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The POD is Reagan narrowly defeats President Ford in the New Hampshire Republican Primary, as he almost did in OTL, and goes on to just barely win the GOP nomination. In the general election he faces Jimmy Carter. But unlike in 1980, Reagan will be running to succeed a Republican President and Carter is a generally well liked fresh face in American politics. Nonetheless Reagan is a bit younger and just as much a persuasive speaker. Under these circumstances, who wins the election?
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