1976 United States Presidential Election (The New South)

Background
During the 1972 United States Presidential Election, many conservatives in the Republican Party, including notable figures such as Paul Fannin and Ronald Reagan endorsed George Wallace following his victory in the presidential primaries. The result was a near permanent-split in much of the party between the northern liberals and conservatives in the party. Seeing Rockefeller as unbeatable in the primaries due to the support of the party establishment, but continuously outraged at Rockefeller's liberal opinions on issues such as abortion and the ERA, Reagan first declared his candidacy for the presidency as an independent in January of 1975. The result was a flocking of many conservatives and southern Democrats to his ticket, and the official formation of the Conservative ticket. Rockefeller, panicked at the loss of support within much of the GOP, began an esoteric strategy of cross-entering the Democratic Party's primaries, entering the Iowa caucuses and winning a majority of delegates. He was endorsed by a number of Democrats, including Birch Bayh and Scoop Jackson. Eventually winning a majority of delegates against his main competitor, Jerry Brown, Rockefeller then officially formed the Liberal party ticket in an attempt to bring over Rockefeller Republican support, and nominated Adlai Stevenson III for president in an attempt to drum up liberal support inside the Democratic Party.