1980: Reagan/Anderson vs. Carter/Mondale

[Oldiesfreak1854]

The Anderson/Kennedy thread gave me an idea: what if John Anderson had been Reagan's running mate in 1980 instead of George H. W. Bush?  This is actually two questions:  

1. Who do you think would have won?
2. Who would you have voted for and why?

My answers:
1. Reagan, by an even bigger margin than he did in real life (with Bush I).  Carter was such an incompetent president that he would have had trouble against nearly and Republican ticket.  Anderson on the ticket would've helped unite the GOP more and the moderates/liberals would have given Reagan even more support.

2. Reagan.  I would've been straddling the fence between the conservative wing of the GOP (support for traditional values) and the moderate and liberal wing (distrust of conservatives regarding race, gender, etc. because of some old wounds from the civil rights movement.)  But since Reagan offered the best of both worlds (and because Jimmy Carter was such a terrible president, although he's a a great man), he would have gotten my vote in a heartbeat (though he probably would have anyway had I been alive and old enough to vote in the actual election, with Bush I as his running mate.)

[Oldiesfreak1854]

Here's my map (assuming all the Anderson voters would have gone for Reagan):

Reagan/Anderson- 517
Carter/Mondale- 21