Thread:MichaelDiaz101/@comment-31129923-20180617060231/@comment-31129923-20180618014420

I'm really glad you enjoy fictional politics as well because I didn't know how interested you'd be in talking about expanding their storylines in that sort of direction. I find it hard to really have a realistic fictional portrayal of politics in various forms of pop culture today because most are more inclined to put main focus on the drama or stretch reality to move the plot. I like shows such as West Wing and House of Cards for their different takes on American politics but even good shows like those can become more inaccurate as they progress.

For how I have the political scene in this timeline set up, Joe Lawton was elected President in 2004, defeating an unpopular incumbent and seeks a second term in 2008. Bill Huffman was elected to the House in 1997, so has been there for about 9-10 years by the time my Bully fiction takes place. He immediatly latches onto a popular senator from Alderney (New Jersey) by the time Joe is up for reelection. In the years after that however, it would seem that if Joe did end up winning, someone from Bill's party would win in 2012 to replicate how modern elections end up historically.

I think it would be somewhat interesting if the fictional 2016 Presidential consisted of Matthew Jones gaining more favor nationally if he chose to run then and Bill possbly having to face of with him in an election that loosley mirrors the one in real-life.

However, that first bit about Joe was how I imagine it is and the second part between Matthew and Bill is admitably more far fetched speculation. It would seem too early to consider most stuff like that figuring we've only talked about their first conflict together.