Carter Is Elected President
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History: North American Series
- Categories: Government and Politics
- Subcategories: Politicians, Diplomats, Presidents, Prime Ministers, Elections, Voting
- Curriculum: American History 1951-present
- Geographical Location: United States
- Date: November 2, 1976
Article abstract: Weakening of party lines in the post-Vietnam, post-Watergate era results in a mixed mandate from a divided electorate.
Summary of Event
Jimmy Carter took the presidency from Gerald Ford by a popular vote margin of only 2 percent—the same figure that one year earlier had represented the minuscule proportion of Democrats who preferred the former Georgia governor as their party’s presidential nominee. It was the first time that an incumbent president had been defeated in forty-four years. Carter had come a long way, indeed, but just...
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