... French Smith, Jules Stein and a few others created the Citizens for Reagan Committee. They wanted Reagan to challenge President Gerald Ford, a fellow Republican. They thought that Ford was the Eastern-wing candidate, typifying business as usual in Washington. Reagan lost the nomination to Ford on the first ballot at the 1976 convention. In 1976 Georgia Governor and pro-ERA candidate Jimmy Carter won the ... Democratic nomination and defeated Ford in the general election. During the campaign Carter talked about the fact that he was a born again Christian and the support of the Christian ...

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... President Nixon in 1972, 81 percent of the media elite still voted for the Democratic presidential candidate. In 1976, only 19 percent of the journalists surveyed voted for Republican President Gerald Ford. Throughout this sixteen-year period of time, the percentage of votes for a Republican candidate never exceeded 20 %, which, of course, is not representative of what really happened. 2. White House Reporters ... Once again, the imbalance is outstanding. In 1976, eleven of the reporters surveyed voted for Democrat Carter, while only two voted for Republican Ford. In 1980, eight voted f...

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... and entered most of the 30 presidential primaries. He chose Minnesota senator Walter Mondale to be his running mate against incumbent president Gerald R. Ford. Jimmy Carter won the popular vote by 40,827,394 (50.1%) to 39,145,977 (48%) for Ford and the electoral vote by 297 to 240. Jimmy Carter was inaugurated on January 20, 1977 and immediately began to take ... ...

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... to get the 1968 Republican presidential nomination. He was defeated by Richard Nixon who became president. Reagan also tried to win the presidential nomination again in 1976 but lost to Gerald Ford. When Reagan became president he started out in a recession. Eleven percent of the work force was unemployed in fall, 1982. This recession reduced inflation significantly, but the interest rates remained ... ...

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... to limit the state's spending. He campaigned throughout California to promote the proposal, winning a respect. The initiative failed, but Reagan rewarded Kennedy for his work by recommending him to President Gerald Ford for a vacancy on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. In his confirmation hearings for the Federal appeals court in 1975 Kennedy characterized his law practice as "widely diversified ... ...

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