Facts and Figures
		Carter vs. Ford
			Jimmy Carter, shown here with his wife and the Mondales, narrowly won victory in November becoming the first president from the South since Zachary Taylor.
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Campaign '76

President Ford, the only president to not win a national election, faced an uphill battle from the day he pardoned former President Nixon. By September 1976, the peanut farmer from Georgia (Jimmy Carter) had an 18 point lead on Ford. Various factors, including a remark in Playboy magazine that today would be viewed as a rather tame, caused the Carter lead to evaporate almost entirely. In the end, Carter won a narrow victory and became the first Democrat to win the presidency since Lyndon Johnson in 1964. 

Over the coming months, we look back on the 1976 presidential election. When I say "we" I mean both the staff here at Super70s.com and I mean you! We want to hear from you.

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