# Jeb Wins Jeb Wins, also known as Jeb Bush Flawless Victory, is a photoshopped electoral college map showing Jeb Bush grinning in front of a 538-vote clean sweep. An anonymous 4chan user uploaded the first edit on September 11, 2016, and by election night redditors were posting it to /r/dankmemes with over 23,000 upvotes. The format later became an exploitable with Waluigi and Sonic Mania variants. ## Origin Jeb Bush held a town hall in Windham, New Hampshire on February 1, 2016, where he criticized Donald Trump and courted undecided Republican voters[1]. Chip Somodevilla's Getty frame from that event supplied the base image[11]. An anonymous 4chan user uploaded the first known Jeb Wins edit to /pol/ on September 11, 2016, placing a 538-vote sweep behind Bush[2]. Three days later a /r/The_Donald user cross-posted the edit under 'Pack it in lads, we have lost the race,' earning 68 upvotes before deleting their account[3]. - **Platform:** 4chan /pol/ / Reddit (viral spread) - **Creator:** Unknown - **Date:** 2016 ## Overview The image centers on a photo shot by Getty's Chip Somodevilla at a February 2016 town hall, cropped tight on Bush mid-speech with his hand raised like a victory gesture[11]. In the edit, a US electoral map behind him glows one solid color while a scoreboard shows Bush with every electoral vote and his opponent with zero. Humor hinges on the gap between the fantasy sweep and Bush's actual run, which ended on February 20, 2016 after a fourth-place New Hampshire finish[4]. Jeb Wins variations either replace the map, as in UK and French editions, or replace Bush entirely with a cartoon character or video game mascot[9]. ## How to Use Users typically replace the US map behind the cropped Bush photo with a different territory, such as the UK or France, while leaving the lopsided scoreboard intact[7]. Exploitable edits replace Bush himself with a cartoon character or video game mascot while preserving the pose and flawless-victory layout[9]. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What is Jeb Wins? Jeb Wins is a photoshopped electoral college map showing Jeb Bush celebrating a 538-vote sweep that never happened[2]. The format later became an exploitable template, with Bush replaced by characters like Waluigi[9]. ### Where did Jeb Wins come from? The source photo was taken by Chip Somodevilla for Getty at a February 1, 2016 town hall in New Hampshire[1]. An anonymous 4chan user posted the first edit to /pol/ on September 11, 2016[2]. ### What does Jeb Wins mean? The humor contrasts Bush's real 2016 run, which he suspended in February after finishing fourth in New Hampshire, with a fake map crediting him with every electoral vote[4]. Posters use it to joke about absurd election outcomes[7]. ### How do you use Jeb Wins? Users typically replace the US map behind Bush with a different territory, such as the UK or France[7]. Exploitable versions replace Bush himself with another character while preserving the clean-sweep layout[9]. ### Is Jeb Wins still popular? Peak activity came during the 2016 US election and the 2017 UK and French elections[5][7]. It is now regarded as a classic 2016 political meme, with exploitable edits documented through 2017[10]. ## References 1. [https://www.c-span.org/video/?402229-1/presidential-candidate-jeb-bush-town-hall-meeting-windham-hampshire]() 2. [https://archive.4plebs.org/pol/thread/88453897/#88455716]() 3. [https://www.reddit.com/r/The_Donald/comments/52qtpt/pack_it_in_lads_we_have_lost_the_race/]() 4. [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/jeb-wins-jeb-bush-flawless-victory]() 5. [https://www.reddit.com/r/dankmemes/comments/5btgto/leaked_results_of_tonights_election/]() 6. [https://www.reddit.com/r/teenagers/comments/5bzcxq/the_results_are_in_behold_your_new_president/]() 7. [https://web.archive.org/web/20170421171919/https://www.reddit.com/r/The_Donald/comments/66ort2/while_no_one_was_looking_jeb_sneaked_in_and_stole/]() 8. [https://www.reddit.com/r/The_Donald/comments/69v62g/how_i_predict_frances_votes_after_the_recount/]() 9. [https://www.reddit.com/r/dankmemes/comments/5bvkms/actual_leaked_election_results/]() 10. [https://thequebecninja.tumblr.com/post/164228174261/tfw-sonic-mania-manages-to-get-9s-and-10s-on-every]() 11. [https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/editorial-images/news/event/jeb-bush-holds-town-hall-in-new-hampshire/602902283]() --- Source: https://meme.com/memes/jeb-wins-jeb-bush-flawless-victory Published by meme.com — The Internet Meme Library