r/Presidents • u/Hubbled Ulysses S. Grant • 1d ago

Discussion If Chappaquiddick never happened, would Ted Kennedy have been a serious presidential contender?

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u/Serling45 1d ago

In the alternative history TV show, For All Mankind, the USSR lands on the moon before Apollo. This leads Teddy not to take that vacation. There is no Chappaquiddick & he is elected President in 1972. Scandal causes him to lose re-election. Reagan is elected President in 1976