OTOH, Reagan will have been assassinated by a complete nut (instead of a commie or a terrorist) with a fixation for Jodie Foster and the midterms would be over one and a half years away, so the assassination may have only a minimal effect. The right-wing can't exactly call for a jihad on Jodie Foster, now can they?
True, but who would replace him?
True, but who would replace him?
Er, what do you mean? As VP, Bush would automatically replace Reagan and serve out the rest of his term. Most likely he would be the GOP nominee in 1984.
The affect on the mid-terms would be fairly minimal, it happened at the beginning of Reagan's term.
I can't see how Bush could lose in 1984 if the economy remains in the same state as it did IOTL-but I agree with whoever said his margin of election will be narrower than the one Reagan received.
Wonder who Bush's Veep will be? It'll have to be a conservative, given Bush's fairly moderate policies.
I think the dems would win the 1988 election here in all likelyhood-they were ahead in the opening stages of the 88 campaign IOTL after all.