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IOTL, after winning the Republican nomination for president in 1980, Ronald Reagan actually considered having Gerald Ford as his running mate. He even tried negotiating with Ford to get him on the ticket, but the negotiations failed, and Reagan ended up choosing George Bush as his running mate. So, WI negotiations had gone well and Ronald Reagan chose Gerald Ford as his running mate? My guess is that there would have been some controversy over a former president being nominated for vice president, but otherwise, the Reagan/Ford ticket would probably have won, due to Carter's unpopularity. So what would have happened if Gerald Ford was elected vice president in 1980? Would he have been kept in the administration in 1984? Would Ford run for election in his own right to the presidency in 1988?
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