Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Presidential elections were held in the United States on November 2, 1976. The Democratic ticket of former Georgia governor Jimmy Carter and Minnesota senator Walter Mondale narrowly defeated the Republican ticket of incumbent president Gerald Ford and Kansas senator Bob Dole.
In the 1960s, for three elections straight beginning with John F. Kennedy in 1960, Democrats had won landslides of over 60% of the vote, with Republicans failing to break 40%. Even in the GOP landslide of 1972, Massachusetts had clocked in as a whopping 32% more Democratic than the nation.
The 1976 United States elections were held on November 2, and elected the members of the 95th United States Congress. The Democratic Party won the presidential election and retained control of Congress.
Notable landslide election results 1906 – Henry Campbell-Bannerman led his Liberal Party to victory over Arthur Balfour 's Conservative Party who lost more than half their seats, including his own seat in Manchester East , as a result of the large national swing to the Liberal Party (The 5.4% swing from the Conservatives to Liberals was at ...
Nixon won the election that spawned Watergate in a walk, taking 60.7 percent of the popular vote and winning every state except one (Massachusetts). 5. Ronald Reagan over Walter Mondale (1984)
After the election, President Ford assured his co-operation in the transfer of power. [88] Jimmy Carter was inaugurated as the 39th president of the United States on January 20, 1977. He lost his re-election campaign in 1980 in a landslide to the Republican nominee, Ronald Reagan. [89] Reagan defeated Walter Mondale in the 1984 presidential ...
Map of the 1976 U.S. presidential election, blue represents Carter winning that state/district, red represents Ford winning that state, light red represents Reagan received a vote. On November 2, 1976, Ford lost the election to Democratic nominee Jimmy Carter. Carter won 297 electoral votes and 50.1% of the popular vote while Ford only received ...
The 1976 United States presidential election in Nevada took place on November 2, 1976, as part of the 1976 United States presidential election. Voters chose three representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College , who voted for president and vice president .