Margin of Victory Defines Carter Win in 1976 Election
Carter secured 297 electoral votes to Ford’s 241, with a 51 percent popular vote lead of 40,276,040 to 38,532,630. The South’s reorientation helped Carter, aided by strong black turnout and a large registration drive, while Virginia voted for Ford.
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Jimmy Carter
White House
Carter
Ford
Woodrow Wilson
Charles Evans Hughes
Ohio
Hawaii
Union
South
John Lewis
Voter Education Project
Atlanta
Lewis
Associated Press
Virginia
Dixie
South Carolina
Campaign Reform and the Call for Shorter Campaigns
A historical reflection urges meaningful election reform to shorten campaigns by at least half. It argues a constitutional bar to reelection deserves renewed consideration, notes Watergate abuses, cites Hamilton, and praises the transfer of power in early U.S. history while calling for improvements to curb overexposure to electioneering trivia.
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Alexander Hamilton
U.S
United States
I Die Daily Role of Mortification in Pauls Life
Billy Graham explains that dieing daily refers to mortifying the deeds of the body rather than physical death. He points to Paul’s willingness to set aside self glory for God’s purposes and to focus on spiritual eternal principles in Colossians 3 14.
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Billy Graham
DR. Graham
Paul
T.H
Jesus
Christ
The Tragic Death Of Peter Sinkler 200 Years Ago
Dorothy MacDowell recounts the capture and execution of Peter Sinkler during the Revolutionary era. He left plantations and enslaved people to serve his country, was betrayed by a kin over bribery, and died in a Charles Town provost cellar from typhus after suffering brutal treatment. Boisseau gained a British commission and civil post in Nova Scotia.
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Dorothy Macdowell
Peter Sinkler
Marion
James Boisseau
Boisseau
Nova Scotia
Professors Surge as Political Winners in 1970s Elections
A wave of professors or former professors won or were reelected last week across the United States. From Moynihan in New York to Hayakawa in California and Humphrey in Minnesota, academics surged as voters questioned lawyers’ competence. Jimmy Carter, a self described professor, defeated Ford, signaling public trust in scholarly credentials over legal backgrounds. The piece weighs whether professors can translate knowledge into practical problem solving.
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Hunter Alexander
New York
Daniel Patrick Moynihan
Jim Buckley
California
S.J. Hayakawa
John Tunney
Indiana
Richard Lugar
Indianapolis
Vance Hartke
Minnesota
Hubert Humphrey
Washington State
Dixy Lee Ray
Joseph Fisher
Dva
Robert Krueger
Texas
Duke University
Ray, Fisher and Krueger
Ivory Towers
Jimmy Carter
Washington
Vulcan Gun Fails to Live Up to Its Promises in Army Use
Washington columns critique the Vulcan anti aircraft gun finding it plagued by accuracy reliability and range problems. The GAO study warns improvements won't fix core flaws, leaving aircraft destruction chances minimal and effectiveness limited to slow straight flight.
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Washington
Army
General Accounting Office
End negotiations on Panama Canal sale says AFL-CIO
The AFL-CIO in the Panama Canal Zone sues Kissinger Bunker and Ford in federal court to halt talks on a new treaty that would cede canal ownership. It argues U S title is perpetual and condemns Torrijos dictatorship and its 1 2 billion debt as reasons to end talks now.
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Phyllis Schlafl
Afl-Cio Labor Union
Panama Canal Zone
Henry Kissinger
Ellsworth Bunker
Ford
U.S
Panama
Kissinger-Bunker
Omar Torrijos
Communist Party
Caribbean
Cuba
Angola
Fidel Castro
United States
Cngress
Canal
Congress
Nicaragua
Lake
Canal Zone
U.S. Supreme Court
Secretary of the Treasury
Supreme Court
Roach
U.S Court of Appeals
Kissinger
Bunker
Simon Bolivar
South America
Torrijos
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Santee Swamp
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Gerald Ford
Moyni
Han
Hayakawa
Humphrey
Vulcan
Alaskan
Yukon
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Hal Bernton
Alaska
National Pipeline Welding School
Tulsa
Oklo
American Petroleum Institute
Pipeline Welding Union
Oklahoma Union
Construction
Thiokol Chemical Firm
Jack
Salt Lake City
Sun Valley
Idaho
Thiokol
Panama Canal
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