No Watergate, No Jimmy Carter Presidency

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After deciding not to order the break in at the Watergate, Richard Nixon cruised to a landslide victory in the 1972 Presidential Election over Senator George McGovern.
Nixon had many successes in the domestic and foreign front:
•   The Vietnam War ended in a victory for the US Forces. The President made the decision to nuclear bomb the strong points of the communist military forces. Despite Victory, the President must still continue to slowly gain the public’s respect back lost during the war.
•   President Nixon continued to develop better relations with China and the USSR. Nixon has kept his eye on the Middle East due to growing tensions between several different countries in the region.
•   President Nixon passed a compressive health care plan, with help from congressional leaders in both parties including Surprisingly Ted Kennedy.
•   Inflation and the deficit however is the main domestic issue after Health Care. Despite cutting taxes for the two lower classes, and a large increase in taxes for the higher classes led to small decreases for both.
•   Vice President Spiro Agnew resigned due to income tax fraud. President Nixon chose former Secretary of the Treasury John Connally as his new VP.


Despite all of the troubles and successes Nixon Is regarded as a good president with his current approval rating of 60%. But the election is looking to be an interesting one for the first time since 1968.
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Unemployment is at Rl's 1975-1976 level. As for the Nukes, Nixon decided the hell with it and just nuked them.

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January 25th, 1976: With both the Democratic and Republican Primaries two days away and no clear front runner the Iowa caucus is wide open. The real surprise is Senator Ted Kennedy’s entry into the race, but not registering for the Iowa caucus, instead signing up for the New Hampshire Primary.

Democratic Candidates:
Senator Ted Kennedy
Governor Jerry Brown
Governor George Wallace
Senator Henry “Scoop” Jackson

Republican Candidates:
Vice President John Conally
Former Governor Ronald Reagan
Governor Nelson Rockefeller



Coming Up: Iowa Caucus

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January 27th, 1976: Iowa Caucus for both Parties
Democratic: Jerry Brown 41%
Frank Church 31%
George Wallace 27%

Despite Ted Kennedy not entering the Iowa caucus, voters turned out. And in an upset, Governor Jerry Brown wins due to his outsider status, even though Frank Church gave him a battle. George Wallace was not even a contender, but he did get a good chunk of votes.


Governor Jerry Brown, winner of Iowa Caucus

Republican: Ronald Reagan 29%
John Conally 28%
Nelson Rockefeller 23%
Harold Stassen 20%

Former Governor Reagan pulled out a upset over Vice President Conally due to heavy campaigning from Governor Reagan, and hardly no campaigning from Conally

January 1976 in News:

President Nixon announces a plan to convert the United States to the Metric System
The Philadelphia Flyers beat the Soviet Red Army Hockey team in an exhibition game
The Pittsburgh Steelers beat The Dallas Cowboys in Super Bowl 10


Up Next: The NH primaries

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Febuary 24th, 1976: New Hampshire Primaries
Democratic: Ted Kennedy 50%
Jerry Brown 20%
Scoop Jackson 20%
George Wallace 10%

After skipping the Iowa caucus, and instead focusing on the next two primaries Ted Kennedy wins in a landslide.

Republican: Nelson Rockefeller 40%
John Conally 39%
Ronald Reagan 21%

Nelson Rockefeller wins a close primary over Vice President Conally.

February 1976 in News:
The 1976 Winter Olympics is held
Cuba adopts a new constitution
Two pieces of Legislation are passed: The Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act and
The Government in the Sunshine Act
Up Next: The next two primaries

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It brought a end to the war, which made the public happy.

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Like  is said earlier, Nixon said to hell with this war and nuked Vietnam. The only one pissed was the USSR, but after getting ready to bomb them, they agreed to diplomatic relations, and stopped the conflict before it started.

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March 2nd 1976: More primaries

 Mass Democratic Primary: Ted Kennedy 80%
The win was no surprise due to this being Kennedy’s home state.

Mass Republican: Nelson Rockefeller 50%
It was close at first, but Rockefeller pulled it off. The real battle was for second in which the vice president won.

Vermont Democratic Primary( No Delegates at stake): Ted Kennedy 50%
Vermont Republican Primary( No Delegates at stake):  Nelson Rockefeller 50%

The two Vermont primaries are beauty contests,  in which no delegates are given. Both of the primaries turned out to be close ones.
Washington Democratic Primaries: Jerry Brown 65%
The primary was a  great one for Jerry Brown’s campaign.

Washington Republican primary: Ronald Reagan 60%
The Victory was also a great one for Reagan’s campaign.

Republican Map:

Democratic Map:

March 1976 news:

After two mining explosions in Kentucky, President Nixon urges that Congress passes new safety laws for miners.

Harold Wilson resigns as England's Prime Minster

Rubin "Hurricane" Carter is retried in New Jersey

Patty Hurst is found guilty of armed robbery

The Tronto Blue jays are created.

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Rest of Primaries from March:

Hawaii Democratic: Jerry Brown 30%
South Carolina Republican: John Conally 40%
Wyoming Democratic: Ted Kennedy 50%
Florida Democratic: George Wallace 60%
Florida Republican: John Conally 50%
Illinois Democratic: Ted Kennedy 60%
Illinois Republican: Nelson Rockefeller 50%
Kansas Republican: John Conally 60%
Connecticut Republican: Nelson Rockefeller 60%
North Carolina Democratic: George Wallace 65%
North Carolina Republican: Ronald Reagan 40%
Mississippi Republican Primaries: John Conally 60%
Maine Republican: Nelson Rockefeller 70%

Democratic Map:

Republican Map:

Coming Up: April Primaries

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April primaries:

Kansas Democratic Winner: Ted Kennedy 50%
Virginia Democratic Winner: George Wallace 60%
Oklahoma Republican: John Conally 65%
New York Democratic: Jerry Brown 41%- Jerry Brown pulls out the upset of the primary season, over favorite Ted Kennedy. This is due to low turnout.
New York Republican: Nelson Rockefeller 80%- No surprise due to being his home state.
Wisconsin Democratic: Jerry Brown 50%
Wisconsin Republican: Ronald Reagan 60%
Missouri Republican: Ronald Reagan 50%
Missouri Democratic: Ted Kennedy 60%
New Mexico Democratic: Jerry Brown 50%
Arizona Democratic: Jerry Brown 50%
New Mexico Republican: John Conally 50%
North Dakota Democratic: Ted Kennedy 69%
Pennsylvania Democratic: Ted Kennedy 65%
Pennsylvania Republican:  Ronald Reagan 50%

April 1976:
Apple Computer Company is founded
James Callaghan becomes England’s new Prime Minister
The Ramones record their first album

Democratic Map:

Republican Map:

UP Next: May Primaries

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The element of surprise is what i am going for in this TL.

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Current Delegate Counts:

Democratic:  Kennedy- 667
                      Brown- 485
                      Wallace- 288

Republican: Conally- 240
                     Reagan- 380
                     Rockefeller- 392

On the democratic Side, Ted Kennedy is leading, but Jerry brown is surprising a lot of people with his outsider image, and his surprising delegate total
On the Republican Side, despite not winning any of the prior primaries, Nelson Rockefeller is leading, but Reagan and Connally is fighting for delegates.

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May Primaries:

Louisiana democratic: George Wallace 70%
North Dakota republican: John Conally 55%
Texas democratic: George Wallace 40%
Texas republican: John Conally 70%
Colorado democratic: Jerry Brown 50%
Colorado republican: John Conally 60%
Alabama democratic: George Wallace 80%
Alabama republican: John Conally 55%
Georgia democratic: George Wallace 70%
Georgia republican: Ronald Regan 65%
Indiana democratic: Ted Kennedy 50%
Indiana republican: Ronald Reagan 60%
Louisiana republican: John Conally 50%
Connecticut democratic: Ted Kennedy 70%
Nebraska democratic: Jerry Brown 40%
Nebraska republican: John Conally 50%
WV democratic: Ted Kennedy 40%
WV republican: Nelson Rockefeller 40%
Virginia republican: Ronald Reagan 50%
Utah democratic: Jerry Brown 60%
Utah republican: Ronald Regan 50%
Alaska Republican: Ronald Reagan 50%
Maryland democratic: Ted Kennedy 60%
Maryland republican: Ronald Regan 49%
Michigan democratic: Jerry Brown 40%
Michigan Republican: John Conally 40%
Arkansas democratic: George Wallace 50%
Arkansas republican: John Conally 50%
Idaho democratic: Jerry Brown 60%
Idaho republican: John Conally 40%
Kentucky democratic: Ted Kennedy 50%
Kentucky republican: John Conally 49%
Nevada democratic: Jerry Brown 65%
Nevada republican: Ronald Regan 60%
Oregon democratic: Jerry Brown 70%
Oregon republican: Ronald Reagan 75%
Tennessee democratic: George Wallace 55%
Tennessee republican: John Conally 60%

Democratic Map:

Republican map:

May in the News:
NBC’s Saturday Night, a popular late night show, wins 4 emmys, including Best Variety show, and Supporting Actor for Dan Aykroyd, for his popular impersonation of his President Nixon.
President Nixon signs the Federal Election Campaign Act into law.
Johnny Rutherford wins the Shortest Indy 500 in History.

Up Next: June Primaries

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Current Delegate Counts:

Democratic:  Kennedy- 909
                      Brown- 736
                      Wallace- 616

Republican: Conally- 719
                     Reagan- 663
                     Rockefeller- 420

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The Final Primaries; June 1976:

Monatana Democratic: Ted Kennedy 60%
Montana Republican: John Conally 40%
RI Democratic: Ted Kennedy 70%
RI republican: Nelson Rockefeller 80%
South Dakota Democrtaic: Ted Kennedy 65%
South Dakota Republican: Ronald Reagan 40%
California Democratic: Jerry Brown 75%
California Republican: Ronald Reagan 80%
New Jersey Democratic: Ted Kennedy 70%
New Jersey Republican: Nelson Rockfeller 60%
Ohio Democratic: Jerry Brown 40%
Ohio Republican: John Conally 45%


Democratic Map:

Republican Map:

June 1976 in News:
UK and Iceland end the Cod War
A F-5 tornado hits in Iowa. Jerry brown, ted Kennedy, and Ronald Regan tour andh elp in the damage
The NBA and The ABA merge.
The Year's top horror film "The Omen" opens on June 25th

Coming Up: The Convention Battles

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July 1976:

July 4th: America’s Bicentennial was celebrated by everyone, including President Nixon, and the presidential candidates. President Nixon presided over the New York part of the celebration, which included a parade and Fireworks. Nixon ordered a national day of celebration.

July 12th: The Democratic National Convention begins at New York in Madison Square Garden. The Favorite is Ted Kennedy, but many experts are not ruling out a Jerry Brown victory. But, almost everyone is wanting George Wallace to drop out after the first ballot.

Here is the first ballot:

Senator Ted Kennedy- 1073,
Governor Jerry Brown-1168,
Governor George Wallace- 616

Wallace 616 delegates will be enough to determine the winner. Both Kennedy and Brown are trying to make deals with Wallace to concede. Eventually, ted Kennedy makes the best deal, he will choose a southerner to be his vp, and Wallace will send his delegates to Kennedy. Wallace concedes, and it is a race to see who the delegates will go to.
The first southern state to go is Louisiana who goes to Kennedy. Next is South Carolina who goes to Brown.  Next is Georgia to Kennedy, then Virginia to Kennedy, which puts him in the lead. It goes back and fourth until Kennedy gets the necessary delegates from Texas, even though he needed one more delegate. He finally wins thanks to Tennessee.

Final Delegate Count:

Kennedy- 1514
Brown- 1343

Ted Kennedy is the Democratic nominee for President

For his vice presidential pick, Kennedy chooses former North Carolina Governor Terry Sanford


Democratic Ticket:





Coming up: Republican Convention Battle

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August 16th: The Republican Convention begins in Kansas City Missouri. It is highly expected to be a battle between John Conally and Ronald Reagan. But little did anyone know how big of a battle it would be.

First Ballot:
Conally- 836
Reagan- 850
Rockefeller- 506

Just like the Democratic Convention, party leaders urged Rockefeller to drop out. But he refused, but he believed he still had a chance. But some states began to leave Rockefeller. First was West Virginia, who goes to Reagan.
Then, another series of states leave Rockefeller, Illinois, and New Jersey, which cause Rockefeller to drop out, and refuse to endorse either Candidate. Conally gets NJ, while Reagan gets Ilinois.

Second Ballot:
Conally- 903
Reagan- 979
Unconfirmed- 310

Current Delgate Map:

With the Northeast still undertermined, the northeast will decide the republican primary.

Up Next: Day 2

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Augest 17th: Day 2 of the Republican Convention. While the Delegate Drama continues rumors are spreading about whom will the winning candidate choose for their vice President? Regan’s believed to Choose Senator Jesse Helms, while Conally is believed to choose Senator Robert Dole.


Two more states switch, Rhode Island goes to Reagan, while Vermont goes to Conally.
Third ballot:
Conally-921
Reagan- 998

After the third ballot, a fight breaks out on the floor between the Utah and New York delegates, over a phone which is used to talk to the other state delegations. Senator Robert Dole happens to be there and stops the fight before the police arrive. After the ruckus, another state switches. Maine goes to Reagan

Fourth Ballot:
Conally- 921
Reagan- 1018
With Day two over, Reagan is close to the nomination, but the winner will most likely be determined by New York’s delegates.

Current Map:

Up Next: Day 3

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Augest 18th: Day 4 of the Republican convention. The drama is getting bigger since there is such few states left. Massachusetts switches to Conally.
Fifth Ballot:
Conally- 964
Reagan- 1018

New York finally switches it’s alliance to Conally, which is a great help for his campaign.

Sixth Ballot:
Conally- 1118
Reagan- 1018

Conally needs 17 more delegates to win the nomination.

Current Map:

Up Next: Day 4

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Augest 19th: The fourth Day of the convention. Conally is a few delegates from the nomination. Reagan is trying hard to get the remaing delegates. Connetcutt switches to Reagan, whil New Hampshire goes to Conally.

Seventh Ballot:
Conally- 1139
Reagan- 1053
After the Seventh Ballot, Vice President Conally is the official Republican Candidate for President.

Vice President John Conally is the Republican Candidate for President
Final Republican Primary Map:

For his VP, Conally chooses Senator Robert Dole of Kansas, which was expected.

UP Next: Regan's Speech

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Before Vice President Conally makes his victory speech Reagan asks to make his concession speech.

In the speech, he said on of the most famous lines in American history "America's futrue depends on what we do here now, not what will do in the future"

Then Conally gave his speech, but a rather lackluster one, leading many delegates and Political veterans to believe they choose the wrong man for the nomination.

After the Convention the Democratic Ticket gained an extra three points, But, a surprise third party will take the country by surprise.

UP next: The Surprise Third Party and the First Debate.

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So what do you guys think so far?

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Come on People

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August 25th
Walter Cronkite: Good Evening, A surprise candidate announced his plans to run for President as the third party candidate.

Jerry Brown: Today, I officially announce my candidacy for president as a independent candidate. After watching the conventions, I realized that I am the only logical candidate for president left. For my running mate, I choose Senator Walter Mondale of Minnesota. Thank you very much, and Together I will be in the White House in 1977!
Cronkite: With the announcement, the presidential election is shot wide open with interest. We will wait and see what will happen in the upcoming weeks.

The move had different effect on the other two candidates. Kennedy is quoted by one of his aides cussing like a sailor, while Conally appears indifferent on the matter.
But the move has had an effect on the Presidential polls:

Kennedy- 142

Conally- 67

Brown- 107

With the first debate less than a month away, the contest is becoming more interesting by the minute, with still a while to go.