1976 United States presidential election

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United States presidential election

The 1976 United States presidential election was the contest in which Democrat Jimmy Carter defeated incumbent Republican President Gerald Ford, ending eight years of Republican control of the White House.

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Label Occurrences
1976 United States presidential election canonical 6
United States presidential election, 1976 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States presidential election ⓘ
campaignIssue Watergate scandal legacy ⓘ
economic stagnation ⓘ
trust in government ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
debate first televised presidential debates since 1960 ⓘ
electedPresident Jimmy Carter ⓘ
electedVicePresident Walter Mondale ⓘ
electoralCollegeSystem winner-take-all in most states ⓘ
electoralVoteLoser Gerald Ford ⓘ
electoralVotesForGeraldFord 240 ⓘ
electoralVotesForJimmyCarter 297 ⓘ
electoralVotesNeededToWin 270 ⓘ
electoralVoteWinner Jimmy Carter ⓘ
followedBy 1980 United States presidential election ⓘ
follows United States presidential election, 1972 ⓘ
surface form: 1972 United States presidential election
hasEndDate 1976-11-02 ⓘ
hasStartDate 1976-11-02 ⓘ
incumbentParty Republican Party ⓘ
surface form: Republican Party (United States)
incumbentPresident Gerald Ford ⓘ
losingParty Republican Party ⓘ
surface form: Republican Party (United States)
mainCandidate Gerald Ford ⓘ
Jimmy Carter ⓘ
notableThirdPartyCandidate Eugene McCarthy ⓘ
Roger MacBride ⓘ
officeContested President of the United States ⓘ
Vice President of the United States ⓘ
popularVoteLoser Gerald Ford ⓘ
popularVoteMarginPercentage 2.1 ⓘ
popularVotePercentageForGeraldFord 48.0 ⓘ
popularVotePercentageForJimmyCarter 50.1 ⓘ
popularVoteWinner Jimmy Carter ⓘ
previousPresident Gerald Ford ⓘ
resultedIn end of eight years of Republican control of the White House ⓘ
runningMate Bob Dole ⓘ
Walter Mondale ⓘ
stateCarriedByGeraldFord California, United States ⓘ
surface form: California

Michigan (most of state) ⓘ
surface form: Michigan

Virginia ⓘ
stateCarriedByJimmyCarter Georgia ⓘ
New York ⓘ
Texas ⓘ
tookPlaceDuring Cold War ⓘ
United States Bicentennial 1976 opening ⓘ
surface form: United States Bicentennial
totalElectoralVotes 538 ⓘ
totalPopularVotesForGeraldFord 39214870 ⓘ
totalPopularVotesForJimmyCarter 40829960 ⓘ
voterTurnoutPercentage 53.6 ⓘ
wasCloseElection true ⓘ
winningParty Democratic Party ⓘ
surface form: Democratic Party (United States)

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Gerald Ford administration → majorEvent → 1976 United States presidential election ⓘ
Bob Dole → participantIn → 1976 United States presidential election ⓘ
United States presidential election, 1972 → nextElection → 1976 United States presidential election ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States presidential election, 1976
Ford administration → election → 1976 United States presidential election ⓘ
Roger MacBride → candidateInElection → 1976 United States presidential election ⓘ
Gus Hall → candidateInElection → 1976 United States presidential election ⓘ
Peter Camejo → USPresidentialCandidateInElection → 1976 United States presidential election ⓘ