks that are going on at this moment in the UK and Europa as a whole. I often think Europe is way to soft. And often wonder how someone like (iron) Lady Tatcher would tackle the problems we face today mostly terrorism.

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2017/06/08
16:19 UTC

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Who Would Win?

Lets say in 2020 Trump doesn't run for re election and the republicans have to pick a nominee.Who would win out of these candidates however likely they are to run.VOTE

Rand Paul-Kentucky https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rand_Paul

Marco Rubio-Florida https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marco_Rubio

John Kasich-Ohio https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kasich

Mike Pence-Indiana https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Pence

Ted Cruz-Texas https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Cruz

3 Comments
2017/02/08
01:01 UTC

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What are your thoughts about my selected cabinet if I were elected president?

Vice President: Rahm Emanuel

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rahm_Emanuel

Secretary of State: Robert Gates

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Gates

Secretary of Treasury: David Adelman

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Adelman

Secretary of Defense: Michèle Flournoy

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mich%C3%A8le_Flournoy

Attorney General: Ted Wells

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Wells

Secretary of the Interior: David J. Lane

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_J._Lane_(ambassador)

Secretary of Agriculture: Eric Lander

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Lander

Secretary of Commerce: Regina E. Dugan

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regina_E._Dugan

Secretary of Labor: Bernie Sanders

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernie_Sanders

Secretary of Health and Human Services: Josette Sheeran

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josette_Sheeran

Secretary of Education: Ronald Lauder

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Lauder

Secretary of Housing and Urban Development: Norman Foster (let’s just say he’s American citizen)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Foster,_Baron_Foster_of_Thames_Bank

Secretary of Transportation: C. David Cush

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C._David_Cush

Secretary of Energy: John Holdren

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Holdren

Secretary of Veterans Affairs: John McCain

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McCain

Secretary of Homeland Security: Porter Goss

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porter_Goss

Chief of Staff: Elizabeth Warren

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Warren

Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency: Gina McCarthy

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gina_McCarthy

Director of the Office of Management and Budget: Gail J. McGovern

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gail_J._McGovern

Ambassador to the United Nations: Max Baucus

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Baucus

United States Trade Representative: Michael Froman

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Froman

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2017/01/10
15:54 UTC

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What if Trump legalizes the use of all drugs?

Pot, meth, heroin, lsd, molly, acid, etc.

These are billion dollar industries almost entirely because the government doesn't think we're smart enough to decide what we put in our bodies, but if we just suddenly changed that, the value of the drugs would drop like a rock. it might single-handedly cripple the business of dozens of drug lords in a single day.

Sure consumption would probably go up for a while, but nowhere near enough to cover the drop in price from everyone freely being able to sell it (assuming a system where they receive a license and a marked territory to punish those dispensing deadly doses).

Imagine it like prohibition. Saying no one can have it and making it so only criminals can get it for you, makes money solely for criminals and puts people in places where illegal stuff happens, but if there's no profit to be made by sneaking it across the border or avoiding cops, use and deaths caused by it could decrease by a wide margin.

Honestly, I'm not even sure by what right the government has to tell us we can't have pot.

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2016/12/01
07:07 UTC

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what if Mitt Romney had beaten Obama?

more specifically, who do you think would run this year?

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2016/11/08
16:52 UTC

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FWI: On Election Day, fanatical Trump supporters conduct a string of bombings at polling places in liberal neighborhoods in key swing states.

If this happened, could they affect the outcome of the election? Would the Clinton campaign have any recourse?

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2016/11/01
06:01 UTC

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Army Rule

The Office of POTUS becomes so tainted with scandal and corruption and also, the people running for President are all so venal and deceptive, that the Armed Forces take over the running of the country.

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2016/09/30
17:04 UTC

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Mobile States

In the event of severe climate change and sea level rise, millions of people are going to be on the move. These people will include many who were the populations of states (e.g. Florida) that are going to be almost completely annihilated by sea level rise. If they migrate en masse into another region, do they thereafter establish a new state of Florida in the recently occupied territory?

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2016/08/09
05:50 UTC

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What if – when the UK leaves the European Union – Lower Saxony and Hannover demand independence from Germany?

  • Thought of because of strong historical ties between Hannover/Lower Saxony and the UK, even if you take post-WW2 occupation out of the picture.
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2016/06/23
14:00 UTC

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Republicans come up with a plan to run None of the Above as an option on the ballot

However, it's just a clever plan to provide voters an option so as to deny either Clinton or Trump 270 electoral votes -- so that the decision for who is to be President is thrown into the Republican-dominated House of Representatives -- where the Republicans can decide directly who will become President...

2 Comments
2016/05/19
23:59 UTC

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