DBWI: Jimmy Carter survives assassination attempt.

On May 5th, 1979, while President Jimmy Carter was giving a speech at the Civic Center Mall in Los Angeles, a man by the name of Raymond Lee Harvey shot three point blanks at Carter, mortally wounding him. He later died five days later, with Vice President Walter Mondale becoming president shortly after.

Now, what would have happened if somehow, the assassination attempt failed?
 
I don't think much'd be different. Carter may be martyr'd among modern liberals worse than Kennedy, but that doesn't contradict the facts that he couldn't get a single thing down with Democratic majorities in both Houses of Congress. Ronald Reagan wiped the floor with Mondale, and he would've wiped the floor with Carter as well.
 
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