A different 1976 with Rockefeller as GOP VP candidate?
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Sir Mohamed
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« on: January 26, 2016, 04:45:27 AM »
If Nelson Rockefeller had remained on the ticket with Gerald Ford in 1976, would the election have gone the same way?
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« Reply #1 on: January 27, 2016, 12:30:27 AM »
Ford might win Ohio and Wisconsin, but he probably loses Oklahoma, Virginia, and New Mexico without Dole.
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« Reply #2 on: January 27, 2016, 12:42:52 AM »

288: Pres. Gerald Ford(R-MI)/Vice Pres. Nelson Rockefeller(R-NY) - 51.9%
250: Fmr. Gov. James Carter(D-GA)/Sen. Russell Long(D-LA) - 46.0%
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« Reply #3 on: January 28, 2016, 09:28:02 AM »
Quote from: Kingpoleon on January 27, 2016, 12:42:52 AM

288: Pres. Gerald Ford(R-MI)/Vice Pres. Nelson Rockefeller(R-NY) - 51.9%
250: Fmr. Gov. James Carter(D-GA)/Sen. Russell Long(D-LA) - 46.0%

Why is Ford doing so much better than he actually did?
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« Reply #4 on: February 06, 2016, 08:36:20 PM »
The GOP's turn right is stalled. In the anti-Nixon mood of the time, Ford picks up OH and HI to earn 270 EVs while still losing the PV 49.5%-48.5%. One faithless WA elector votes for Reagan as in real life, the election gets thrown to the House, and Carter wins. In the reform minded atmosphere of the time, the EC is abolished in favor of national PV.
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