1980 if Carter retired

[President Johnson]

Ted Kennedy would never have won the Democratic nomination. I think Edmund Muskie would have been the nominee instead of Carter. He would have done better, but still lose.

Taking Anderson out of the race, I could see a result like this:



✓ Former Governor Ronald W. Reagan (R-CA)/Former CIA Director George Herbert Walker Bush (R-TX): 363 EV. (51.75%)
Secretary of State Edmund Sixtus Muskie (D-ME)/Senator Wendell Ford (D-KY): 175 EV. (45.19%)