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For an infobox Turquoise Blue has made of this election in Kansas

For more maps in my Seventh Party System series check out my gallery here.

This is the twelfth installment in my alternate American election series.

Kansas has always been a deeply conservative state, having constantly voted Republican even during the National Union era. After the Conservative Revolution brought about the rise of the Religious Right the state became even more right-wing, with the legislature constantly moving back and forth between the Constitution party and more moderate Republican.

This party system was irrevocably changed however by the seismic election of 2010. With the Second Great Depression leading to a demonization of the GOP across the country, the Labor party of Kansas saw a golden opportunity for Labor to try and take control of the Kansas legislature for the first time since 1962. To optimize their chances of gaining control even more, they rebranded themselves as the Non-Partisan League, and persuaded a few liberal Republican representatives to join their cause for a left of center Kansas. However, these dreams where cut short by the unexpected rise of the Nationalist party, a far-right initiative by Bob Brownback who sought to "renew" Kansas through an union of the three Cs, Churches, Corporations, and Country.

With the Nationalist party being able to attract defectors from the right-wing of the Republican party, it was able to come out of 2010 with a plurality of the seats and through a coalition with the Constitution party they formed a majority government. Bob Brownback soon went to work on building his ideal state, removing all state regulations on oil and gas companies and removing the state minimum wage in an effort to revitalize Kansas' energy sector. All scientific papers concerning climate change were banned, Bible studies became mandatory in all public schools, and sales taxes were doubled in order to pay for the massive cuts to income tax. Brownback also began to consolidate his power politically, absorbing the Constitution party into his Nationalist Caucus and transferring as much power as constitutionally possible to the Governor himself. He even signed off all rights to the natural gas deposits of Kansas to the infamous Indiana Standard Oil company, which is known for ruling the state of Indiana with an iron fist through the United Democratic-Republican party.

When the conservative Republicans realized just how far-right Brownback was taking the state, they joined the Non-Partisan League, uniting together behind the single cause of ousting the Nationalist Caucus. Yet the left-wing farmer's party, the Populists, refused to joined the Non-Partisan League, seeing the elitist Republican party as just as bad as the far-right Nationalists. Thus, by a razor thin two seat majority the Nationalist Caucus held onto power, even gaining seats in the senate. Thus Bob Brownback was cleared to continue his consolidation of power for another four, appointing former Oil executives to the Kansas Supreme Court in order to continue the merging of company and state.

The election of 2014 was a tense one, which resulted in the Non-Partisan League holding 71 seats versus the Nationalists' 76. However even those the Nationalist Caucus no longer held a majority in the House, with the Senate being elected every four years they kept control over government, aided greatly by the Kansas Supreme Court's "flexible interpretations" of the state Constitution.

Finally, in the election of 2016, the Populist party joined the Labor and the Republicans in the Non-Partisan League. While the lingering Depression fueled an upswing in support for most derivations of the Constitution party, the citizens of Kansas realized how their poverty rate had risen dramatically from 16.1% to 26.1% under Nationalist rule, placing Kansas among the top ten poorest states in America. Thus even though some members of the populist party formed the "Independent Populist party" to serve as a left-wing splinter the Non-Partisan League still managed to gain an impressive 21 seats, allowing a left of center party to form government in the state for the first time in more than half a century.

Government:
Non-Partisan League - Formed in 2010 as a vehicle for Labor and left-leaning Republicans to try and win the 2010 election after the Second Great Depression, it now has grown to include all Republicans and most Populists in order to oust the Nationalist Caucus. Now with the historic election of Kansas' first female governor, Kathleen Sebelius, the Non-Partisan League plans to rebuild the state piece by piece.

Opposition:
Nationalist Caucus - A far-right party also formed in 2010, the party had become a vehicle for the Indiana Standard Oil company to further their interests in the state of Kansas and exploit all its resources. By purporting its famous goal of merging Churches, Corporations, and Country into one, the party gained a vast following of devout supporters, who frequently attend "prayer rallies" with their dear Governor Bob Brownback. However now that the Nationalist Caucus has fallen out of the power the flow of Indiana Oil funds has stopped, Bob Brownback has been voted out of the party and a wide array of libertarian fanatics have risen to vie for control of the dying party, which many analysts predict won't last another election cycle.
Independent Populists - While the national Populist party of America endorsing the Non-Partisan League, many traditional farmers back the splinter Independent Populists, who still see the Republicans as their enemy, never having forgotten their use of eminent domain to seize thousands of family owned farms for the benefit of oil and gas prospectors.
Westboro Baptists - The Westboro Baptist party is an extremist Christian party based out of the infamous Westboro Baptist church. Deemed too far-right by even the Nationalist Caucus, they have been banned as a political party multiple times since their founding in 1994, mostly recently in 2011 after one of their members shot and killed a National Guardsmen stationed at Topeka's state house in response to the US Military's repeal of their ban on gay soldiers.

Credit for the basemap goes to Chicxulub.

Description

For an infobox Turquoise Blue has made of this election in Kansas

For more maps in my Seventh Party System series check out my gallery here.

This is the twelfth installment in my alternate American election series.

Kansas has always been a deeply conservative state, having constantly voted Republican even during the National Union era. After the Conservative Revolution brought about the rise of the Religious Right the state became even more right-wing, with the legislature constantly moving back and forth between the Constitution party and more moderate Republican.

This party system was irrevocably changed however by the seismic election of 2010. With the Second Great Depression leading to a demonization of the GOP across the country, the Labor party of Kansas saw a golden opportunity for Labor to try and take control of the Kansas legislature for the first time since 1962. To optimize their chances of gaining control even more, they rebranded themselves as the Non-Partisan League, and persuaded a few liberal Republican representatives to join their cause for a left of center Kansas. However, these dreams where cut short by the unexpected rise of the Nationalist party, a far-right initiative by Bob Brownback who sought to "renew" Kansas through an union of the three Cs, Churches, Corporations, and Country.

With the Nationalist party being able to attract defectors from the right-wing of the Republican party, it was able to come out of 2010 with a plurality of the seats and through a coalition with the Constitution party they formed a majority government. Bob Brownback soon went to work on building his ideal state, removing all state regulations on oil and gas companies and removing the state minimum wage in an effort to revitalize Kansas' energy sector. All scientific papers concerning climate change were banned, Bible studies became mandatory in all public schools, and sales taxes were doubled in order to pay for the massive cuts to income tax. Brownback also began to consolidate his power politically, absorbing the Constitution party into his Nationalist Caucus and transferring as much power as constitutionally possible to the Governor himself. He even signed off all rights to the natural gas deposits of Kansas to the infamous Indiana Standard Oil company, which is known for ruling the state of Indiana with an iron fist through the United Democratic-Republican party.

When the conservative Republicans realized just how far-right Brownback was taking the state, they joined the Non-Partisan League, uniting together behind the single cause of ousting the Nationalist Caucus. Yet the left-wing farmer's party, the Populists, refused to joined the Non-Partisan League, seeing the elitist Republican party as just as bad as the far-right Nationalists. Thus, by a razor thin two seat majority the Nationalist Caucus held onto power, even gaining seats in the senate. Thus Bob Brownback was cleared to continue his consolidation of power for another four, appointing former Oil executives to the Kansas Supreme Court in order to continue the merging of company and state.

The election of 2014 was a tense one, which resulted in the Non-Partisan League holding 71 seats versus the Nationalists' 76. However even those the Nationalist Caucus no longer held a majority in the House, with the Senate being elected every four years they kept control over government, aided greatly by the Kansas Supreme Court's "flexible interpretations" of the state Constitution.

Finally, in the election of 2016, the Populist party joined the Labor and the Republicans in the Non-Partisan League. While the lingering Depression fueled an upswing in support for most derivations of the Constitution party, the citizens of Kansas realized how their poverty rate had risen dramatically from 16.1% to 26.1% under Nationalist rule, placing Kansas among the top ten poorest states in America. Thus even though some members of the populist party formed the "Independent Populist party" to serve as a left-wing splinter the Non-Partisan League still managed to gain an impressive 21 seats, allowing a left of center party to form government in the state for the first time in more than half a century.

Government:
Non-Partisan League - Formed in 2010 as a vehicle for Labor and left-leaning Republicans to try and win the 2010 election after the Second Great Depression, it now has grown to include all Republicans and most Populists in order to oust the Nationalist Caucus. Now with the historic election of Kansas' first female governor, Kathleen Sebelius, the Non-Partisan League plans to rebuild the state piece by piece.

Opposition:
Nationalist Caucus - A far-right party also formed in 2010, the party had become a vehicle for the Indiana Standard Oil company to further their interests in the state of Kansas and exploit all its resources. By purporting its famous goal of merging Churches, Corporations, and Country into one, the party gained a vast following of devout supporters, who frequently attend "prayer rallies" with their dear Governor Bob Brownback. However now that the Nationalist Caucus has fallen out of the power the flow of Indiana Oil funds has stopped, Bob Brownback has been voted out of the party and a wide array of libertarian fanatics have risen to vie for control of the dying party, which many analysts predict won't last another election cycle.
Independent Populists - While the national Populist party of America endorsing the Non-Partisan League, many traditional farmers back the splinter Independent Populists, who still see the Republicans as their enemy, never having forgotten their use of eminent domain to seize thousands of family owned farms for the benefit of oil and gas prospectors.
Westboro Baptists - The Westboro Baptist party is an extremist Christian party based out of the infamous Westboro Baptist church. Deemed too far-right by even the Nationalist Caucus, they have been banned as a political party multiple times since their founding in 1994, mostly recently in 2011 after one of their members shot and killed a National Guardsmen stationed at Topeka's state house in response to the US Military's repeal of their ban on gay soldiers.

Credit for the basemap goes to Chicxulub.