Penelope
Banned
Governor Jimmy Carter accepting the Democratic Nomination in August 1976.
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“With our ticket fully nominated for re-election at the Republican National Convention in August, the election was on. Carter led us by 2 points in early polling, but we were certain to win Rocky’s home state of New York, but with Baker as our Vice President, we were all hoping to get some of the south, usually a democratic stronghold, to go for Rocky. We just might need it..” –From the diary of Donald Rumsfeld.
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“Send him home!” – Voters at Rockefeller/Baker rally chanting in disapproval of Jimmy Carter.
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Election Night 1976
Nelson A. Rockefeller / Howard H. Baker, Jr.– 51.4% - 366 Electoral Votes
James "Jimmy" Carter / Walter F. Mondale – 46.5% - 172 Electoral Votes
President (Acting): Nelson A. Rockefeller
President – Elect: Nelson A. Rockefeller
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ROCKY RE-ELECTED
Republicans sweep the nation in electoral landslide!
Republicans sweep the nation in electoral landslide!
-Front Page Headline of the New York Times, November 2nd, 1976.
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