1980 Re-Match (Ford vs. Carter)

[Oswald Acted Alone, You Kook]

Reagan decides not to run, so Ford jumps in and wins the nomination.

How does it go?

[I Am Feeblepizza.]

Personally, I don't believe that Anderson would run. One of the major reasons he ran IRL was because Reagan was too conservative. In all likelihood, he would have been happy with Ford, who was much more moderate.

Those feelings aside, Ford would still win a Reagan-like landslide because of Carter's shear unpopularity. Anderson would due maybe half as well as he did IRL because of Ford's centrism / likelihood of victory.

[republicanism]

Just a shot in the dark...

[Liberalrocks]

Ford beats Carter in a landslide.

Carter may hold onto a few more southern states then the Reagan scenario but Ford would still best him by over 380- 400 electoral votes.

Actually this would have been interesting to see. I doubt the Christian Right would have had such a strong influence in a Ford administration. Ford was much more moderate socially then Reagan.

I was a Gerald Ford fan.

["'Oeps!' De blunders van Rick Perry Indicted"]

Ford would do worse in the South, better in the North (aside from Mass) than Reagan.

[Thomas D]

Ford 417-121

[I Am Feeblepizza.]

Ford would do worse in the South, better in the North (aside from Mass) than Reagan.

This.

[HuckReagan]

Ford/Reagan 427 electoral votes

Carter/ Mondale  111 electoral votes

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

Ford/Reagan 427 electoral votes

Carter/ Mondale  111 electoral votes

Would Reagan have accepted being VP? I can see Ford choosing someone like Laxalt as a consolation prize, but I don't think Reagan'd agree to be VP.

[🐒Gods of Prosperity🔱🐲💸]

444-94

[Oswald Acted Alone, You Kook]

Just wondering, is there a (good) Timeline of this?

[HuckReagan]

Gerald Ford/ John Heinz ...368   electoral votes 

Carter/Muskie/...  170 electoral votes

Edmund  Muskie was  a popular man in the Northeastern states. Also a lack of a strong conservative on the ticket greatly helps Carter in the south.   

[Liberalrocks]

Gerald Ford   450
Jimmy Carter   88

The Carolinas could go eithier way in a rematch but I gave them to Ford here. I think Carter would hold onto more of the evangelical vote in a rematch with Ford then he did with Reagan. However to balance I believe Ford would carry more moderates and John Anderson voters then Reagan did (in 1980) However this would not net him anymore states as Reagan himself swept these states. However a Ford candidacy may carry stronger margins in the "blue" states.

[NHI]

447-91