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href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">U.S. Senator</a> from <a href="/wiki/Minnesota" title="Minnesota">Minnesota</a><br /><i>(1964–1976)</i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Affiliation</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic Party</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Status</th><td class="infobox-data">Announced: December 12, 1974<br />Presumptive nominee: June 24, 1976<br />Official nominee: July 15, 1976<br />Won election: November 2, 1976<br />Inaugurated: January 20, 1977</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Plains,_Georgia" title="Plains, Georgia">Plains, Georgia</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Key people</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Hamilton_Jordan" title="Hamilton Jordan">Hamilton Jordan</a> (campaign manager) <a href="/wiki/Patrick_Caddell" title="Patrick Caddell">Patrick Caddell</a> (pollster)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Slogan</th><td class="infobox-data">Why not the Best?<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />Not Just Peanuts<br />A Leader, for a Change (also "Leaders, for a Change")<br />Peaches And Cream</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/1976_United_States_presidential_election" title="1976 United States presidential election">1976 United States presidential election</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Carter" title="Jimmy Carter">Jimmy Carter</a> and his running mate, <a href="/wiki/Walter_Mondale" title="Walter Mondale">Walter Mondale</a>, were elected <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" title="President of the United States">president</a> and <a href="/wiki/Vice_President_of_the_United_States" title="Vice President of the United States">vice president</a>, defeating incumbent <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> president <a href="/wiki/Gerald_Ford" title="Gerald Ford">Gerald Ford</a> and his running mate, <a href="/wiki/Bob_Dole" title="Bob Dole">Bob Dole</a>. </p><p>Carter, a Democrat and former governor of Georgia, launched his presidential bid in December 1974, as the <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_Georgia_(U.S._state)" title="Constitution of Georgia (U.S. state)">Constitution of Georgia</a> barred him from running for a second term as governor.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the wake of the <a href="/wiki/Watergate_scandal" title="Watergate scandal">Watergate scandal</a>, the declining popularity of President Ford due to his <a href="/wiki/Pardon_of_Nixon" class="mw-redirect" title="Pardon of Nixon">pardon of Nixon</a>, and the severe <a href="/wiki/1973%E2%80%931975_recession" title="1973–1975 recession">1973–1975 recession</a>, many Democrats were sure of victory in the 1976 presidential election. As a result, 17 Democrats ran for their party's nomination in 1976.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Carter's opponents mocked his candidacy by saying "Jimmy, who?", for him being relatively unknown outside Georgia.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:2_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In response, Carter began saying "My name is Jimmy Carter, and I'm running for president."<sup id="cite_ref-:3_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Carter extensively campaigned in the primaries, and in the end received 39.19% of his party's primary votes. </p><p>The 1976 Democratic National Convention was held at <a href="/wiki/Madison_Square_Garden" title="Madison Square Garden">Madison Square Garden</a> in <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:4_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Carter, after getting a sufficient number of delegates to be the nominee, shortlisted six possible vice presidential candidates and finally selected Mondale of <a href="/wiki/Minnesota" title="Minnesota">Minnesota</a>. While choosing Mondale, Carter emphasized Mondale's experience in Washington D.C. as he himself was a Southern "outsider".<sup id="cite_ref-:5_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:5-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> With President Ford's declining approval ratings, former California governor <a href="/wiki/Ronald_Reagan" title="Ronald Reagan">Ronald Reagan</a> <a href="/wiki/Ronald_Reagan_1976_presidential_campaign" title="Ronald Reagan 1976 presidential campaign">announced his candidacy</a> for president,<sup id="cite_ref-:6_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:6-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but Ford finally won the Republican nomination with 1,187 delegates to Reagan's 1,070.<sup id="cite_ref-:7_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:7-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Carter campaign used various television advertisements that promised to bring back integrity and trust in the government after the Watergate scandal. Mondale and <a href="/wiki/Rosalynn_Carter" title="Rosalynn Carter">Rosalynn Carter</a>, too, campaigned for the ticket in various states. The <a href="/wiki/League_of_Women_Voters" title="League of Women Voters">League of Women Voters</a> decided to conduct debates between the presidential and vice-presidential candidates, to which both the campaigns agreed. In one of the presidential debates, while answering a question on the U.S. relationship with the Soviet Union and its influence in Europe, Ford said: "There is no Soviet domination of Eastern Europe and there never will be under a Ford administration."<sup id="cite_ref-:8_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:8-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This gaffe likely damaged Ford's campaign.<sup id="cite_ref-:9_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:9-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On election day, Carter carried 23 states with 297 electoral votes, while Ford won 27 states with 240 electoral votes. 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style="background-color: #002466;color: #FFF;"><div><span class="tmp-color" style="color: #FFF">This article is part of <br />a series about</span></div><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Carter" title="Jimmy Carter"><span class="tmpl-colored-link" style="color: #FFF; text-decoration: inherit;">Jimmy Carter</span></a></span></span></td> </tr></tbody></table></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content" style="padding-top:0; padding-bottom:0;"> <div style="font-weight: bold;line-height:normal;">76th Governor of Georgia</div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Carter#Governor_of_Georgia_(1971–1975)" title="Jimmy Carter">Governorship</a></li></ul> <hr /> <div style="font-weight: bold;line-height:normal;">39th President of the United States</div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Presidency_of_Jimmy_Carter" title="Presidency of Jimmy Carter">Presidency</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Jimmy_Carter_presidency" title="Timeline of the Jimmy Carter presidency">timeline</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Presidential_transition_of_Jimmy_Carter" title="Presidential transition of Jimmy Carter">Transition</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inauguration_of_Jimmy_Carter" title="Inauguration of Jimmy Carter">Inauguration</a></li></ul> <hr /> <div style="font-weight: bold;line-height:normal;">Policies</div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Environmental_policy_of_the_United_States#The_Carter_Administration_(1977–1981)" title="Environmental policy of the United States">Environmental</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Foreign_policy_of_the_Jimmy_Carter_administration" title="Foreign policy of the Jimmy Carter administration">Foreign</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_international_presidential_trips_made_by_Jimmy_Carter" title="List of international presidential trips made by Jimmy Carter">International trips</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_people_pardoned_or_granted_clemency_by_the_president_of_the_United_States#Jimmy_Carter" title="List of people pardoned or granted clemency by the president of the United States">Pardons</a></li></ul> <hr /> <div style="font-weight: bold;line-height:normal;">Appointments</div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Presidency_of_Jimmy_Carter#Cabinet" title="Presidency of Jimmy Carter">Cabinet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_federal_judges_appointed_by_Jimmy_Carter" title="List of federal judges appointed by Jimmy Carter">Judiciary</a></li></ul> <hr /> <div style="font-weight: bold;line-height:normal;">Tenure</div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Camp_David_Accords" title="Camp David Accords">Camp David Accords</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Egypt%E2%80%93Israel_peace_treaty" title="Egypt–Israel peace treaty">Egypt–Israel peace treaty</a></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Torrijos%E2%80%93Carter_Treaties" title="Torrijos–Carter Treaties">Torrijos–Carter Treaties</a></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Carter_rabbit_incident" title="Jimmy Carter rabbit incident">Rabbit incident</a></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Iran_hostage_crisis" title="Iran hostage crisis">Iran hostage crisis</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Eagle_Claw" title="Operation Eagle Claw">Operation Eagle Claw</a></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Moral_Equivalent_of_War_speech" title="Moral Equivalent of War speech">Moral Equivalent of War speech</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1979_oil_crisis" title="1979 oil crisis">1979 oil crisis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carter_Doctrine" title="Carter Doctrine">Carter Doctrine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joint_Communiqu%C3%A9_on_the_Establishment_of_Diplomatic_Relations" title="Joint Communiqué on the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations">U.S.–China relations</a></li></ul> <ul><li>Timeline <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Jimmy_Carter_presidency_(1977)" title="Timeline of the Jimmy Carter presidency (1977)">'77</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Jimmy_Carter_presidency_(1978)" title="Timeline of the Jimmy Carter presidency (1978)">'78</a></li> <li><a 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title="Special:EditPage/Template:Jimmy Carter series"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Carter" title="Jimmy Carter">Jimmy Carter</a> was born in <a href="/wiki/Plains,_Georgia" title="Plains, Georgia">Plains, Georgia</a>, in 1924, to a family of traditional farmers.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After his graduation from the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Naval_Academy" title="United States Naval Academy">United States Naval Academy</a>, he served on <a href="/wiki/Submarine" title="Submarine">submarines</a> in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">United States Navy</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1962, he ran for, and won, the <a href="/wiki/Georgia_State_Senate" title="Georgia State Senate">Georgia State Senate</a> seat for the 14th district. He contested the Georgia Democratic gubernatorial primary in 1966 but lost the race to <a href="/wiki/Ellis_Arnall" title="Ellis Arnall">Ellis Arnall</a>, coming in third place.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Democratic nominee <a href="/wiki/Lester_Maddox" title="Lester Maddox">Lester Maddox</a> won the election.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Carter ran again in the 1970 gubernatorial primaries. Governor Maddox was prohibited by the Georgia state constitution from running for reelection, so former governor <a href="/wiki/Carl_Sanders" title="Carl Sanders">Carl E. Sanders</a> was Carter's main opponent in the primaries.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> With 49.62% of the primary vote, Carter was leading Sanders, who had 37.77% of the vote.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Both of them qualified for a separate primary runoff election, which Carter won with approximately 160,000 more votes than Sanders.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Carter ran on a <a href="/wiki/Populism" title="Populism">populist</a> platform against <a href="/wiki/Hal_Suit" title="Hal Suit">Hal Suit</a>, the Republican nominee. Carter had the support of many regular Democrats, such as former representative <a href="/wiki/Carl_Vinson" title="Carl Vinson">Carl Vinson</a>, Senator <a href="/wiki/Richard_Russell_Jr." title="Richard Russell Jr.">Richard B. Russell</a>, and Governor Maddox.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Carter called for an end to busing as a means to control racial segregation in public and private schools, believing that to win the election he would have to get the votes of whites who were uneasy about integration.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Consequently, he limited his campaign appearances before <a href="/wiki/African_Americans" title="African Americans">African American groups</a>, while seeking both the black vote and the "Wallace vote".<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On November 3, 1970, Carter won the Georgia governorship by an almost 20 percent margin.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During his tenure as governor, he served on the National Governors' Conference's executive committee. He was also the campaign chairman for the Democratic National Committee in the 1974 congressional elections.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As governor, he signed a revised death-penalty statute that re-introduced that criminal penalty in the state.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Although he achieved success in protecting the environment and in getting increased funding for schools, his ability to cooperate with Democratic politicians in the legislature is often regarded as wanting, and gained him a reputation as an arrogant governor with a "holier than thou" attitude.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>President <a href="/wiki/Richard_Nixon" title="Richard Nixon">Richard Nixon</a> had won the <a href="/wiki/1968_United_States_presidential_election" title="1968 United States presidential election">1968 presidential election</a> and was <a href="/wiki/1972_United_States_presidential_election" title="1972 United States presidential election">re-elected</a> in 1972.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> But in 1974, he resigned in the wake of the <a href="/wiki/Watergate_scandal" title="Watergate scandal">Watergate scandal</a>. Vice president <a href="/wiki/Gerald_Ford" title="Gerald Ford">Gerald Ford</a> ascended to the presidency, becoming the first president to take office without having been elected as either president or vice president,<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> having been appointed after Nixon's first vice president, <a href="/wiki/Spiro_Agnew" title="Spiro Agnew">Spiro Agnew</a>, resigned in the wake of a tax scandal. Ford nominated <a href="/wiki/Nelson_Rockefeller" title="Nelson Rockefeller">Nelson Rockefeller</a> as his vice president.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Gaining_the_nomination">Gaining the nomination</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jimmy_Carter_1976_presidential_campaign&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Gaining the nomination"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Preparing_for_a_run">Preparing for a run</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jimmy_Carter_1976_presidential_campaign&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Preparing for a run"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Birch_Bayh_and_Joe_Biden_1976_letter_in_support_of_Jimmy_Carter%27s_presidential_campaign.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Birch_Bayh_and_Joe_Biden_1976_letter_in_support_of_Jimmy_Carter%27s_presidential_campaign.jpg/170px-Birch_Bayh_and_Joe_Biden_1976_letter_in_support_of_Jimmy_Carter%27s_presidential_campaign.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Birch_Bayh_and_Joe_Biden_1976_letter_in_support_of_Jimmy_Carter%27s_presidential_campaign.jpg/255px-Birch_Bayh_and_Joe_Biden_1976_letter_in_support_of_Jimmy_Carter%27s_presidential_campaign.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Birch_Bayh_and_Joe_Biden_1976_letter_in_support_of_Jimmy_Carter%27s_presidential_campaign.jpg/340px-Birch_Bayh_and_Joe_Biden_1976_letter_in_support_of_Jimmy_Carter%27s_presidential_campaign.jpg 2x" data-file-width="619" data-file-height="800" /></a><figcaption>Undated letter from Senators <a href="/wiki/Joe_Biden" title="Joe Biden">Joe Biden</a> and <a href="/wiki/Birch_Bayh" title="Birch Bayh">Birch Bayh</a>, showing their support for Carter.</figcaption></figure> <p>As the Georgia state constitution barred him from running for a second term as governor, Carter announced his candidacy for president on December 12, 1974.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was the second Democrat to formally announce his candidacy, after <a href="/wiki/Mo_Udall" title="Mo Udall">Mo Udall</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During his campaign announcement speech, he emphasized promises of decency, equality, freedom, and his religious values.<sup id="cite_ref-AmericanMagazine20150820_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AmericanMagazine20150820-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He said: </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>Our Nation now has no understandable national purpose, no clearly defined goals, and no organizational mechanism to develop or achieve such purposes or goals. We move from one crisis to the next as if they were fads, even though the previous one hasn't been solved. The Bible says: "If the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle." As a planner and a businessman, and a chief executive, I know from experience that uncertainty is also a devastating affliction in private life and in government. Coordination of different programs is impossible. There is no clear vision of what is to be accomplished, everyone struggles for temporary advantage, and there is no way to monitor how effectively services are delivered.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>Initially, many political experts gave Carter little chance of winning the Democratic nomination, because he was little-known outside Georgia,<sup id="cite_ref-AmericanMagazine20150820_34-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AmericanMagazine20150820-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His opponents mocked his candidacy by saying, "Jimmy, who?".<sup id="cite_ref-:2_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In response, Carter started to say, "My name is Jimmy Carter, and I'm running for president".<sup id="cite_ref-:3_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Early polling data showed that a majority of the voters were undecided, but showed a preference for candidates such as <a href="/wiki/Hubert_Humphrey" title="Hubert Humphrey">Hubert Humphrey</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ted_Kennedy" title="Ted Kennedy">Ted Kennedy</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Besides positioning him as anti‐establishment and ideologically centrist, the Carter campaign made early primaries and caucuses a pivotal point in their campaign. Their strategy called for a strong effort in crucial early states.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Democratic_presidential_primaries">Democratic presidential primaries</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jimmy_Carter_1976_presidential_campaign&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Democratic presidential primaries"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/1976_Democratic_Party_presidential_primaries" title="1976 Democratic Party presidential primaries">1976 Democratic Party presidential primaries</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:1976_Presidential_campaign_flyer.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/1976_Presidential_campaign_flyer.jpg/220px-1976_Presidential_campaign_flyer.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="285" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/1976_Presidential_campaign_flyer.jpg/330px-1976_Presidential_campaign_flyer.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/1976_Presidential_campaign_flyer.jpg/440px-1976_Presidential_campaign_flyer.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2454" data-file-height="3179" /></a><figcaption>Campaign flyer from Democratic Party presidential primary</figcaption></figure> <p>In the aftermath of the <a href="/wiki/Watergate_scandal" title="Watergate scandal">Watergate scandal</a>, the declining popularity of President Ford due to his <a href="/wiki/Pardon_of_Richard_Nixon" title="Pardon of Richard Nixon">pardon of Nixon</a>, and the severe recession of 1974–75, many Democrats were sure of victory in the presidential election. As a result, 17 Democrats were running for the nomination.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Primaries were held in all 50 states, from January 19 to June 8, 1976. Apart from Carter, early candidates included <a href="/wiki/Mo_Udall" title="Mo Udall">Mo Udall</a>, <a href="/wiki/George_Wallace" title="George Wallace">George Wallace</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Brown" title="Jerry Brown">Jerry Brown</a>, <a href="/wiki/Frank_Church" title="Frank Church">Frank Church</a>, <a href="/wiki/Henry_M._Jackson" title="Henry M. Jackson">Henry M. Jackson</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Sargent_Shriver" title="Sargent Shriver">Sargent Shriver</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>There was speculation about the potential candidacy of former vice president and presidential nominee Hubert Humphrey<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Senator Ted Kennedy. Kennedy declined to run due to his promise to his mother not to run for president.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Humphrey, too, declined to run in the primaries, but he hinted at a campaign and expressed his willingness to accept the nomination.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Although Carter led in the Iowa caucus, 37.18% of those voters were uncommitted.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> George Wallace won the Mississippi caucus after his entry in the primaries.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After that, Carter won most of the caucuses and primaries, with an exception being Jerry Brown winning 204 delegates from his home state of <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Although Henry M. Jackson won the Massachusetts and New York primaries, he dropped out after losing the critical <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania" title="Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a> primary to Carter.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Udall carried his home state of <a href="/wiki/Arizona" title="Arizona">Arizona</a> and Washington D.C. The early count in the Wisconsin primary showed Udall leading, but eventually Carter won that state.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Carter's primary campaign raised $13.8 million, with $3.5 million coming from federal matching funds.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Southern rock groups like <a href="/wiki/The_Allman_Brothers_Band" title="The Allman Brothers Band">The Allman Brothers Band</a>, with whom Carter had a personal relationship, hosted campaign fundraisers during the primaries. One of the band's shows in Providence, Rhode Island resulted in over $64,000 being raised in 1975. A Florida campaign fundraising event that featured Betts, Daniels, <a href="/wiki/The_Marshall_Tucker_Band" title="The Marshall Tucker Band">The Marshall Tucker Band</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bonnie_Bramlett" title="Bonnie Bramlett">Bonnie Bramlett</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Outlaws_(band)" title="Outlaws (band)">Outlaws</a> raised an additional $280,000 for the Carter campaign.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Buffett" title="Jimmy Buffett">Jimmy Buffett</a> also aided the Carter campaign in Oregon. Not only did these fundraisers help Carter raise money but they also boosted his name recognition around the country, especially since he was not very well known outside of Georgia.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>By the end of primaries, Carter had received 39.19% of the popular vote, Brown 15.39%, Wallace 12.29%, Udall 10.13%, Jackson 7.13%, Church 5.22%, and the rest under 5%.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Democratic_National_Convention">Democratic National Convention</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jimmy_Carter_1976_presidential_campaign&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Democratic National Convention"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/1976_Democratic_National_Convention" title="1976 Democratic National Convention">1976 Democratic National Convention</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/1976_Democratic_Party_vice_presidential_candidate_selection" title="1976 Democratic Party vice presidential candidate selection">1976 Democratic Party vice presidential candidate selection</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Jimmy_Carter_and_Walter_Mondale_at_the_Democratic_National_Convention,_New_York_City.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Jimmy_Carter_and_Walter_Mondale_at_the_Democratic_National_Convention%2C_New_York_City.jpg/220px-Jimmy_Carter_and_Walter_Mondale_at_the_Democratic_National_Convention%2C_New_York_City.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Jimmy_Carter_and_Walter_Mondale_at_the_Democratic_National_Convention%2C_New_York_City.jpg/330px-Jimmy_Carter_and_Walter_Mondale_at_the_Democratic_National_Convention%2C_New_York_City.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Jimmy_Carter_and_Walter_Mondale_at_the_Democratic_National_Convention%2C_New_York_City.jpg/440px-Jimmy_Carter_and_Walter_Mondale_at_the_Democratic_National_Convention%2C_New_York_City.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4652" data-file-height="3106" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Carter" title="Jimmy Carter">Jimmy Carter</a> and <a href="/wiki/Walter_Mondale" title="Walter Mondale">Walter Mondale</a> at the <a href="/wiki/1976_Democratic_National_Convention" title="1976 Democratic National Convention">Democratic National Convention, New York City</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The 1976 Democratic National Convention was convened at <a href="/wiki/Madison_Square_Garden" title="Madison Square Garden">Madison Square Garden</a> in <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:4_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Notably, <a href="/wiki/Barbara_Jordan" title="Barbara Jordan">Barbara Jordan</a> became the first African-American woman to deliver the keynote address at a <a href="/wiki/Democratic_National_Convention" title="Democratic National Convention">Democratic National Convention</a>. With most contests in the states settled in Carter's favor, the convention delegates overwhelmingly favored Carter, although many other candidates also won delegates. Carter received 2,239 delegates, Udall 330, Brown 301, Wallace 57, <a href="/wiki/Ellen_McCormack" title="Ellen McCormack">McCormack</a> 22, Church 19, Humphrey and Jackson each received 10, and other candidates received the remaining 22 delegates.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In his acceptance speech, Carter referred to the Vietnam war and the Watergate scandal and said: </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712"><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>Each time our nation has made a serious mistake the American people have been excluded from the process. The tragedy of Vietnam and Cambodia, the disgrace of Watergate, and the embarrassment of the CIA revelations could have been avoided if our government had simply reflected the sound judgement and good common sense and the high moral character of the American people. It is time for us to take a new look at our own government, to strip away the secrecy, to expose the unwarranted pressure of lobbyists, to eliminate waste, to release our civil servants from bureaucratic chaos, to provide tough management, and always to remember that in any town or city the mayor, the governor, and the. President represent exactly the same constituents.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>Carter, after getting a sufficient number of delegates to be the nominee, shortlisted six possible vice presidential candidates, which included senators <a href="/wiki/Walter_Mondale" title="Walter Mondale">Walter Mondale</a>, <a href="/wiki/Edmund_Muskie" title="Edmund Muskie">Edmund Muskie</a>, <a href="/wiki/John_Glenn" title="John Glenn">John Glenn</a>, <a href="/wiki/Frank_Church" title="Frank Church">Frank Church</a>, <a href="/wiki/Adlai_Stevenson_III" title="Adlai Stevenson III">Adlai Stevenson III</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Henry_M._Jackson" title="Henry M. Jackson">Henry "Scoop" Jackson</a>. He ultimately selected Mondale to be his running mate, emphasizing Mondale's experience in Washington D.C., as Carter himself was a Southern "outsider".<sup id="cite_ref-:5_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:5-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Carter said that his ticket could bring "the national vigor, vision, aggressive leadership, and a president who feels your pain, shares your dream and takes his strength, wisdom, and courage from citizens".<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The convention energized the Democratic base and gave the Carter-Mondale ticket a <a href="/wiki/Convention_bounce" title="Convention bounce">bounce</a> in the polls, from 53% to 62% preference among registered voters.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1237032888/mw-parser-output/.tmulti">.mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner{display:flex;flex-direction:column}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow{display:flex;flex-direction:row;clear:left;flex-wrap:wrap;width:100%;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle{margin:1px;float:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .theader{clear:both;font-weight:bold;text-align:center;align-self:center;background-color:transparent;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .thumbcaption{background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-left{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-right{text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-center{text-align:center}@media all and (max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .tmulti .thumbinner{width:100%!important;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:none!important;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow{justify-content:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle{float:none!important;max-width:100%!important;box-sizing:border-box;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle .thumbcaption{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow>.thumbcaption{text-align:center}}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner img{background-color:white}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner img{background-color:white}}</style><div class="thumb tmulti tnone center"><div class="thumbinner multiimageinner" style="width:992px;max-width:992px"><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:265px;max-width:265px"><div class="thumbimage" style="height:175px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:CarterHQ.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/CarterHQ.jpg/263px-CarterHQ.jpg" decoding="async" width="263" height="175" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/CarterHQ.jpg/395px-CarterHQ.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/CarterHQ.jpg/526px-CarterHQ.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3008" data-file-height="2000" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption">Carter's campaign headquarters in <a href="/wiki/Plains,_Georgia" title="Plains, Georgia">Plains, Georgia</a></div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:321px;max-width:321px"><div class="thumbimage" style="height:175px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Carter_vp_buttons.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Carter_vp_buttons.jpg/319px-Carter_vp_buttons.jpg" decoding="async" width="319" height="175" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/69/Carter_vp_buttons.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="442" data-file-height="243" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption">Six possible choices for President Carter's running mate. Walter Mondale was finally selected.</div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:177px;max-width:177px"><div class="thumbimage" style="height:175px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Jimmy_Carter_Library_and_Museum_16_(circle_cropped).png" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Jimmy_Carter_Library_and_Museum_16_%28circle_cropped%29.png/175px-Jimmy_Carter_Library_and_Museum_16_%28circle_cropped%29.png" decoding="async" width="175" height="175" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Jimmy_Carter_Library_and_Museum_16_%28circle_cropped%29.png/263px-Jimmy_Carter_Library_and_Museum_16_%28circle_cropped%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Jimmy_Carter_Library_and_Museum_16_%28circle_cropped%29.png/350px-Jimmy_Carter_Library_and_Museum_16_%28circle_cropped%29.png 2x" data-file-width="943" data-file-height="943" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption">Jimmy Carter's campaign button announcing his campaign with the slogan, "My name is Jimmy Carter and I'm running for President."</div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:221px;max-width:221px"><div class="thumbimage" style="height:175px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:1976_campaign_assemblage.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/1976_campaign_assemblage.JPG/219px-1976_campaign_assemblage.JPG" decoding="async" width="219" height="175" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/1976_campaign_assemblage.JPG/329px-1976_campaign_assemblage.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/1976_campaign_assemblage.JPG/438px-1976_campaign_assemblage.JPG 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="3200" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption">A shadow box containing one peanut-shaped Carter belt buckle and one <a href="/wiki/Ford_Motor_Company" title="Ford Motor Company">Ford-logo</a> belt buckle. It reads, "Let the candidate of your choice support you for a change."</div></div></div></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="General_election_campaign">General election campaign</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jimmy_Carter_1976_presidential_campaign&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: General election campaign"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Getting_an_opponent">Getting an opponent</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jimmy_Carter_1976_presidential_campaign&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Getting an opponent"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/1976_Republican_Party_presidential_primaries" title="1976 Republican Party presidential primaries">1976 Republican Party presidential primaries</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ford_(and)_Dole_LCCN2016648780_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Ford_%28and%29_Dole_LCCN2016648780_%28cropped%29.jpg/170px-Ford_%28and%29_Dole_LCCN2016648780_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="292" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Ford_%28and%29_Dole_LCCN2016648780_%28cropped%29.jpg/255px-Ford_%28and%29_Dole_LCCN2016648780_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Ford_%28and%29_Dole_LCCN2016648780_%28cropped%29.jpg/340px-Ford_%28and%29_Dole_LCCN2016648780_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2024" data-file-height="3479" /></a><figcaption>President Ford and Senator Dole</figcaption></figure> <p>With President Ford's declining approval rating, former Governor of California <a href="/wiki/Ronald_Reagan" title="Ronald Reagan">Ronald Reagan</a> <a href="/wiki/Ronald_Reagan_1976_presidential_campaign" title="Ronald Reagan 1976 presidential campaign">announced his candidacy</a> for president.<sup id="cite_ref-:6_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:6-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> President Ford reacted to it by saying that his philosophy in politics was to run on his record.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Reagan had been viewed as a leading candidate for some time and led a Gallup poll in October 1973 with 29% of the vote.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Still, Ford defeated Reagan in the Iowa Caucus, with 45.28% of the vote to Reagan's 42.54%. Ford went on to win early primaries and caucuses, including the Illinois primary with almost 60% of votes.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After that, Reagan won crucial states such as North Carolina, Texas, and Georgia.<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After the Indiana primaries, both candidates were neck-in-neck in winning the remaining primaries. Ford won New Jersey and his home state of Michigan, while Reagan won his home state of California with double Ford's vote.<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A year before the election, incumbent vice president <a href="/wiki/Nelson_Rockefeller" title="Nelson Rockefeller">Nelson Rockefeller</a> had announced that he wasn't interested in running for election with President Ford, but promised to support him.<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ford had won more primary delegates than Reagan, but he didn't yet have the 1,130 delegates needed to be the Republican nominee. His campaign relied on votes from unpledged delegates to gain the nomination, which Ford narrowly won on the first ballot, with 1,187 delegates to Reagan's 1,070.<sup id="cite_ref-:7_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:7-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Until the convention, Ford had told no one about his running-mate choice. Reagan told a caucus of the Kansas delegation that he would not accept the vice-presidential nomination.<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ultimately, Ford selected Senator Bob Dole of Kansas as his running mate.<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When delegates voted on the vice presidential nominee, Dole prevailed by an overwhelming 85% of the votes.<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In an address to the convention, Reagan conceded to Ford and endorsed the Republican platform in a speech so eloquent that it arguably overshadowed Ford's acceptance address.<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Reagan said that "We [Republicans] must go forth from here united, determined, that what a great general said a few years ago is true: There is no substitute for victory." Reagan later refused pleas from Ford to campaign on Ford's behalf in battleground states.<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Campaign">Campaign</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jimmy_Carter_1976_presidential_campaign&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Campaign"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Carter campaign used various television advertisements to promise to restore integrity and trust in government after Watergate. Patrick Meirick, director of the Political Communications Center at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Oklahoma" title="University of Oklahoma">University of Oklahoma</a> in 2015 said "Carter was really talking about fixing politics, and having trust in government again. Some of the ads were almost like cinema verité."<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In some of his commercials, Carter campaigned for reforming the welfare system and to stop giving benefits to those who refuse jobs when they're offered to them.<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He made many campaign promises, such as removing any of his cabinet members who mislead the people. He also promised to keep maximum privacy in people's lives and minimum secrecy in government.<sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/National_Education_Association" title="National Education Association">National Education Association</a> chief John Ryor said that about 7,000 representatives from his 1.8 million-member organization voted more than 4-to-1 to endorse the Carter-Mondale ticket over Ford-Dole.<sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Walter Mondale campaigned for the ticket in various states. While campaigning in <a href="/wiki/Toledo,_Ohio" title="Toledo, Ohio">Toledo, Ohio</a> he said that the country needs a strong president to stop inflation, and the current president didn't have the guts to stand up to big business.<sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During a rally, <a href="/wiki/Rosalynn_Carter" title="Rosalynn Carter">Rosalynn Carter</a> criticized President Ford for building a wall around himself by not answering questions in public.<sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Meanwhile, Ford was also being investigated for allegations of campaign finance improprieties in his former congressional district elections. On October 1, it was concluded by a special Watergate prosecutor that there would be no criminal charges against him.<sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Carter_and_Ford_in_a_debate,_September_23,_1976.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Carter_and_Ford_in_a_debate%2C_September_23%2C_1976.jpg/220px-Carter_and_Ford_in_a_debate%2C_September_23%2C_1976.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="141" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Carter_and_Ford_in_a_debate%2C_September_23%2C_1976.jpg/330px-Carter_and_Ford_in_a_debate%2C_September_23%2C_1976.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Carter_and_Ford_in_a_debate%2C_September_23%2C_1976.jpg/440px-Carter_and_Ford_in_a_debate%2C_September_23%2C_1976.jpg 2x" data-file-width="6000" data-file-height="3847" /></a><figcaption>Jimmy Carter and Gerald Ford in <a href="/wiki/1976_United_States_presidential_debates" title="1976 United States presidential debates">1976 presidential debate</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/League_of_Women_Voters" title="League of Women Voters">League of Women Voters</a> decided to conduct debates for presidential and vice-presidential candidates. These were the first debates after the <a href="/wiki/1960_United_States_presidential_debates" title="1960 United States presidential debates">1960 presidential debates</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Facing a possible blackout by three commercial television networks for their rule that would censor the audience's reaction, the league talked with representatives of both the campaigns and modified the rule.<sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Three presidential debates and one vice-presidential debate were broadcast. The first debate was viewed by 69.7 million people,<sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> where President Ford appeared to outpoint Carter. In his closing statement, Carter said: </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712"><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>Our nation in the last eight years has been divided as never before. It's a time for unity. It's a time to draw ourselves together to have a president and a Congress that can work together with mutual respect for a change, cooperating for a change, in the open for a change, so the people can understand their own government. It's time for government, industry, labor, manufacturing, agriculture, education, other entities in our society to cooperate. And it's a time for government to understand and to cooperate with our people. For a long time our American citizens have been excluded, sometimes misled, sometimes have been lied to.<sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>In the second presidential debate, while answering a question on the US relationship with the Russians and their influence in Europe, Ford said, "There is no Soviet domination of Eastern Europe and there never will be under a Ford administration."<sup id="cite_ref-:8_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:8-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ford's pernicious misremembering was a gaffe that likely damaged his campaign.<sup id="cite_ref-:9_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:9-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the vice-presidential debate between Dole and Mondale, Dole said, "I figured it up the other day: If we added up the killed and wounded in Democrat wars in this century, it would be about 1.6 million Americans – enough to fill the city of Detroit." Senator Dole came under widespread criticism for using the phrase "Democrat wars" in a nationally televised debate.<sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Carter was interviewed by <a href="/wiki/Robert_Scheer" title="Robert Scheer">Robert Scheer</a> of <i><a href="/wiki/Playboy" title="Playboy">Playboy</a></i> for the November 1976 issue, which hit the newsstands a couple of weeks before the election.<sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> With election day approaching, the preference polls had both the candidates almost tied, with Ford having a slight lead of 49% to 48%.<sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Election_day">Election day</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jimmy_Carter_1976_presidential_campaign&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Election day"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/1976_United_States_presidential_election" title="1976 United States presidential election">1976 United States presidential election</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:US_1976_presidential_election.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/US_1976_presidential_election.svg/220px-US_1976_presidential_election.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="112" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/US_1976_presidential_election.svg/330px-US_1976_presidential_election.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/US_1976_presidential_election.svg/440px-US_1976_presidential_election.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1162" data-file-height="593" /></a><figcaption>Electoral college results for 1976 U.S. presidential election.</figcaption></figure> <p>On election day, Carter carried 23 states with 297 electoral votes, while Ford won 27 states with 240 electoral votes (one faithless elector pledged to Ford, from Washington state, voted for Reagan).<sup id="cite_ref-81" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The electoral vote was the closest since <a href="/wiki/1916_United_States_presidential_election" title="1916 United States presidential election">1916</a>. Carter's victory came primarily from his near-sweep of the South, as he lost only Virginia and Oklahoma there, and his narrow victories in large Northern states, such as New York, Ohio, and Pennsylvania.<sup id="cite_ref-82" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ford did well in the West, carrying every state in that region except for Hawaii. The most tightly contested state in the election was Oregon; Ford won that state by under 2,000 votes.<sup id="cite_ref-83" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Carter's winning 23 states was only the first time since Kennedy's victory, and the second time in history, that the winner of the election won fewer than half the states.<sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> President Ford conceded the race to Carter the same night. First lady Betty Ford spoke on his behalf as he had lost his voice that same day. She said: </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712"><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>The President asked me to tell you that he telephoned President-elect Carter a short time ago and congratulated him on his victory. The President also wants to thank all those thousands of people who worked so hard on his behalf and the millions who supported him with their votes. It has been the greatest honor of my husband's life to have served his fellow Americans during 2 of the most difficult years in our history.<sup id="cite_ref-85" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Results">Results</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jimmy_Carter_1976_presidential_campaign&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <caption>Electoral results </caption> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2">Presidential candidate </th> <th rowspan="2">Party </th> <th rowspan="2">Home state </th> <th colspan="2">Popular vote </th> <th rowspan="2">Electoral<br />vote </th> <th colspan="3">Running mate </th></tr> <tr> <th>Count </th> <th>Percentage </th> <th>Vice-presidential candidate </th> <th>Home state </th> <th>Electoral vote </th></tr> <tr> <td><b> <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Carter" title="Jimmy Carter">James Earl Carter Jr.</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/United_States_Democratic_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Democratic Party">Democratic</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Georgia_(U.S._state)" title="Georgia (U.S. state)">Georgia</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">40,831,881 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">50.08% </td> <td style="text-align:right;">297 </td> <td><b> <a href="/wiki/Walter_Mondale" title="Walter Mondale">Walter Frederick Mondale</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Minnesota" title="Minnesota">Minnesota</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">297 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Gerald_Ford" title="Gerald Ford">Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr.</a> (Incumbent)</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/United_States_Republican_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Republican Party">Republican</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Michigan" title="Michigan">Michigan</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">39,148,634 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">48.02% </td> <td style="text-align:right;">240 </td> <td rowspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/Bob_Dole" title="Bob Dole">Robert Joseph Dole</a></b> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Kansas" title="Kansas">Kansas</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" style="text-align:right;">241 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Ronald_Reagan" title="Ronald Reagan">Ronald Wilson Reagan</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/United_States_Republican_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Republican Party">Republican</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">—<sup id="cite_ref-Mike_86-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mike-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">—<sup id="cite_ref-Mike_86-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mike-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">1 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b> <a href="/wiki/Eugene_McCarthy" title="Eugene McCarthy">Eugene McCarthy</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">None</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Minnesota" title="Minnesota">Minnesota</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">740,460 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.91% </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td><b> <sup id="cite_ref-Running_87-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Running-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></b> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-Running_87-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Running-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b> <a href="/wiki/Roger_MacBride" title="Roger MacBride">Roger MacBride</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/United_States_Libertarian_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Libertarian Party">Libertarian</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Virginia" title="Virginia">Virginia</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">172,557 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.21% </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td><b> <a href="/wiki/David_Bergland" title="David Bergland">David Bergland</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b> <a href="/wiki/Lester_Maddox" title="Lester Maddox">Lester Maddox</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/American_Independent_Party" title="American Independent Party">American Independent</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Georgia_(U.S._state)" title="Georgia (U.S. state)">Georgia</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">170,274 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.21% </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td><b> <a href="/wiki/William_Dyke" title="William Dyke">William Dyke</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wisconsin" title="Wisconsin">Wisconsin</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b> <a href="/wiki/Thomas_J._Anderson_(author)" title="Thomas J. Anderson (author)">Thomas J. Anderson</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/American_Party_(1969)" title="American Party (1969)">American</a> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-88" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>c<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">158,271 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.19% </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td><b> Rufus Shackelford</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Florida" title="Florida">Florida</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b> <a href="/wiki/Peter_Camejo" title="Peter Camejo">Peter Camejo</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Socialist_Workers_Party_(United_States)" title="Socialist Workers Party (United States)">Socialist Workers</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">90,986 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.11% </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td><b> <a href="/wiki/Willie_Mae_Reid" title="Willie Mae Reid">Willie Mae Reid</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Illinois" title="Illinois">Illinois</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b> <a href="/wiki/Gus_Hall" title="Gus Hall">Gus Hall</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_USA" title="Communist Party USA">Communist</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/New_York_(state)" title="New York (state)">New York</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">58,709 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.07% </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td><b> <a href="/wiki/Jarvis_Tyner" title="Jarvis Tyner">Jarvis Tyner</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/New_York_(state)" title="New York (state)">New York</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b> <a href="/wiki/Margaret_Wright_(American_politician)" title="Margaret Wright (American politician)">Margaret Wright</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Party_(United_States,_1970s)" class="mw-redirect" title="People's Party (United States, 1970s)">People's</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">49,013 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.06% </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td><b> <a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Spock" title="Benjamin Spock">Benjamin Spock</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Connecticut" title="Connecticut">Connecticut</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b> <a href="/wiki/Lyndon_LaRouche" title="Lyndon LaRouche">Lyndon LaRouche</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/U.S._Labor_Party" title="U.S. Labor Party">U.S. Labor</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/New_York_(state)" title="New York (state)">New York</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">40,043 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.05% </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td><b> R. Wayne Evans</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Michigan" title="Michigan">Michigan</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:right"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"><b>Other</b> </td> <td>70,785 </td> <td>0.08% </td> <td>— </td> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:left;"><b>Other</b> </td> <td>— </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:right"> <th colspan="3">Total </th> <td>81,531,584 </td> <td>100% </td> <td>538 </td> <td colspan="2"> </td> <td>538 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:right"> <th colspan="5">Needed to win </th> <td>270 </td> <td colspan="2"> </td> <td>270 </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Source - <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/national.php?year=1976&f=0&off=0&elect=0">1976 Presidential General Election Results</a> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Aftermath_and_legacy">Aftermath and legacy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jimmy_Carter_1976_presidential_campaign&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Aftermath and legacy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Presidential_transition_of_Jimmy_Carter" title="Presidential transition of Jimmy Carter">Presidential transition of Jimmy Carter</a> and <a href="/wiki/Inauguration_of_Jimmy_Carter" title="Inauguration of Jimmy Carter">Inauguration of Jimmy Carter</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Photograph_of_President_Gerald_Ford,_First_Lady_Betty_Ford,_President-Elect_Jimmy_Carter,_and_Rosalynn_Carter..._-_NARA_-_186838.tif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Photograph_of_President_Gerald_Ford%2C_First_Lady_Betty_Ford%2C_President-Elect_Jimmy_Carter%2C_and_Rosalynn_Carter..._-_NARA_-_186838.tif/lossy-page1-220px-Photograph_of_President_Gerald_Ford%2C_First_Lady_Betty_Ford%2C_President-Elect_Jimmy_Carter%2C_and_Rosalynn_Carter..._-_NARA_-_186838.tif.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="272" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Photograph_of_President_Gerald_Ford%2C_First_Lady_Betty_Ford%2C_President-Elect_Jimmy_Carter%2C_and_Rosalynn_Carter..._-_NARA_-_186838.tif/lossy-page1-330px-Photograph_of_President_Gerald_Ford%2C_First_Lady_Betty_Ford%2C_President-Elect_Jimmy_Carter%2C_and_Rosalynn_Carter..._-_NARA_-_186838.tif.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Photograph_of_President_Gerald_Ford%2C_First_Lady_Betty_Ford%2C_President-Elect_Jimmy_Carter%2C_and_Rosalynn_Carter..._-_NARA_-_186838.tif/lossy-page1-440px-Photograph_of_President_Gerald_Ford%2C_First_Lady_Betty_Ford%2C_President-Elect_Jimmy_Carter%2C_and_Rosalynn_Carter..._-_NARA_-_186838.tif.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2425" data-file-height="3000" /></a><figcaption>President-elect Carter and <a href="/wiki/Rosalynn_Carter" title="Rosalynn Carter">Rosalynn Carter</a> meets with outgoing President <a href="/wiki/Gerald_Ford" title="Gerald Ford">Gerald Ford</a> and First lady <a href="/wiki/Betty_Ford" title="Betty Ford">Betty Ford</a>. </figcaption></figure> <p>The presidential transition of Jimmy Carter was the first systematic exercise in transition planning. He started his effort in the spring of 1976 when he became the presumptive Democratic nominee.<sup id="cite_ref-89" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Jack_Watson_(presidential_adviser)" title="Jack Watson (presidential adviser)">Jack Watson</a> was Carter's transition director.<sup id="cite_ref-90" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The pre-election transition effort was funded using $150,000 in campaign money, which created tension between Watson and Carter's campaign manager, <a href="/wiki/Hamilton_Jordan" title="Hamilton Jordan">Hamilton Jordan</a>. After the election, President Ford assured his co-operation in the transfer of power.<sup id="cite_ref-PSQ_91-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PSQ-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Jimmy Carter was inaugurated as the 39th president of the United States on January 20, 1977. He lost <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Carter_1980_presidential_campaign" title="Jimmy Carter 1980 presidential campaign">his re-election campaign in 1980</a> in a landslide to the Republican nominee, Ronald Reagan.<sup id="cite_ref-92" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Reagan defeated Walter Mondale in the <a href="/wiki/1984_United_States_presidential_election" title="1984 United States presidential election">1984 presidential election</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-93" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-93"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Carter was the only Democratic president between 1969 (<a href="/wiki/Lyndon_Johnson" class="mw-redirect" title="Lyndon Johnson">Lyndon Johnson</a>) and 1993 (<a href="/wiki/Bill_Clinton" title="Bill Clinton">Bill Clinton</a>). Carter spent the years following his presidency being involved in a variety of national and international public policy, conflict resolution, human rights, and charitable causes, through the Carter Foundation. He was awarded the <a href="/wiki/Nobel_Peace_Prize" title="Nobel Peace Prize">Nobel Peace Prize</a> in 2002 for his post-presidential work in finding peaceful solutions to international conflicts.<sup id="cite_ref-94" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-94"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Notably, this is the only modern presidential election in which both presidential and both vice-presidential candidates were still alive 30 years after the election, until Ford's death in 2006,<sup id="cite_ref-95" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-95"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and three of the four were alive after 44 years, until Walter Mondale's death in April 2021.<sup id="cite_ref-96" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-96"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following Bob Dole's death in December 2021,<sup id="cite_ref-97" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-97"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Carter is the only candidate still living. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jimmy_Carter_1976_presidential_campaign&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1976_Democratic_Party_presidential_primaries" title="1976 Democratic Party presidential primaries">1976 Democratic Party presidential primaries</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1976_Democratic_Party_vice_presidential_candidate_selection" title="1976 Democratic Party vice presidential candidate selection">1976 Democratic Party vice presidential candidate selection</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1976_Democratic_National_Convention" title="1976 Democratic National Convention">1976 Democratic National Convention</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1976_United_States_presidential_election" title="1976 United States presidential election">1976 United States presidential election</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Presidential_transition_of_Jimmy_Carter" title="Presidential transition of Jimmy Carter">Presidential transition of Jimmy Carter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inauguration_of_Jimmy_Carter" title="Inauguration of Jimmy Carter">Inauguration of Jimmy Carter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gerald_Ford_1976_presidential_campaign" title="Gerald Ford 1976 presidential campaign">Gerald Ford 1976 presidential campaign</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Carter_1980_presidential_campaign" title="Jimmy Carter 1980 presidential campaign">Jimmy Carter 1980 presidential campaign</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jimmy_Carter_1976_presidential_campaign&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-Mike-86"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Mike_86-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Mike_86-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Mike_Padden" title="Mike Padden">Mike Padden</a>, a Republican <a href="/wiki/Faithless_elector" title="Faithless elector">faithless elector</a> from <a href="/wiki/Washington_(state)" title="Washington (state)">Washington</a>, gave <a href="/wiki/Ronald_Reagan" title="Ronald Reagan">Ronald Reagan</a> one electoral vote.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Running-87"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Running_87-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Running_87-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">McCarthy's running mate varied from state to state.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-88"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-88">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Research has not yet determined whether Anderson's home state was <a href="/wiki/United_States_presidential_elections_in_Tennessee" title="United States presidential elections in Tennessee">Tennessee</a> or <a href="/wiki/United_States_presidential_elections_in_Texas" title="United States presidential elections in Texas">Texas</a> at the time of the 1976 election.</span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sources_and_references">Sources and references</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jimmy_Carter_1976_presidential_campaign&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Sources and 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Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leon_Jaworski" title="Leon Jaworski">Leon Jaworski</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barbara_Jordan" title="Barbara Jordan">Barbara Jordan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eugene_McCarthy" title="Eugene McCarthy">Eugene McCarthy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ellen_McCormack" title="Ellen McCormack">Ellen McCormack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walter_Mondale" title="Walter Mondale">Walter Mondale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jennings_Randolph" title="Jennings Randolph">Jennings Randolph</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terry_Sanford" title="Terry Sanford">Terry Sanford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milton_Shapp" title="Milton Shapp">Milton Shapp</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Milton_Shapp_1976_presidential_campaign" title="Milton Shapp 1976 presidential campaign">campaign</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sargent_Shriver" title="Sargent Shriver">Sargent Shriver</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adlai_Stevenson_III" title="Adlai Stevenson III">Adlai Stevenson III</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mo_Udall" title="Mo Udall">Mo Udall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Wallace" title="George Wallace">George Wallace</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:right;;box-shadow: inset -5px 0 0 0 #E81B23;"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican Party</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1976_Republican_National_Convention" title="1976 Republican National Convention">Convention</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1976_Republican_Party_presidential_primaries" title="1976 Republican Party presidential primaries">Primaries</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Candidates</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b>Incumbent nominee: <a href="/wiki/Gerald_Ford" title="Gerald Ford">Gerald Ford</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gerald_Ford_1976_presidential_campaign" title="Gerald Ford 1976 presidential campaign">campaign</a></li></ul></li> <li><b>VP nominee: <a href="/wiki/Bob_Dole" title="Bob Dole">Bob Dole</a></b></li></ul> <ul><li><b>Other candidates:</b> <a href="/wiki/James_L._Buckley" title="James L. Buckley">James L. Buckley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ronald_Reagan" title="Ronald Reagan">Ronald Reagan</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ronald_Reagan_1976_presidential_campaign" title="Ronald Reagan 1976 presidential campaign">campaign</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Political_positions_of_Ronald_Reagan" title="Political positions of Ronald Reagan">positions</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harold_Stassen" title="Harold Stassen">Harold Stassen</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Third-party_and_independent_candidates" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Third_party_(U.S._politics)" title="Third party (U.S. politics)">Third-party</a> and <a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">independent</a> <a href="/wiki/United_States_third_party_and_independent_presidential_candidates,_1976" class="mw-redirect" title="United States third party and independent presidential candidates, 1976">candidates</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;box-shadow: inset -5px 0 0 0 #CC66FF;"><a href="/wiki/American_Party_(1969)" title="American Party (1969)">American Party</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b>Nominee: <a href="/wiki/Thomas_J._Anderson_(author)" title="Thomas J. Anderson (author)">Thomas J. Anderson</a></b></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;box-shadow: inset -5px 0 0 0 #800080;"><a href="/wiki/American_Independent_Party" title="American Independent Party">American Independent Party</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b>Nominee: <a href="/wiki/Lester_Maddox" title="Lester Maddox">Lester Maddox</a></b></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;box-shadow: inset -5px 0 0 0 #D50000;"><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_USA" title="Communist Party USA">Communist Party</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b>Nominee: <a href="/wiki/Gus_Hall" title="Gus Hall">Gus Hall</a></b></li> <li><b>VP nominee: <a href="/wiki/Jarvis_Tyner" title="Jarvis Tyner">Jarvis Tyner</a></b></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;box-shadow: inset -5px 0 0 0 #FED105;"><a href="/wiki/Libertarian_Party_(United_States)" title="Libertarian Party (United States)">Libertarian Party</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b>Nominee: <a href="/wiki/Roger_MacBride" title="Roger MacBride">Roger MacBride</a></b></li> <li><b>VP nominee: <a href="/wiki/David_Bergland" title="David Bergland">David Bergland</a></b></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;box-shadow: inset -5px 0 0 0 red;"><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Party_(United_States,_1971)" title="People's Party (United States, 1971)">People's Party</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b>Nominee: <a href="/wiki/Margaret_Wright_(American_politician)" title="Margaret Wright (American politician)">Margaret Wright</a></b></li> <li><b>VP nominee: <a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Spock" title="Benjamin Spock">Benjamin Spock</a></b></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;box-shadow: inset -5px 0 0 0 #FF00FF;"><a href="/wiki/Prohibition_Party" title="Prohibition Party">Prohibition Party</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b>Nominee: <a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Bubar_Jr." title="Benjamin Bubar Jr.">Ben Bubar</a></b></li> <li><b>VP nominee: <a href="/wiki/Earl_Dodge" title="Earl Dodge">Earl Dodge</a></b></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;box-shadow: inset -5px 0 0 0 #AA0000;"><a href="/wiki/Socialist_Workers_Party_(United_States)" title="Socialist Workers Party (United States)">Socialist Workers Party</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b>Nominee: <a href="/wiki/Peter_Camejo" title="Peter Camejo">Peter Camejo</a></b></li> <li><b>VP nominee: <a href="/wiki/Willie_Mae_Reid" title="Willie Mae Reid">Willie Mae Reid</a></b></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;box-shadow: inset -5px 0 0 0 #800000;"><a href="/wiki/U.S._Labor_Party" title="U.S. Labor Party">U.S. Labor Party</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b>Nominee: <a href="/wiki/Lyndon_LaRouche" title="Lyndon LaRouche">Lyndon LaRouche</a></b></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div> <ul><li><b>Other 1976 elections</b>: <a href="/wiki/1976_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections" title="1976 United States House of Representatives elections">House</a></li> <li><a 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href="/wiki/Carter_bonds" title="Carter bonds">Carter bonds</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Carter_rabbit_incident" title="Jimmy Carter rabbit incident">Rabbit incident</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carter_Doctrine" title="Carter Doctrine">Carter Doctrine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Camp_David_Accords" title="Camp David Accords">Camp David Accords</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Egypt%E2%80%93Israel_peace_treaty" title="Egypt–Israel peace treaty">Egypt–Israel peace treaty</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Torrijos%E2%80%93Carter_Treaties" title="Torrijos–Carter Treaties">Torrijos–Carter Treaties</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iran_hostage_crisis" title="Iran hostage crisis">Iran hostage crisis</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Eagle_Claw" title="Operation Eagle Claw">Operation Eagle Claw</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canadian_Caper" title="Canadian Caper">Canadian Caper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Carter%27s_engagement_with_Ruhollah_Khomeini" title="Jimmy Carter's engagement with 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title="Island of Stability (speech)">Island of Stability</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A_Crisis_of_Confidence_speech" class="mw-redirect" title="A Crisis of Confidence speech">A Crisis of Confidence</a></li> <li>State of the Union Addresses <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1978_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1978 State of the Union Address">1978</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1979_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1979 State of the Union Address">1979</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1980_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1980 State of the Union Address">1980</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1981_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1981 State of the Union Address">1981</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Electoral_history_of_Jimmy_Carter" title="Electoral history of Jimmy Carter">Elections</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Georgia 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elections <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1976_United_States_presidential_election" title="1976 United States presidential election">1976</a> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">campaign</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1980_United_States_presidential_election" title="1980 United States presidential election">1980</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Post-presidency_of_Jimmy_Carter" title="Post-presidency of Jimmy Carter">Post-presidency</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Carter_Center" title="Carter Center">Carter Center</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Carter_Library_and_Museum" title="Jimmy Carter Library and Museum">Presidential Library and Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Habitat_for_Humanity" title="Habitat for Humanity">Habitat for Humanity</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_%26_Rosalynn_Carter_Work_Project" title="Jimmy & Rosalynn Carter Work Project">Jimmy & Rosalynn Carter Work Project</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Elders_(organization)" title="The Elders (organization)">The Elders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Carter_National_Historical_Park" title="Jimmy Carter National Historical Park">Jimmy Carter National Historical Park</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_and_Rosalynn_Carter_House" title="Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter House">Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter House</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nairobi_Agreement,_1999" title="Nairobi Agreement, 1999">Nairobi Agreement, 1999</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/One_America_Appeal" title="One America Appeal">One America Appeal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Continuity_of_Government_Commission" title="Continuity of Government Commission">Continuity of Government Commission</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Bibliography_of_Jimmy_Carter" title="Bibliography of Jimmy Carter">Books</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Everything_to_Gain:_Making_the_Most_of_the_Rest_of_Your_Life" title="Everything to Gain: Making the Most of the Rest of Your Life">Everything to Gain</a></i> (1987)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Hornet%27s_Nest_(novel)" title="The Hornet's Nest (novel)">The Hornet's Nest</a></i> (2003)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Our_Endangered_Values" title="Our Endangered Values">Our Endangered Values</a></i> (2006)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Palestine:_Peace_Not_Apartheid" title="Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid">Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid</a></i> (2006) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Commentary_on_Palestine:_Peace_Not_Apartheid" title="Commentary on Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid">reaction and commentary</a></li></ul></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Beyond_the_White_House" title="Beyond the White House">Beyond the White House</a></i> (2007)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/We_Can_Have_Peace_in_the_Holy_Land" title="We Can Have Peace in the Holy Land">We Can Have Peace in the Holy Land</a></i> (2009)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/White_House_Diary" title="White House Diary">White House Diary</a></i> (2010)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Call_to_Action:_Women,_Religion,_Violence,_and_Power" title="A Call to Action: Women, Religion, Violence, and Power">A Call to Action</a></i> (2014)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Full_Life" title="A Full Life">A Full Life</a></i> (2015)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_awards_and_honors_received_by_Jimmy_Carter" title="List of awards and honors received by Jimmy Carter">Awards<br />and honors</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nobel_Peace_Prize" title="Nobel Peace Prize">Nobel Peace Prize</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Presidential_Medal_of_Freedom" title="Presidential Medal of Freedom">Presidential Medal of Freedom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Freedom_of_the_City" title="Freedom of the City">Freedom of the City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Silver_Buffalo_Award" title="Silver Buffalo Award">Silver Buffalo Award</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Liberty_Medal" class="mw-redirect" title="Philadelphia Liberty Medal">Philadelphia Liberty Medal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Prize_in_the_Field_of_Human_Rights" title="United Nations Prize in the Field of Human Rights">United Nations Prize in the Field of Human Rights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hoover_Medal" title="Hoover Medal">Hoover Medal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christopher_Award" title="Christopher Award">Christopher Award</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carter%E2%80%93Menil_Human_Rights_Prize" title="Carter–Menil Human Rights Prize">Carter–Menil Human Rights Prize</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Best_Spoken_Word_Album" class="mw-redirect" title="Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album">Grammy Award</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Legacy</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Carter_Peanut_Statue" title="Jimmy Carter Peanut Statue">Jimmy Carter Peanut Statue</a> (1976)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Jimmy_Carter" title="USS Jimmy Carter">USS <i>Jimmy Carter</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Carter_National_Historical_Park" title="Jimmy Carter National Historical Park">Jimmy Carter National Historical Park</a> (1987)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Statue_of_Jimmy_Carter" title="Statue of Jimmy Carter">Georgia State Capitol statue</a> (1994)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Residences <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lillian_G._Carter_Nursing_Center" title="Lillian G. Carter Nursing Center">Birthplace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_and_Rosalynn_Carter_House" title="Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter House">Home</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mary_Prince_(nanny)" title="Mary Prince (nanny)">Mary Prince</a> (nanny)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Carter_UFO_incident" title="Jimmy Carter UFO incident">UFO incident</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Carter_(film)" title="Jimmy Carter (film)">Jimmy Carter</a></i> (2002 television documentary)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Man_from_Plains" title="Man from Plains">Man from Plains</a></i> (2007 documentary)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Family</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rosalynn_Carter" title="Rosalynn Carter">Rosalynn Carter</a> (wife)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Carter_(politician)" title="Jack Carter (politician)">Jack Carter</a> (son)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amy_Carter" title="Amy Carter">Amy Carter</a> (daughter)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jason_Carter_(politician)" title="Jason Carter (politician)">Jason Carter</a> (grandson)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Earl_Carter_Sr." title="James Earl Carter Sr.">James Earl Carter Sr.</a> (father)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lillian_Gordy_Carter" title="Lillian Gordy Carter">Lillian Gordy Carter</a> (mother)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gloria_Carter_Spann" title="Gloria Carter Spann">Gloria Carter Spann</a> (sister)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ruth_Carter_Stapleton" title="Ruth Carter Stapleton">Ruth Carter Stapleton</a> (sister)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Billy_Carter" title="Billy Carter">Billy Carter</a> (brother)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emily_Dolvin" title="Emily Dolvin">Emily Dolvin</a> (aunt)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hugh_Carter" title="Hugh Carter">Hugh Carter</a> (cousin)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow hlist" colspan="3"><div> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Gerald_Ford" title="Gerald Ford">← Gerald Ford</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Ronald_Reagan" title="Ronald Reagan">Ronald Reagan →</a></b></li></ul> <ul><li><b><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Category"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/16px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/23px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/31px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="180" data-file-height="185" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Category:Jimmy_Carter" title="Category:Jimmy Carter">Category</a></b></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link 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