Ted Kennedy wins the presidency in 1980: What would it be like?

Nuclear freeze. With Reagan as POTUS in OTL, Kennedy pushed for a nuclear freeze and blamed Reagan's nuclear build-up (which actually started under Carter) for increased tensions.

As I posted in the 'Better USSR' thread, US really didn't have an increase in overall weapon numbers, but with more capable and survivable weapons.
Reagan's real legacy was with continuing Carter's Conventional buildup on land, and for really upsizing the USN
 
[2] 58% supported some sort of guaranteed minimum income in the late 70s OTL. Without Reagan's shifting the conversation, combined with 4 more years of Ford to hurt the GOP brand and by extension conservatism, yeah it happens.

Nixon tried to get that going on his 1st term, but then you know, re-election worries let to Watergate
 
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