Scoop Jackson/Lloyd Bentsenvs
Pete DuPont/Howard Bakervs
George McGovern/Mark HatfieldA special scenario, based off of "The Second Term of Gerald Ford."
Scoop Jackson is the incumbent President, presiding with a mildly improved economy (unemployment, inflation, and taxes still high) and a war with Iran following the hostage crisis. (Support for the war is in the high 50's, though anti-war sentiment is fervent, whilst pro-war sentiment is tepid)) Governor Pete DuPont wraps up the nomination, running under a pro-war banner. McGovern and Hatfield, both losing their respective primaries, run on an anti-war ticket.
States in which McGovern/Hatfield is on the ballot.
How does the election play out?
