This Looks Like Election Eve 1976

[DemocratSinceBirth]

Polls had too it too close to call..


Gallup had a tiny lead for Ford


Harris had a tiny lead for Carter


Sad thing is we had a 33% lead during the Summer...


That was my first vote...

[Bluebear]

1. My first vote too DSB

[Gregorian]

12. First vote, too. Wow, this is getting nostalgic!

And not only that, it's starting to really flash me back to 2000. It's all going to be over very quickly.

Come on! We've got to win!

[high density]

2. What percentage did Carter win by in 1976?

Oops, answered my own question:

Carter won 50% to 47.9%; 297-241 electoral votes

[Bluebear]

4. 50.1 --> 48

http://www.presidentelect.org/e1976.html

[DemocratSinceBirth]

5. 502.2 To 48.5%

something like that but a vote here, a vote there and Carter could have lost the Electoral College despite winning the popular vote...


I think he won OH by 30,000 votes and HI by 4,000 votes....

Without them Carter loses...

[GalleryGod]

24. That was a LONNNG Election Night,Too!

:argh:

[DemocratSinceBirth]

6. Are You Sure... I Tought Ford Got 48.5

nt

[THUNDER HANDS]

3. two years after that

I was born :D

[cubsfan forever]

7. You could have gone all day

and not said that! :-)

Professor 2

[THUNDER HANDS]

10. I was 2 when Reagan became president

I bet you didn't need to hear that either.

:evilgrin:

[cubsfan forever]

26. Ouch!

You are really making my feel my age! :-)

Professor 2

[bemildred]

8. Yup. Ford was an unelected pResident too,

and not the brightest bulb in the pack. Frankly,
Kerry don't look a bit like Jimmy though. And Ford
governed far better than Bush-Cheney.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

11. I'd Take Ford In A Minute Over Bush..

he was a uniter not a divider...


pro choice, pro affirmative action, and if you can infer from his earlier actions he'd be pro gay rights...

[kodi]

21. me too in a picosecond, the current GOP make Ford look like a liberal

at least ford had some class and he did attempt to heal the nation aftr nixon.

i am waiting for kerry to win, and paraphrasing ford when nixon resigned say "our long, national nightmare is over" as he begins his victory speech.

[meganmonkey]

13. Doesn't take much...

to govern far better than Bush-Cheney.

In fact, I think my dog and the clump of fur he shed on the carpet could govern far better than Bush-Cheney.

;)

[bemildred]

16. True, a low hurdle to rise above.

Ford was just an amiable stooge, but he didn't make matters worse,
and he was quite "liberal" by modern standards.

[Bluebear]

23. True that, he would get nowhere in the GOP today

[Stephanie]

9. Was John Anderson in that?

I don't remember - was he in it at the end or only the primaries or what? I remember my mother supporting him.

[RoyGBiv]

14. 1980 ...

John Anderson was 1980.

[Stephanie]

15. Okay, thanks n/t

[crispini]

17. That's the first election I remember!

My mom and I had many discussions about Anderson and 3rd party candidates. She did vote for him, supported by me, and I remember watching the returns with her, just as excited about her vote than I would have been if I'd voted myself.

Cured me of voting for 3rd party candidates thereafter. :D

[Stephanie]

20. I have no idea why she did it, I don't remember what he stood for

I only remember she split with my Dad on it, and they were extremely political so it was a big deal.

[RoyGBiv]

22. National Unity Party

Anderson was a Republican, and he'd run against Reagan in the primaries. He was one of the last so-called "liberal Republicans," meaning he was socially liberal and economically conservative, which is what tends to define moderate Democrats today. The Republicans have for the most part all gone the way of Reagan, whom Anderson thought was far too hawkish and socially conservative.

He was a bit too economically conservative for my tastes, meaning he wanted to cut social programs and probably would have considered the idea of a national health care policy just another "tax and spend" Democratic scheme. However, I'd support his positions today more than I would those espoused by certain people in the Democratic party.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

25. I Don't Think Anderson's 80 Program Called For Cuts In Social Programs...

He was in favor of a fifty cent gas tax ....


That's what I remember most....

[RoyGBiv]

27. Yes, but ...

He wanted a 50 cent gas tax and cuts to the military, both things being what helped kill his candidacy in the Republican primaries. They were realist positions to hold at the time.

But that doesn't say anything about his long-term agenda. He did want to cut social programs. That was in his political rhetoric he used at the time, just not spelled out specifically.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

18. Would have been my first vote

Except my fundamentalist Christian mailman thought my being Roman Catholic made me a non-believer and didn't deliver my absentee ballot. Seriously, I inquired why I never recieved one from my county auditor and was informed it was returned as undeliverable.

I guess this is an early example of a Repuke surpressing the vote.

[Bluebear]

19. STEP INSIDE!! 1976 lounge here................

Pull up a seat!