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It's not often remembered, but the election of 1976 was actually a pretty close race. Carter won in the popular vote only by a margin of around 500,000 votes, while Ford won more states (27 to Carter's 23), and if a shift of 25,000 votes had occurred in either Ohio, Wisconsin or Hawaii, Ford would have won. It is very likely if not for the "Soviet domination" blunder in the final televised debate, he would have won.
How do you see history proceeding differently under a second Ford term?
For one, no Reagan era and probably a revival of New Deal-era liberalism under some Democratic President in the 1980s.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but both Carter and Ford were considered 'in the middle'; Carter being the moderate, southern, pro-deregulation Democrat, while Ford was the moderate, northern Republican, which may have put McGovern in the position of voting for the 'lesser of two evils' at the time!
Correct me if I'm wrong, but both Carter and Ford were considered 'in the middle'; Carter being the moderate, southern, pro-deregulation Democrat, while Ford was the moderate, northern Republican, which may have put McGovern in the position of voting for the 'lesser of two evils' at the time!
Yes; correct! Indeed, most of the South actually voted for Jimmy Carter--the Democrat--back in 1976!
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