Picking Ford was the cause of the loss. He was as exciting as mold.
Had they picked Reagan in 1976, the world would be a better place now. Iran would have never been taken over by Religious fanatics, and middle eastern terrorism would have never become such a large problem for the world.
Ford deserved to lose for saying Eastern Europe wasn’t under Soviet Occupation.
Carter won with 297 electoral votes. He carried Ohio by 11,000 votes and Wisconsin by about 35,000. If Ford had carried those states he would have won.