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Too tired to type up something new, so I'm just gonna copy the text of the AH.com post I made about this scenario and hope that explains enough:

To explain what’s going on here- as a side project, I’ve been trying to put together an RNG system to randomly pick presidential/vice-presidential candidates (for US elections), who wins, and whether there are any notable third-party candidates that also accounts for potential evolution of the parties and different political careers of the nominees themselves. (I don’t know how to code, so this wasn’t a “sit back and let the computer spit out a bunch of names” kind of thing- it was more along the lines of “use an RNG to get a bunch of random numbers and spend fifteen minutes scanning your ridiculously-complicated chart that took you half an hour to make to figure out what the numbers mean, repeat process for each election.”) I tested the system by randomizing every election from 1980 to 2020, and several sleep-deprived hours later, this list was the end result. Clearly, I need to simplify the system to make using it less torturous (the only reason I didn’t give up two elections in was because I am as susceptible to the sunk-cost fallacy as everyone else) and make it more difficult for the country to turn into a dominant-party state, but either way, I thought the results were interesting.

40. Senator (R-NH) Gordon J. Humphrey/Frmr. Senator (R-MD) John Glenn Beall, Jr. (Republican) (1981-1985)
1980 def: President Jimmy Carter/Vice-President Walter Mondale (Democratic)
41. Senator (D-NY) Daniel Patrick Moynihan/Mayor of Minneapolis Donald M. Fraser (Democratic) (1985-1989)
1984 def: President Gordon J. Humphrey/Vice-President John Glenn Beall, Jr. (Republican)
42. Representative (R-MA) Silvio O. Conte/Mayor of Charlotte Sue Myrick (Republican) (1989-1991)
1988 def: President Daniel Patrick Moynihan/Vice-President Donald M. Fraser (Democratic), Activist Russel Means/State Representative (L-AK) Andre Marrou (Libertarian), Activist Lenora Fulani/Psychotherapist Fred Newman (New Alliance)
43. Vice-President Sue Myrick/VACANT (Republican) (1991)
43. President Sue Myrick/Senator (R-KS) Bob Dole (Republican) (1991-1993)
44. Frmr. Governor of California Jerry Brown/Businessman Ross Perot (Democratic) (1993-2001)
1992 def: President Sue Myrick/Vice-President Bob Dole (Republican)
1996 def: Frmr. Vice-President Bob Dole/Senator (R-OK) Jim Inhofe (Republican)
45. Senator (D-VT) Patrick Leahy/Representative (D-WA) Jay Inslee (Democratic) (2001-2009)
2000 def: Senator (R-AZ) John McCain/Representative (R-OR) Greg Walden (Republican), Vice-President Ross Perot/Senator (R-PA) Arlen Specter (Liberty/Libertarian)
2004 def: Actor Tom Cruise/Frmr. Senator (R-MN) Rod Grams (Republican), Activist Ralph Nader/Governor of Nevada Aaron Russo (Liberty)
46. Representative (D-IL) Danny K. Davis/Representative (D-MD) Elijah Cummings (Democratic) (2009-2017)
2008 def: Hawaii Governor Lisa Lingle/Senator (R-ME) Susan Collins (Republican)
2012 def: Senator (R-AK) Lisa Murkowski/Senator (R-TN) Lamar Alexander (Republican), Mayor of Salt Lake City Rocky Anderson/Activist Jill Stein (Liberty), Businessman Michael Bloomberg/Governor of South Carolina Nikki Haley (Independent)
47. Representative (D-MD) Kweisi Mfume/Frmr. Governor of Vermont Howard Dean (Democratic) (2017-2021)
2016 def: Frmr. General Colin Powell/Senator (R-AZ) John McCain (Republican), Actor Keegan-Michael Key/Representative (L-GA) Cynthia McKinney (Liberty)
48. Governor of Florida Dave Bautista/Comedian John Mulaney (Liberty) (2021- )
2020 def: President Kweisi Mfume/Vice-President Howard Dean (Democratic), Mayor of Wichita Jeff Longwell/Representative (R-AK) Don Young (Republican)

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Too tired to type up something new, so I'm just gonna copy the text of the AH.com post I made about this scenario and hope that explains enough:

To explain what’s going on here- as a side project, I’ve been trying to put together an RNG system to randomly pick presidential/vice-presidential candidates (for US elections), who wins, and whether there are any notable third-party candidates that also accounts for potential evolution of the parties and different political careers of the nominees themselves. (I don’t know how to code, so this wasn’t a “sit back and let the computer spit out a bunch of names” kind of thing- it was more along the lines of “use an RNG to get a bunch of random numbers and spend fifteen minutes scanning your ridiculously-complicated chart that took you half an hour to make to figure out what the numbers mean, repeat process for each election.”) I tested the system by randomizing every election from 1980 to 2020, and several sleep-deprived hours later, this list was the end result. Clearly, I need to simplify the system to make using it less torturous (the only reason I didn’t give up two elections in was because I am as susceptible to the sunk-cost fallacy as everyone else) and make it more difficult for the country to turn into a dominant-party state, but either way, I thought the results were interesting.

40. Senator (R-NH) Gordon J. Humphrey/Frmr. Senator (R-MD) John Glenn Beall, Jr. (Republican) (1981-1985)
1980 def: President Jimmy Carter/Vice-President Walter Mondale (Democratic)
41. Senator (D-NY) Daniel Patrick Moynihan/Mayor of Minneapolis Donald M. Fraser (Democratic) (1985-1989)
1984 def: President Gordon J. Humphrey/Vice-President John Glenn Beall, Jr. (Republican)
42. Representative (R-MA) Silvio O. Conte/Mayor of Charlotte Sue Myrick (Republican) (1989-1991)
1988 def: President Daniel Patrick Moynihan/Vice-President Donald M. Fraser (Democratic), Activist Russel Means/State Representative (L-AK) Andre Marrou (Libertarian), Activist Lenora Fulani/Psychotherapist Fred Newman (New Alliance)
43. Vice-President Sue Myrick/VACANT (Republican) (1991)
43. President Sue Myrick/Senator (R-KS) Bob Dole (Republican) (1991-1993)
44. Frmr. Governor of California Jerry Brown/Businessman Ross Perot (Democratic) (1993-2001)
1992 def: President Sue Myrick/Vice-President Bob Dole (Republican)
1996 def: Frmr. Vice-President Bob Dole/Senator (R-OK) Jim Inhofe (Republican)
45. Senator (D-VT) Patrick Leahy/Representative (D-WA) Jay Inslee (Democratic) (2001-2009)
2000 def: Senator (R-AZ) John McCain/Representative (R-OR) Greg Walden (Republican), Vice-President Ross Perot/Senator (R-PA) Arlen Specter (Liberty/Libertarian)
2004 def: Actor Tom Cruise/Frmr. Senator (R-MN) Rod Grams (Republican), Activist Ralph Nader/Governor of Nevada Aaron Russo (Liberty)
46. Representative (D-IL) Danny K. Davis/Representative (D-MD) Elijah Cummings (Democratic) (2009-2017)
2008 def: Hawaii Governor Lisa Lingle/Senator (R-ME) Susan Collins (Republican)
2012 def: Senator (R-AK) Lisa Murkowski/Senator (R-TN) Lamar Alexander (Republican), Mayor of Salt Lake City Rocky Anderson/Activist Jill Stein (Liberty), Businessman Michael Bloomberg/Governor of South Carolina Nikki Haley (Independent)
47. Representative (D-MD) Kweisi Mfume/Frmr. Governor of Vermont Howard Dean (Democratic) (2017-2021)
2016 def: Frmr. General Colin Powell/Senator (R-AZ) John McCain (Republican), Actor Keegan-Michael Key/Representative (L-GA) Cynthia McKinney (Liberty)
48. Governor of Florida Dave Bautista/Comedian John Mulaney (Liberty) (2021- )
2020 def: President Kweisi Mfume/Vice-President Howard Dean (Democratic), Mayor of Wichita Jeff Longwell/Representative (R-AK) Don Young (Republican)