1976: President Bush

[Sir Mohamed]

Imagine the following scenario:

- August 1974: President Gerald Ford picks George HW Bush appoints as his vice president under 25th amendment (he was among the finalists in real life)

- Summer 1975: President Ford is shot in California (he was almost hit twice in CA), HW becomes prez.

What happens in 1976? Does Reagan still challenge the incumbent? What happens in the GE?

[America's Sweetheart ❤/𝕿𝖍𝖊 𝕭𝖔𝖔𝖙𝖞 𝖂𝖆𝖗𝖗𝖎𝖔𝖗]

I think Reagan probably still challenges H.W, but he probably loses again. albeit narrowly.


As for the general election, flip Virginia and Oklahoma to Carter and that's the map. H.W would probably do slightly worse in the South than Ford.

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

I think Reagan probably still challenges H.W, but he probably loses again. albeit narrowly.


As for the general election, flip Virginia and Oklahoma to Carter and that's the map. H.W would probably do slightly worse in the South than Ford.

There is little reason to think that a former officeholder from Texas would play worse to Southern voters than a man from Grand Rapids, Michigan. With the recent assassination of a President and functionally being a blank slate, I see Bush winning.

[Kingpoleon]

Bush wins. If Ford was merely severely incapacitated and resigned for that reason, I think Bush chooses Lowell Weicker, Millicent Fenwick, or Mark Hatfield as his running mate. If Ford dies, then Reagan’s influence probably causes Bush to choose Buckley or Goldwater(Sr. or Jr.).

[Bidenworth2020]

same map but Texas flips to bush

[erſatz-york]

Flip OH, TX, and MS to Bush, who wins.