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George McGovern was initially a Republican before switching to the Henry Wallace Progressive Party in '48 and before eventually becoming a Democrat after being disillusioned with the Progressives because of the influence of the CP within the party in the late 1940s.
What if McGovern never makes the switch from Republican to Progressive, and instead stays a (most likely socially liberal and fiscally conservative) Republican?