1976: McGovern vs. Ford

[I Am Feeblepizza.]

As requested. My prediction is that Ford wins another landslide:

492 - 46

[Snowstalker Mk. II]

Wallace probably runs a third-party candidacy, and despite now being handicapped pulls off wins in Mississippi and Alabama. McGovern appeals to some Northern liberals who disliked Carter's southern populism, and he wins the states you gave him, minus WI and plus NY and SD.

[I Am Feeblepizza.]

Wallace probably runs a third-party candidacy, and despite now being handicapped pulls off wins in Mississippi and Alabama. McGovern appeals to some Northern liberals who disliked Carter's southern populism, and he wins the states you gave him, minus WI and plus NY and SD.

Would Wallace be able to recapture the momentum he got in 1968? Could he win all of his 1968 states plus Tennessee, the Carolina's, and others?

[Snowstalker Mk. II]

Nah. MS and AL at most.

On the other hand, if he focuses on an anti-corruption platform, he could attract more populist voters.

[Liberalrocks]

Gerald Ford           472            58%
George McGovern   66             40%
Others                                       2%

[Pingvin]

Altough McGovern could ran a ''I-told-you-bro'' style campaign.

[I Am Feeblepizza.]

Altough McGovern could ran a ''I-told-you-bro'' style campaign.

Although that type of rhetoric would seem appealing, the rest of his platform would still be far too liberal for the "Silent Majority". Ford can still peg him as the "amnesty, acid, and abortion" candidate.