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Democratic Party (United States) presidential primaries, 1976
Percentage ‹ 1972 1980 › Democratic Presidential Primaries, 1976 10.13% 7.13%
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Nominee Party Home state States carried Popular vote Percentage
Jimmy Carter Democratic Georgia 27 6,235,609 39.19%
Jerry Brown Democratic California 5 2,449,374 15.39%
George Wallace Democratic Alabama 3 1,955,388 12.29%
Statewide contest by winner Incumbent Democratic-nominee George McGovern Democratic Democratic-nominee-elect Jimmy Carter Democratic
Nominee Party Home state States carried Popular vote
Mo Udall Democratic Arizona 3 1,611,754
Henry M. Jackson Democratic Washington 4 1,134,375
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which the primary system was dominant. However, most of the Democratic candidates failed to realize the significance of the increased number of primaries, or the importance of creating momentum by winning the early contests. The one candidate who did see the opportunities in the new nominating system was Jimmy Carter, a former state senator and Governor of Georgia. Carter, who was virtually unknown at the national level, would never have gotten the Democratic nomination under the old, boss-dominated nominating system, but given the public disgust with political corruption following Richard Nixon’s resignation, Carter realized that his obscurity and "fresh face" could be an asset in the primaries. Carter’s plan was to run in all of the primaries and caucuses, beginning with the Iowa caucus, and build up momentum by winning "somewhere" each time primary elections were held. Carter startled many political experts by finishing second in the Iowa caucuses (where he came in second to "uncommitted"). Carter then won the New Hampshire primary, thus proving that a Southerner could win in the North. He then proceeded to slowly but steadily accumulate delegates in primaries around the nation. He also knocked his key rivals out of the race one by one. He defeated George Wallace in the North Carolina primary, thus eliminating his main rival in the South. He defeated Senator Henry "Scoop" Jackson in Pennsylvania, thus forcing Jackson to quit the race. In the Wisconsin primary Carter scored an impressive come-from-behind victory over Arizona Congressman Morris Udall, thus eliminating Udall as a serious contender. As Carter closed in on the nomination, an "ABC" (Anybody But Carter) movement started among Northern and Western liberal Democrats who worried that Carter’s Southern upbringing would make him too conservative for the Democratic Party. The leaders of the "ABC" movement - Idaho Senator Frank Church and California Governor Jerry Brown - both announced their candidacies for the Democratic nomination and defeated Carter in several late primaries. However, their campaigns both started too late to prevent Carter from gathering the remaining delegates he needed to capture the nomination.
Democratic Party nomination
Democratic candidates • Jimmy Carter, former U.S. governor Georgia • Morris Udall, U.S. representative from Arizona • Jerry Brown, U.S. governor of California • Henry M. Jackson, U.S. senator from Washington • George Wallace, U.S. governor of Alabama • Frank Church, U.S. senator from Idaho • Robert Byrd, U.S. senator from West Virginia • Sargent Shriver, former U.S. ambassador to France from Maryland • Fred Harris, former U.S. senator from Oklahoma • Birch Bayh, U.S. senator from Indiana • Lloyd Bentsen, U.S. senator from Texas • Terry Sanford, former Governor of Georgia
Governor Jerry Former Brown of Senator Governor Representative California Henry M. Jimmy Morris Udall Jackson of Carter of of Arizona Washington Georgia
Governor George Wallace of Senator Frank Alabama Church of Idaho
Senator Robert Byrd of West Virginia
Former Ambassador to France Sargent Shriver of Maryland
Senator Birch Bayh of Indiana Senator Lloyd
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candidates. Though Jackson won the Massachusetts and New York primaries, he dropped out on May 1 after losing the critical Pennsylvania primary to Carter by 12 points and running out of money.[1][2][3][4]
Statewide contest by winner
Results by state[5]:
Jimmy Jerry George M Carter Brown Wallace Ud January 27 Iowa 28% 28% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 11% 0% 0% 0% 0% 48% 0% 0% 2% 0% 53% 25% 0% 3% 0% 0% 59% 0% 0% 0% 1% 17% 0% 31% 28% 35% 13% 11% 2% 15% 0% 3% 11% 4% 7% 17% 2% 17% 3% 1% 11% 0% 1% 2% 3% 9% 6%
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February New 24 Hampshire March 2 March 2 March 9 March 16 March 23 April 6 Former Senator Fred Harris of Oklahoma Bentsen of Texas April 27 Former Governor May 4 Terry SanMay 4 ford of May 4 North Carolina May 11 May 11 May 18 May 18 May 25 May 25 May 25 May 25 May 25 May 25 June 1 June 1 June 1 June 8 June 8 June 8 Vermont Florida Illinois North Carolina Wisconsin Pennsylvania Georgia Indiana Washington, D.C. Nebraska West Virginia Maryland Michigan Arkansas Idaho Kentucky Nevada Oregon Tennessee Montana Rhode Island South Dakota California New Jersey Ohio
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Massachusetts 14% 42% 35% 48% 54% 37% 37% 83% 68% 32% 38% 0% 37% 43% 63% 12% 59% 23% 27% 77% 25% 30% 41% 20% 58% 52%
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Scoop Jackson raised his national profile by speaking out on Soviet-U.S. relations and Middle East policy regularly, and was considered a front-runner for the nomination when he announced the start of his campaign in February 1975. Jackson received substantial financial support from Jewish-Americans who admired his pro-Israel views, but Jackson’s support of the Vietnam War resulted in hostility from the left wing of the Democratic Party. Jackson chose to run on social issues, emphasizing law and order and his opposition to busing. Jackson was also hoping for support from labor, but the possibility that Hubert Humphrey might enter the race caused unions to offer only lukewarm support.[1][2][3][4] Jackson made the fateful decision not to compete in the early Iowa caucus and New Hampshire primary, which Carter won after liberals split their votes among four other
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Delaware Florida Georgia (his home state) Indiana Iowa (technically won by "uncommitted", but Carter finished before all other candidates) • Kansas • Kentucky • Louisiana • Maine • Michigan • Missouri • New Hampshire • New Mexico • North Carolina • Oklahoma • Ohio • Pennsylvania • South Dakota • Texas • Tennessee • Vermont • Virginia • Wisconsin Church • Idaho (his home state) • Montana • Nebraska • Oregon • Utah Udall • Arizona (his home state) • Hawaii • Wyoming Brown • California (his home state) • Maryland • Nevada • New Jersey • Rhode Island Jackson • Alaska • Massachusetts • New York • Washington (his home state) Wallace • Alabama (his home state) • Mississippi • South Carolina Humphrey • Minnesota (his home state) • North Dakota Byrd • West Virginia (his home state) Stevenson • • • • •
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• Illinois (his home state)
Total popular vote
Total popular vote in primaries[6] • Jimmy Carter - 6,235,609 (39.27%) • Jerry Brown - 2,449,374 (15.43%) • George Wallace - 1,955,388 (12.31%) • Mo Udall - 1,611,754 (10.15%) • Henry M. Jackson - 1,134,375 (7.14%) • Frank Church - 830,818 (5.23%) • Robert Byrd - 340,309 (2.14%) • Sargent Shriver - 304,399 (1.92%) • Unpledged - 283,437 (1.79%) • Ellen McCormack - 238,027 (1.50%) • Fred R. Harris - 234,568 (1.48%) • Milton Shapp - 88,254 (0.56%) • Birch Bayh - 86,438 (0.54%) • Hubert Humphrey - 61,992 (0.39%) • Ted Kennedy - 19,805 (0.13%) • Lloyd Bentsen - 4,046 (0.03%) • Terry Sanford - 404 (0.00%)
Democratic National Convention
The 1976 Democratic National Convention was held in New York City. By the time the convention opened Carter already had more than enough delegates to win the nomination, and so the major emphasis at the convention was to create an appearance of party unity, which had been lacking in the 1968 and 1972 Democratic Conventions. Carter easily won the nomination on the first ballot; he then chose Senator Walter Mondale of Minnesota, a liberal and a protege of Hubert Humphrey, as his running mate. The tally at the convention was[7]: • Jimmy Carter - 2,239 (74.48%) • Mo Udall - 330 (10.98%) • Jerry Brown - 301 (10.01%) • George Wallace - 57 (1.90%) • Ellen McCormack - 22 (0.73%) • Frank Church - 19 (0.63%) • Hubert Humphrey - 10 (0.33%) • Henry M. Jackson - 10 (0.33%) • Fred R. Harris - 9 (0.30%) • Milton Shapp - 2 (0.07%) • Robert Byrd, Cesar Chavez, Leon Jaworski, Barbara Jordan, Ted Kennedy, Jennings Randolph, Fred Stover - each 1 vote (0.03%)
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HistoryLink.org. http://www.historylink.org/essays/ output.cfm?file_id=5516. ^ David Wilma and Kit Oldham (November 7, 2003). "State voters elect Dixy Lee Ray as first woman governor of Washington, re-elect Senator Henry Jackson and House incumbents, and prefer Ford to Carter on November 2, 1976.". HistoryLink.org. http://www.washington.historylink.org/ output.cfm?file_id=5611. ^ Salam, Reihan (May 27, 2003). "Double Scoop". The New Republic Online. http://www.tnr.com/ doc.mhtml?i=express&s=salam052703. ^ "Jimmy Carter’s Big Breakthrough". Time Magazine. May 10, 1976. http://cgi.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/1996/ analysis/back.time/9605/10/. Elections Our Campaigns - US President - D Primaries Race - Feb 01, 1976 Our Campaigns - US President - D Convention Race - Jul 12, 1976 Virtual Tour: Race to the White House
Vice-Presidential nomination
Carter’s VP short list included • Frank Church, U.S. senator from Idaho • John Glenn, U.S. senator from Ohio • Walter F. Mondale, U.S. senator from Minnesota • Edmund Muskie, U.S. senator from Maine • Peter Rodino, U.S. representative from New Jersey • Adlai Stevenson III, U.S. senator from Illinois • Mo Udall, U.S. representative from Arizona According to Jimmy Carter[8], his top choices for Vice Presidency were: Mondale, Muskie, Church, Stevenson, Glenn and Jackson. He selected Mondale. The vice presidential tally, in part, was: • Walter Mondale 2837 • House Speaker Carl Albert 36 • Ronald Dellums 20 • Fritz Efaw 12 • Barbara Jordan 17 • Others 53 [2]
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References
[1] ^ Oldham, Kit (August 19, 2003). "Jackson, Henry M. "Scoop"".
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