D.B.W.I. Ford Decides to run in 76?

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IN 1976 President Ford decided to not run in 1976,what if he had a change of heart and decided to run?
 
Reagan would still beat him and lose to carter, given how unpopular Ford was and how strong Reagan and the hardliners were in the GOP. His primary victories were landslides, not even Ford could reverse that. However, the GOP could go down much worse than the narrow defeat IOTL, if they are more divided. This could alter the Carter presidency, but either way, Bush probably still beats baker and Dole and ends carter's presidency. I doubt that this PoD will make much difference.
 
Reagan would still beat him and lose to carter, given how unpopular Ford was and how strong Reagan and the hardliners were in the GOP. His primary victories were landslides, not even Ford could reverse that. However, the GOP could go down much worse than the narrow defeat IOTL, if they are more divided. This could alter the Carter presidency, but either way, Bush probably still beats baker and Dole and ends carter's presidency. I doubt that this PoD will make much difference.

Could Ford have even run as a Republican? I was only six at the time but I was under the impression that he was essentially told by the party bosses that he was to it put in bluntly not allowed to run. Yeah, he could have run but would anyone in the party have supported him? It's kind of like the whole tree falling in the forest with no one there to hear bit. If Ford runs and the Republican Party refuses to acknowledge it, is he still a Republican?

For him to run in 76 it would have had to have been as an Independent. He probably would have gotten enough votes for the Republicans to claim that he cost Reagan the election making him even more despised by his own party. That is kind of ironic because I have heard from Republicans and Democrats that as a person he was a really good guy.
 
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