The 2012 MEGS Presidential election

The **2012 United States presidential election** was the 57th quadrennial presidential election. The election was held on Tuesday, November 6th, 2012.

**Background**

In January 2011, President Wabbit Portalpie surprised many by announcing he would not seek a second term in office. This left the Bull Moose nomination completely up for grabs but first let's see how wabbit did in his 4 years in office. Well, he did pretty good. The economy was strong and the world was peaceful, we were still fighting in the middle east however there were less and less troops everyday, literacy was sky rocketing and there was a boom in births. It just seemed all nice. In the downside, the U.S debt tripled by 80% and the collapsafarians took control of the U.S congress in 2010, However, wabbit did do his best and played the bipartisan card allowing him to pass his agenda.

**The Collapsafarian Primary**

The Collapsafarians felt better about their chances now that Wabbit wasn't going to run for President again. 18 Candidates announced their candidacy however there were only 5 that were relevant, those were; Alamkan Countryball, Eric Cantor, Jack Dalrymple, Charlie Crist and Charles Roemer. At first it seemed that Jack Dalrymple would be the nominee after he won and finished strong in the Iowa and New Hampshire primaries but after the Florida Primary, his momentum slowed down and Charles Roemer ended up winning the nomination. Roemer chose New Hampshire Senator Kelly Ayotte to be his running mate.

**The Bull Moose Primary**

Since Wabbit announced he would not seek Re-election, the nomination for the mooses were completely up for grabs. 9 different candidates announced their intentions to run for President but only 4 were relevant. These candidates were; First Lady Lola Wabbit, U.S Ambassador to Israel Daniel Shapiro and U.S Senator from New Mexico Tom Udall. None of them saw the charismatic, well liked and young Southern Governor by the Name of Jimmy Carter coming who believe it or not was able to defeat Lola Wabbit in the Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada, South Carolina and Super Tuesday Primaries. The campaign was tough with Wabbit endorsing his wife, Lola, however workers across the country did not stand by lola and ultimately gave Jimmy Carter the Nomination. He chose the Junior Senator from Illinois, Sheep Cote Clod as his running mate.

**The General Election**

Many of the issues in the campaign were the economy, gay marriage, immigration and gun control as well education reform. These were the stances from the candidates;

**Gay Marriage:**

- Charles Roemer argued that Gay Marriage was immoral and that under his Presidency homosexuality wouldn't be tolerated, he proposed a ban on gay marriage as well as a ban on gays from adopting children claiming that "Homosexuality often leads to Pedophilia"

- Jimmy Carter argued the opposite, Carter was the second candidate to endorse Gay Marriage Claiming "If 2 men want to have a relationship because they feel attracted to each other, they should have all the right to do so." He also argued against Banning gays from adopting children claiming that "Homosexuality does not lead to pedophilia rather childhood traumas do so instead."

**Gun Control:**

- Roemer Argued that guns should be more accessible than buying water itself

- Carter argued that mentally ill people should be prohibited from having any ammunition and proposed a gun control plan which implemented background checks.

**Immigration:**

- Roemor proposed that immigration coming from South America, Africa and The Middle east should all be banned in order to have a more "pure" country and less divisive one as well

- Carter proposed background checks for immigrants coming from countries that pose national security concerns to the U.S and proposed a 6 month behavior test on every immigrant.

**Economy:**

- Roemer proposed that taxes be abolished, tariffs and regulations be removed, he called for the complete annulation of the minimum wage and argued that by abolishing taxes more businesses would come and therefore create jobs without the government doing much.

- Carter argued quite the opposite, he argued that raising the minimum wage was a must and that creating more government departments and federal jobs would be a solution to keeping the economy strong, he also argued on removing some regulations but keeping others as well.

The debates were pretty intense with Roemer calling Carter a "marxist lunatic" while Carter called Roemer a "Pedophile in a party city custom", up to election night, things weren't looking so good for not only Roemer but the collapsafarians themselves as they were getting destroyed in the polls by unimaginable margins.

**Results:**

Carter won an electoral college landslide victory receiving 499 electoral college votes and 58.5% of the popular vote, Carter was so popular that he was able to flip the senate and house as well as a majority in the governor's association. The landslide if often credited to Wabbit's popular policies while some credit Carter's great job at campaigning not just for president but for congressional candidates. Charles Roemer, finished second, with just 39 electoral college votes and 39.7% of the popular vote. The Senate which consisted of 55 collapsafarians and 45 Bull Mooses flipped having 63 Bull Mooses and 37 Collapsafarians, the house which had 270 collapsafarians and 165 bull mooses, also flipped having 303 Bull Mooses and 132 collapsafarians. By all accounts, 2012 was a blue wave year.

Jimmy Carter and Sheep cote clod were inaugurated in January 20th, 2013.