WI: Jimmy Carter scrapes through against George Bush

Even less of one. Reagan's image as a right-wing radical hurt him considerably. With Bush, there will be no such image, so I can see him holding a considerable lead over Carter and ultimately win.
 
So how would George Bush's first term look like?, it would be obviously less right-wing than the OTL and taxes wouldn't be lowered to the extent they were and the 1982 recession wouldn't happen?
 
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