1976: RFK/Carter vs. Ford/Dole
       |           

Welcome, Guest. Please login or register.
Did you miss your activation email?
May 25, 2024, 04:43:06 PM
News: Election Simulator 2.0 Released. Senate/Gubernatorial maps, proportional electoral votes, and more - Read more

  Talk Elections
  Presidential Elections - Analysis and Discussion
  Election What-ifs?
  Past Election What-ifs (US) (Moderator: Dereich)
  1976: RFK/Carter vs. Ford/Dole		 « previous next »
Pages: [1]
Author Topic: 1976: RFK/Carter vs. Ford/Dole  (Read 5421 times)
Thomas D
YaBB God
*****
Posts: 4,045
United States


Political Matrix
E: -2.84, S: -6.61

Show only this user's posts in this thread
« on: January 22, 2011, 11:46:58 AM »
RFK doesn't run for President in 1968. He stays in the Senate and every thing else happens as it did in RL.

I'm interested in what some of you think would have happend in 1976 if the Democratic ticket didn't have a southerner at the top of it.
Logged
Thomas D
YaBB God
*****
Posts: 4,045
United States


Political Matrix
E: -2.84, S: -6.61

Show only this user's posts in this thread
« Reply #1 on: January 22, 2011, 11:54:15 AM »


RFK 291-247
Logged
hcallega
Jr. Member
***
Posts: 1,523
United States


Political Matrix
E: -1.10, S: -3.90

Show only this user's posts in this thread
« Reply #2 on: January 22, 2011, 01:22:03 PM »
Ford was totally inept. He made the election close because Carter was a horrible campaigner in his own right once the general election began. Comments like lust in his heart hurt him greatly.


Robert F. Kennedy/James Carter (D): 55% of the PV 385 EVs
Gerald R. Ford/Robert Dole (R): 43% of the PV153 EVs
Logged
RogueBeaver
Atlas Star
*****
Posts: 20,058
Canada
Show only this user's posts in this thread
« Reply #3 on: February 05, 2011, 09:43:40 PM »
A more likely choice for VP would be Bentsen, but yeah, that's how it would turn out.
Logged
Dancing with Myself
tb75
YaBB God
*****
Posts: 4,941
United States


Show only this user's posts in this thread
« Reply #4 on: February 10, 2011, 07:16:31 AM »


Kennedy/Carter-288
Ford/Dole-250

Ford does not do as good because Kennedy was a better campaigner, and wins the south except for three states.
Logged
Napoleon
Atlas Icon
*****
Posts: 14,892


Show only this user's posts in this thread
« Reply #5 on: April 03, 2011, 09:33:45 PM »
Quote from: RogueBeaver on February 05, 2011, 09:43:40 PM
A more likely choice for VP would be Bentsen, but yeah, that's how it would turn out.

I don't know, I think Bentesen would draw too many parallels to LBJ, and we already have a Kennedy at the top of the ticket.
Logged
NHI
Junior Chimp
*****
Posts: 6,140


Show only this user's posts in this thread
« Reply #6 on: April 05, 2011, 07:05:15 AM »


D: 273
R: 265

...1980


R: 434
D: 104
Logged
MAINEiac4434
Junior Chimp
*****
Posts: 8,269
France


Political Matrix
E: -7.42, S: -8.78

Show only this user's posts in this thread
« Reply #7 on: May 31, 2011, 05:25:19 PM »
Kennedy romps Ford. No doubt about it.


Democrats: Robert F. Kennedy (NY)/Jimmy Carter (GA) - 304
Republicans: Gerald Ford (MI)/Bob Dole (KS) - 234
Logged
Liberté
Jr. Member
***
Posts: 707
Show only this user's posts in this thread
« Reply #8 on: May 31, 2011, 05:39:57 PM »


Kennedy/Carter - 289
Ford/Dole - 249

A weird amalgamation of 1960 and 1968 results in a narrow win for Bobby Kennedy.
Logged
Pages: [1]  
« previous next »
Jump to:  


Login with username, password and session length

Terms of Service - DMCA Agent and Policy - Privacy Policy and Cookies

Powered by SMF 1.1.21 | SMF © 2015, Simple Machines

Page created in 0.228 seconds with 13 queries.