1980: Jimmy Carter vs. Ronald Reagan vs. George Wallace

[White Trash]

Carter and Reagan run against each other just like OTL. Wallace decides to give the presidency one more shot and runs on a populist, non-segregationist (He had given this up in the 70s OTL). His running mate is Scoop Jackson, who swings over from the Democratic party due to disagreements on foreign policy.

[Kingpoleon]

413: Reagan/Ford(50.5%)
75: Carter/Graham(32.1%)
50: Wallace/Jackson(17.0%)
Others: 0.4%

Wallace files in NC, the Deep South, WV, MD, MA, MN, RI, WA, AK, and HI. Washington, Alaska, and Hawaii he wins in part due to endorsements from Fong and Gravel, alongside those being the states Jackson campaigned in the most. Carter takes a turn for the Centre-left in Massachusetts and Rhode Island, where Kennedy rallies the base for him. Reagan makes a play more for blacks in MD, never giving the Philadelphia, MS speech. The pick of Ford helps to secure his gains in the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic.

Carter depicts himself as a centrist populist on economics, a right-tilting populist on social issues, and a staunch left-libertarian non-interventionist in the three debates.

[Orthogonian Society Treasurer]

Former Governor Ronald Reagan/Former CIA Director George Bush - 486 EV
President James Carter/Vice President Walter Mondale -43 EV
Former Governor George Wallace/Senator Scoop Jackson - 9 EV

[White Trash]

My prediction.

Ronald Reagan/George H.W. Bush 363 EVs
Jimmy Carter/Walter Mondale 136 EVs
George Wallace/Scoop Jackson 39 EVs