Schwarzenegger 2020: Equal Opportunity to Govern

[Icelander]

Originally Posted by awesomenessofme1

This is the important part, I think. Even assuming he got on the ballot, and won a primary, even 5% of the population being hardline on this issue (and I think that's a low-to-reasonable estimate) would sink the candidacy.

Well, maybe.

I think a lot would depend on the percentages in swing states.

Consider also that a candidate who carries California can afford to lose some swing states and alt-Schwarzenegger is significantly* more popular in California than his real world counterpart.

*By the end of 2018, alt-Schwarzenegger has Intuitive Statesman 3-4, Charisma 4-5, Status 5-6 and a Reputation that comes out noticeably in the Advantage column. His Politics and Public Speaking skills are at around 20 and he has a Propaganda team operating somewhere in the 20s. Aside from the legal obstacle, he's clearly the candidate with the mostest, thanks to the Alien Space Bats.