1884: Garfield survived

[Blow by blow, the passion dies]

If James Garfield survived his assassination attempt and ran for reelection, would he win? There was massive Republican fatigue, but Garfield was mostly honest and competent

[Whale Psychiatrist]

The Garfield presidency is one of my favourite what-ifs. I have to wonder if Cleveland and the Bourbon Democrats would have still been successful afterwards or if Garfield would have managed a proto-Progressive coalition by supporting civil rights even in the aftermath of the end of reconstruction.

[CentristRepublican]

He would've probably won in 1884 given how weak Blaine was and how much baggage he had (and the fact that Blaine still lost by a hair). Garfield seems like he would have been quite an average president, probably quite a bit like his VP, Chester Arthur, turned out to be.