Birch Bayh and Strom Thurmond are modern founding fathers: the TL
Constitutional Amendments Enacted from 1969-1985:
26th Amendment: Abolition of the Electoral College (1969)
27th Amendment: Lowering of the Voting Age from 21 to 18 (1971 [OTL])
28th Amendment: Equal Rights Amendment (1978)
29th Amendment: Ban on Abortion (1983)
30th Amendment: Presidential Term Changed from 4 years to 6 with only one term allowed [to be changed after 1984 election] (1984)
31st Amendment: Balanced Budget Amendment (1985)
Presidents of the United States:
Richard Nixon/Spiro Agnew (Republican) 1969-1973
Richard Nixon/vacant (Republican) 1973-1973
Richard Nixon/Gerald Ford (Republican) 1973-1974
Gerald Ford/vacant (Republican) 1974-1974
Gerald Ford/Al Quie (Republican) 1974-1977
1968 Def. Hubert Humphrey/Ed Muskie (Democratic), George Wallace/Curtis LeMay (American Independent)
1972 Def. George McGovern/Walter Reuther (Democratic), John Rarick/Roger Zion (American Independent)
Lloyd Bentsen/Donald W. Stewart (Democratic) 1977-1981
1976 Def. Gerald Ford/Al Quie (Republican), William Dyke/Meldrim Thompson (American Independent), Julian Bond/William Hart (Progressive)
Ronald Reagan/Frank Hatch (Republican-[Unite The Right Coalition*]) 1981-1989
1980 Def. Lloyd Bentsen/Donald W. Stewart (Democratic), James Longley/Jerry Williams (Kick The Pimps Out!)
1984 Def. Gary Goyke/Dale Bumpers (Democratic), James Skillen/Peter Hutchinson (Justice)
Tony Earl/Adlai Stevenson III (Democratic) 1989-1995
1988 Def. Dan K. Webb/Mike Curb (Republican), James Skillen/John Silber (Justice), Donald S. Russell/Pat Robertson (American Independent), Tom Hayden/Ron Dellums (Freedom), Steve Dasbach/Ken Fanning (Libertarian)
Adlai Stevenson III/Penfield Tate III (Democratic) 1995-2001
1994 Def. Steve Forbes/Bill Bradley (Flat Tax), Paul Tribe/Bill Brock (Republican), Howard Ahmanson Jr./Joe Schriner (Justice), Ralph Nader/Lee Butler (Freedom), Lars Larson/Dick Mountjoy (American Independent)
Bob Kerrey/Phil Bredesen (Democratic) 2001-2007
2000 Def. William Lee/Steven Ford (Unite The Right - New Millenium), Mike Papantonio/Jim Hightower (Freedom), Ed Thompson/Bill Pierce (Libertarian), Harry Braun/Dick Lamm (Ecology)
William Lee/Chuck Hagel (Unite The Right - New Millenium) 2007-2010
William Lee/Chuck Hagel (Nonpartisan leading "President's Coalition" [Republican + Libertarian + Ecology]/Republican) 2010-2011
William Lee/vacant (Nonpartisan leading "President's Coalition" [Republican + Libertarian + Ecology])
William Lee/Tommy Franks (Nonpartisan leading "President's Coalition" [Republican + Libertarian + Ecology]) 2011-2013
2006 Def. Phil Bredesen/Steve Henry (Democratic), Dan Hamburg/Carol Moseley Braun (Freedom)
Tommy Franks/Colm Connolly (Republican) 2013-2019
2012 Def. Donna Frye/Roy Barnes (Democratic), George Yancey/Jim Hedges (Justice), Darcy Richardson/Alan Grayson (Freedom), Gary Bauer/Virgil Goode (American Independent), blank slate (National Womyn's Association)
Tulsi Gabbard/Gary LeBeau (Democratic) 2019-????
2018 Def. David Clarke/John Andrews (American Independent), Colm Connolly/Adam Andrzejewski (Republican), Rod Dreher/Brian Carroll (Justice), Bernie Ward/Janice Jordan (Freedom)
"What if America was all of Europe and yet still better on race relations"