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Carter also took advantage of the record number of state primaries and caucuses in 1976 to eliminate his better-known rivals one-by-one. Henry M. Jackson made a fateful decision not to compete in the early Iowa caucus and New Hampshire primary, which Jimmy Carter won after liberals split their votes among four other candidates.
Jimmy Carter is much more highly regarded today than when he lost his bid for reelection in 1980. He has produced an exemplary post-presidency, and today there is an increased appreciation for the enormity of the task he took on in 1977, if not for the measures he took to deal with the crises that he faced.
Most analysts agreed that Carter was going to win the popular vote, but some argued Ford had an opportunity to win the electoral college and thus the election. [ 126 ] [ 127 ] Carter and Mondale ultimately defeated Ford and his runningmate (Senator Bob Dole ), receiving 297 electoral votes and 50.1% of the popular vote to Ford's 240 electoral ...
The career of Jimmy Carter, the U.S. President who died on Dec. 29 at age 100, will be remembered for many things: his peanut-farming background, his speedy rise to political fame and fall after ...
Carter's initial win in the Iowa caucuses elevated that event to the prominence it still enjoys today. ... "Jimmy Carter is the happiest man because the Carter administration, by comparison, was ...
The 1976 United States presidential election in Georgia was held on November 2, 1976. The Democratic candidate, former Governor of Georgia Jimmy Carter, overwhelmingly won his home state with 66.74% of the vote ahead of the Republican Party candidate, incumbent President Gerald Ford, giving him the state's 12 electoral votes.
Numerous setbacks, both domestic and international, contributed to President Jimmy Carter's 1980 defeat at the hands of GOP challenger Ronald Reagan, making Carter a one-term president
[4] [5] In response, Carter began saying "My name is Jimmy Carter, and I'm running for president." [6] Carter extensively campaigned in the primaries, and in the end received 39.19% of his party's primary votes. The 1976 Democratic National Convention was held at Madison Square Garden in New York City. [7]