1976 after Nixon completes his second term

[President Johnson]

I honestly think a Republican would narrowly have won a third term, most likely John Conally, who Nixon wanted as his successor. However, with the late 1970s malaise and unsolved challenges at home and abroad, he's completely DOA in 1980.



✓ Former Treasury Secretary John Conally (R-TX)/Senator Robert J. Dole (R-KS): 284 EV. (49.11%)
Senator Henry M. Jackson (D-WA)/Representative Mo Udall (D-AZ): 254 EV. (48.25%)

[President Johnson]

Ted Kennedy would have been the nominee.  Jimmy Carter was planning 1976 way back in 1972 and would have maneuvered himself onto the ticket one way or another as the "New South" candidate.

I'm basing my scenario as Ford replacing Agnew and defeating Reagan in a less contentious race. 

I doubt Ford would have run in 1976, if he wasn't president already. He would have served ended his political career after the vice presidency in 1977. The only was I see him running is in a deadlocked convention as a compromise candidate.