Here are my entries in madcapschemes.com‘s first political contest of 2024:

Republican presidential nominee: Donald Trump

GOP vice presidential nominee: Tim Scott

Democratic presidential nominee: Joe Biden

Democratic vice presidential nominee: Kamala Harris

If you think your political prophecy is better than mine, then enter this charitable event. If you do better than my choices, then I contribute to a non-political charity of your choice. You lose, you contribute to a charity of my choice.

Your entries are due before 3 p.m. PST January 15, 2024, when the freeze-your-asses-off Iowa caucuses take place.

The madcapschemes winner(s) will be picked on August 22 after the Democratic Convention ends. The candidates picked then will win the contest here at madcapschemes.com. No matter what happens before Election Day (revolution, deaths, illness, I have better things to do, etc), our winner will be those candidates selected in August — no matter what happens before Election Day on Nov. 5, 2024. (We will start a new contest then.)

Fill out your ballots and send them in a comment as a list (1. Wendell Willkie 2. Charles McNary 3. Al Smith 4. Joe T. Robinson).

Anyone who beats my selections can name a charity that I will donate to. The donation amount will depend on how many entries we get. If we tie — all end up with the same selections – there will be a general call to donate to the charity you would have chosen. Amount up to you.

 Follow the campaign: https://www.270towin.com/2024-presidential-election-calendar/

And please vote in the real world.

All “corners” welcomed here as per Maureen Dowd in The New York Times:

“… somehow social media, which was touted as an engine of connectivity, has left us disconnected and often lonely, not to mention combative. We’re all in our corners. We understand one another less than ever and have less desire to try.”