Who would had you voted for in the 1976 Republican primaries?

[NOT gonna be banned soon]

This is a follow-up to the "Who would have you voted for in the 1976 Democratic Primaries?" (FYI: Church won).

So heres the follow up. I would had voted for Reagan.

[Mr. Smith]

Ford

[Unconditional Surrender Truman]

Ford, as thanks for supporting the ERA.

[NOT gonna be banned soon]

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[President of the great nation of 🏳️‍⚧️]

Not a Republican, but

Ford, as thanks for supporting the ERA.

[OSR stands with Israel]

Ronald Reagan

[Clark Kent]

Ronald Reagan

[Figueira]

I wouldn't have, but Ford.

[Gog]

I would have been a democrat, but had I been a Republican, it would have been ford. He wasn't horrible.

[NeverAgain]

Strategically, Reagan so he gets crushed and no "Reagan Revolution".

Legitimately Ford (Sane).

[ElectionsGuy]

Ronald Reagan

[Attorney General, LGC Speaker, and Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Reagan.

Strategically, Reagan so he gets crushed and no "Reagan Revolution".

Uh, Ford almost won even with the Nixon pardon thing. Reagan would have won the general.

[Phony Moderate]

Reagan.

Strategically, Reagan so he gets crushed and no "Reagan Revolution".

Uh, Ford almost won even with the Nixon pardon thing. Reagan would have won the general.

Reagan's appeal in 1980 was that he offered a change of direction from the seeming decline of America. In 1976 Carter had that appeal and Reagan was seen as a right-wing demagogue. Reagan would have had about as much chance in '76 as Jack Kennedy would have had in '56.

[President Johnson]

Enthusiastically for Gerald Ford (primary and general). The last great president of the GOP.

[Mr. Smith]

Reagan.

Strategically, Reagan so he gets crushed and no "Reagan Revolution".

Uh, Ford almost won even with the Nixon pardon thing. Reagan would have won the general.

Reagan's appeal in 1980 was that he offered a change of direction from the seeming decline of America. In 1976 Carter had that appeal and Reagan was seen as a right-wing demagogue. Reagan would have had about as much chance in '76 as Jack Kennedy would have had in '56.

He was seen as right-wing demagogue in '80 too, but too many fools took drank the Gene McCarthy juice and said "well, smooth-talking demagogue is still better than stubborn and squishy moderate".


And Reagan in '76 could have used "outsider" appeal AND tried to play the experience card (since he was a two-term governor...but Carter was a State Senator). He could've easily still been the change of direction anyway and outdone Carter in the debates.

Hate to say it, but the People's Park Butcher was inevitable regardless of Ford losing the primary, Ford being re-elected, or how things turned out.

[beaver2.0]

Ford.

[Kingpoleon]

Enthusiastically for Gerald Ford (primary and general). The last great president of the GOP.

[NOT gonna be banned soon]

Reagan.

Strategically, Reagan so he gets crushed and no "Reagan Revolution".

Uh, Ford almost won even with the Nixon pardon thing. Reagan would have won the general.

Reagan's appeal in 1980 was that he offered a change of direction from the seeming decline of America. In 1976 Carter had that appeal and Reagan was seen as a right-wing demagogue. Reagan would have had about as much chance in '76 as Jack Kennedy would have had in '56.

He was seen as right-wing demagogue in '80 too, but too many fools took drank the Gene McCarthy juice and said "well, smooth-talking demagogue is still better than stubborn and squishy moderate".


And Reagan in '76 could have used "outsider" appeal AND tried to play the experience card (since he was a two-term governor...but Carter was a State Senator). He could've easily still been the change of direction anyway and outdone Carter in the debates.

Hate to say it, but the People's Park Butcher was inevitable regardless of Ford losing the primary, Ford being re-elected, or how things turned out.

There is no Carter, only Church.

[Mr. Smith]

Reagan.

Strategically, Reagan so he gets crushed and no "Reagan Revolution".

Uh, Ford almost won even with the Nixon pardon thing. Reagan would have won the general.

Reagan's appeal in 1980 was that he offered a change of direction from the seeming decline of America. In 1976 Carter had that appeal and Reagan was seen as a right-wing demagogue. Reagan would have had about as much chance in '76 as Jack Kennedy would have had in '56.

He was seen as right-wing demagogue in '80 too, but too many fools took drank the Gene McCarthy juice and said "well, smooth-talking demagogue is still better than stubborn and squishy moderate".


And Reagan in '76 could have used "outsider" appeal AND tried to play the experience card (since he was a two-term governor...but Carter was a State Senator). He could've easily still been the change of direction anyway and outdone Carter in the debates.

Hate to say it, but the People's Park Butcher was inevitable regardless of Ford losing the primary, Ford being re-elected, or how things turned out.

There is no Carter, only Church.

I was treating this like an IRL thing, not an ATL.

Even with Church, Reagan could peg him as an insider and possibly win on that even in '76.

[Illiniwek]

Ford early, Ford often.

[RogueBeaver]

Ronald Reagan

[RINO Tom]

Ford at the time, but I would not have been that turned off by Reagan either.  However, 1980s Reagan > 1976 Reagan.

[Higgs]

Ronald Reagan

[Sir Mohamed]

Ford, easily.

[Maxwell]

Not a huge Ford fan, but better than Wacky Reagan.