While on campaign stop in Nashville, Tennessee during the 1980 election, President Jimmy Carter was shot by the infamous John Warnock Hinckley, Jr. and Carter died soon after, with Walter Mondale replacing him as president and on the Democratic ticket in November, going on to lose in an almost fifty-state sweep, winning only Minnesota.
Modern historians and pollsters suggest had Carter recovered, he likely would've defeated Reagan, but conservatives claim Carter would've been defeated and any claims to the contrary are a whitewash.
(ooc: Try not to role-play too much here, guys, don't make me regret this one.
OTL basis - Carter was trailed by Hinckley for months before Reagan won and became his new target. Hinckley was arrested with a firearm in Nashville while doing so.)
Modern historians and pollsters suggest had Carter recovered, he likely would've defeated Reagan, but conservatives claim Carter would've been defeated and any claims to the contrary are a whitewash.
(ooc: Try not to role-play too much here, guys, don't make me regret this one.
OTL basis - Carter was trailed by Hinckley for months before Reagan won and became his new target. Hinckley was arrested with a firearm in Nashville while doing so.)
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