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Gerald Ford / Bob Dole (R) 49.1%, 284EV Jimmy Carter / Walter Mondale (D) 49%, 254EV
As we all know, Gerald Ford was reelected President by a very slim popular vote margin. He would take the blame for the recession, as well as the communist takeover of Iran.
Henry M. Jackson / Reubin Askew (D) 53.2%, 340 EV Ronald W. Reagan / Howard Baker (R) 45.5%, 198 EV
While Reagan was an outsider, did well in debates, and got a strong rebound afterwards, he was ultimately defeated by Henry M. Jackson, despite winning a few Southern states that Carter won in 1976, while Jackson carried some other Southern states by a popular vote margin of less than 2%.
What if Carter won the election instead? How would he have handled things? How would he try to save the Iranian regime, and fix the economy? Would Carter get re-elected in 1980, or he would be outsed by Reagan in TTL? Would moderate Republicans try to challenge the frontrunner status of Reagan in 1980 after he almost defeated Ford in 1976? Would we see moderate Republicans including Anderson and Weicker crossing the floor to endorse the Democratic nominee like in OTL?
OOC: No change before 1975 allowed, don't give me nonsense like Ford was elected on his own right in 1972.