Camelot Anew, Chapter Two: The Reagan Revolution

[wxtransit]

Alright, since you’re all about to find out anyway: Reagan is this timeline’s Carter.

nooooooooooooo

[DFL]

Alright, since you’re all about to find out anyway: Reagan is this timeline’s Carter.

Now I want a timeline where Carter is OTL Reagan...

[MAINEiac4434]

"Heading into Super Tuesday, Reagan had a commanding lead. There was no question he was gonna win the nominaton. Smith and Lindsay had both left. Thompson was giving Ron headaches, but nothing too bad. The Dems, though, heading into Super Tuesday, were just [expletive] divided."

Senator George McGovern (SD), 31.8%
Vice President Birch Bayh (IN), 28.2%
Former Secretary Vance Hartke (IN), 22.6%
Governor George Wallace (AL), 12.8%
Senator Henry "Scoop" Jackson (WA), 2.1%
Secretary Shirley Chisholm (NY), 1.9%
Uncommitted: 0.6%

"George had kind of been able to score these narrow victories because me and Vance kept splitting the vote - that's why McGovern won Indiana. I was riding high on big wins in Illinois, Pennsylvania and Connecticut, Vance on Wisconsin and Texas, where George Wallace was disqualified from the ballot. But McGovern won big in West Virginia - the biggest win for anyone thus far - and then won Maryland and Michigan, and we felt like he was gonna sweep the nomination. Super Tuesday was here, and he had just scooped up Church's endorsement. By the time the night was over, we had our nominee."

"Thank you Oregon! When this campaign started, no one gave us a chance. But we've fought like hell, and now we stand here, ready to win the Democratic nomination! Not bad for a little boy from South Dakota!"

[Sestak]

Reagan vs. McGovern.

Let's go.

[GoTfan]

Alright, since you’re all about to find out anyway: Reagan is this timeline’s Carter.

Does that mean Carter will be this timeline's Reagan?

[MAINEiac4434]

Alright, since you’re all about to find out anyway: Reagan is this timeline’s Carter.

Does that mean Carter will be this timeline's Reagan?

No, another Democrat emerges in 1980. Someone very near to my heart...

[MRX]

No, another Democrat emerges in 1980. Someone very near to my heart...

Gary Hart?

[Captain Chaos]

No, another Democrat emerges in 1980. Someone very near to my heart...

Gary Hart?

Nah. Probably Ted Kennedy

[MAINEiac4434]

No, another Democrat emerges in 1980. Someone very near to my heart...

Gary Hart?

Nah. Probably Ted Kennedy

Even if you guys guess right I wouldn’t confirm it.

But I love the speculation!

[SamTilden2020]

Since you appear to be a Maine Liberal,

Feel the Ed?

[MAINEiac4434]

Since you appear to be a Maine Liberal,

Feel the Ed?

Good guess. But like I said, even if you did get it, I wouldn't confirm it.

Remember, George Mitchell's in the Senate at this point, too...

[MAINEiac4434]

"We were not afraid of McGovern. Paradoxically, I don't think McGovern was afraid of us. He thought he could wrap himself in Bobby, carry the Kennedy banner forward. We thought because we had a literal actor as our candidate, we could look polished, experienced and presidential before we even got to the White House. The campaign was close. We were afraid it would come down to a couple thousand votes in one state, like California. Before the conventions we were literally neck-and-neck, with a huge number of undecideds."

Gallup poll, July 30, 1976
Who do you support in the 1976 Presidential election?
Senator George McGovern (D-SD): 42.6%
Former Governor Ronald Reagan (R-CA): 42.3%
Other/Undecided: 15.1%

[MAINEiac4434]

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

Alright, since you’re all about to find out anyway: Reagan is this timeline’s Carter.

Never give this crap away!

Anyway, who was the ‘72 nominee?

[MAINEiac4434]

Alright, since you’re all about to find out anyway: Reagan is this timeline’s Carter.

Never give this crap away!

Anyway, who was the ‘72 nominee?

Rockefeller.

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

Alright, since you’re all about to find out anyway: Reagan is this timeline’s Carter.

Never give this crap away!

Anyway, who was the ‘72 nominee?

Rockefeller.

ew

[MAINEiac4434]

Alright, since you’re all about to find out anyway: Reagan is this timeline’s Carter.

Never give this crap away!

Anyway, who was the ‘72 nominee?

Rockefeller.

ew

Barry Goldwater ran as the American Independent candidate and took a decent percentage of the popular vote but won no electoral votes.

[Former Senator Haslam2020]

Yo this is gonna be embarrassing but who's the GOP VP nominee? The Dems is a representative from North Carolina but dang I thought I knew most politicians Bc I'm a geek for this stuff 😂, this is a truly amazing TL tho!

[MAINEiac4434]

Yo this is gonna be embarrassing but who's the GOP VP nominee? The Dems is a representative from North Carolina but dang I thought I knew most politicians Bc I'm a geek for this stuff 😂, this is a truly amazing TL tho!

Ronnie Thompson, Governor of Georgia

So, being the creator of this TL, I made 1974 a small Republican wave. Normally, I would've kept the Georgia gubernatorial election the same. But I became infatuated with the story of Ronnie Thompson, the arch-conservative Republican who lost to George Busbee in 1974. I thought he complimented Reagan nicely, and Thompson's meteoric rise sets him up for a nice fall later on.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_gubernatorial_election,_1974

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronnie_Thompson_(Georgia_politician)

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

You got any a’ those primary maps?

[P. Clodius Pulcher did nothing wrong]

I love when modern politicians like Hillary get cameos here

[MAINEiac4434]

I love when modern politicians like Hillary get cameos here

IRL Hillary and Bill ran McGovern's campaign in Texas, so I'm shouting them out for the McGovern campaign.

[MAINEiac4434]

You got any a’ those primary maps?

Former Governor Ronald Reagan (CA) - 67.82%
Governor Ronnie Thompson (GA) - 20.15%
Former Senator Margaret Chase Smith (ME) - 10.02
Others: 2.01%

Senator George McGovern (SD) - 45.18%
Vice President Birch Bayh (IN) - 21.92%
Former Secretary Vance Hartke (IN) - 19.45%
Governor George Wallace (AL) - 11.78%
Others: 1.67%

[P. Clodius Pulcher did nothing wrong]

Bayh won South Dakota :0

[MAINEiac4434]

Bayh won South Dakota :0

Mistake!