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POD: Reagan does better in the primaries, the Anybody but Carter movement starts earlier, and rallies around Udall.


July 12th-15th, 1976: Riots occur at the Democratic convention. Udall is nominated and chooses Jerry Brown as his nominee

August 16th-19th, 1976: Reagan is nominated easily. Reagan makes a great speech which rallies the GOP around him. Reagan chooses Richard Schweiker of Pennsylvania as his nominee

August 20th, 1976-November 2nd, 1976: Reagan’s charisma helps him in the polls. Reagan attacked Udall/Brown as “watered down socialists”. The Democrats were hurt due to Carter refusing to endorse Udall or Reagan. The debates had a famous moment: After Udall attacked Reagan on the issue of Medicare, Reagan stated “There you go again”, effectively disarming Udall. In the end, Reagan won




Ronald Reagan/Richard Schweiker (Republican), 346 Electoral votes, 53.19% of the Popular vote
Morris Udall/Jerry Brown (Democratic), 192 Electoral votes, 46.88% of the Popular vote
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