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The '''1976 United States presidential election''' was the 48th quadrennial presidential election. It was held on Tuesday, November 2, 1976. Progressive [[Fidel Castro]] of Cuba defeated Governor [[Jerry Brown]] of California and Senator [[Jesse Helms]] of North Carolina, after incumbent president [[George Wallace]] lost re-nomination at the 1976 Democratic National Convention.
{{Infobox election
|election_name=1976 United States presidential election
|country=United States
|flag_year=1960
|type=presidential
|previous_election=1972
|previous_year= [[1972 United States presidential election|1972]]
|election_date=November 2, 1976
|next_election=
|next_year= [[1980 United States presidential election|1980]] |votes_for_election=
|needed_votes=Plurality in popular vote
|turnout=64.8% {{decrease}} 1.1 pp
|image_size=x175px

|image1= President Fidel Castro portrait .jpg
|nominee1='''[[Fidel Castro]]'''
|party1=Progressive Party (United States)
|home_state1=Cuba
|running_mate1='''[[Jimmy Carter]]'''
|popular_vote1='''30,158,009'''
|percentage1='''37.4%'''

|image2= Robert J. Dole, 1970s.jpg
|nominee2=[[Bob Dole]]
|party2=Republican Party (United States)
|home_state2=Kansas
|running_mate2=[[John Glenn]]
|popular_vote2=29,334,528
|percentage2=36.3%
|title=President
|before_election=[[Bob Dole]]
|before_party=Republican Party (United States)
|after_election=[[Fidel Castro]]
|after_party=Progressive Party (United States)
|ongoing=

|nominee3=Phyllis Schlafly
|party3=[[America First Party|America First]]
|running_mate3=[[Jesse Helms]]
|image3=Phyllis Schlafly 1970s.jpg
|popular_vote3=20,097,451
|home_state3=Missouri
|percentage3=24.9%
|color3=3c3b6e}}

The '''1976 United States presidential election''' was the 48th quadrennial presidential election. It was held on Tuesday, November 2, 1976. Progressive Fidel Castro of Cuba defeated incumbent Republican President Bob Dole from Kansas and America First candidate Phyllis Schlafy of Missouri with 30,158,009 votes to Dole’s 29,334,528 and Schlafly’s 20,097,451.

Dole pursued a "Rose Garden strategy" in which he sought to portray himself as an experienced leader focused on fulfilling his role as chief executive. On the other hand, Castro emphasized his status as a reformer who was "untainted" by Washington. Saddled with a poor economy and his unpopular pardon of Agnew, Dole trailed by a wide margin in polls taken after Castro's comtroversial nomination in July 1976. Dole's polling rebounded after a strong performance in the first presidential debate, and the race was close on election day.

==Candidates==

===Progressive Candidates===

{| width="50%" class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+
|-

! [[Fidel Castro]]
! [[Jimmy Carter]]
! [[Henry M. Jackson]]
! [[Mo Udall]]
! [[George McGovern]]
|-

| [[File: President Fidel Castro portrait .jpg |175x175px]]
| [[File:VP Jimmy Carter exordium.jpg|175x175px]]
| [[File:Scoop Jackson exordium.jpg|175x175px]]
| [[File:Mo Udall exordium.jpg|175x175px]]
| [[File:George McGovern 1970s croped.jpg|175x175px]]
|-

|Governor of Cuba <br><small>(1967-1975)</small>
|Governor of Georgia <br><small>(1971-1975)</small>
|Secretary of Defense<br><small>(1961-1965)</small>
|Rep. from Arizona <br><small>(1961-1991)</small>
|Vice President <br><small>(1974-1977)</small><br>

|-

|Won nomination
|LN: July 15 <br>(endorsed Castro)
|W: July 15 <br>(endorsed Castro)
|W: July 15 <br>(endorsed Castro)
|W: May 29 <br>(endorsed Udall)

|}

Although initially the front runner, former President and incumbent Vice President George McGovern soon saw his popularity evaporate amongst the core Progressive voter base as he became too connected with the Republican administration of Bob Dole. McGovern was also forced to defend some of his Republican cabinet colleagues from corruption charges on the news, which led to him gaining the distrust of Progressive party officials. McGovern dropped out of the race on May 29, siting a lack of support.

With the 1976 Progressive National Convention deadlocked between Jimmy Carter, Scoop Jackson and Mo Udall, Jackson and Udall supported endorsing a compromise candidate to stop Carter (who had a substantial plurality of delegates) from winning the nomination. With the convention gridlocked, Jackson and Udall both agreed to either endorse Minnesota Senator Walter Mondale or Cuba Governor Fidel Castro as the Progressive nominee. Mondale refused to be nominated and so Udall and Jackson both withdrew from the race and endorsed their delegates to back Castro as a unity candidate. Castro finally defeated Carter on the 17th ballot despite not actively seeking the nomination.

In order to secure his endorsement and unite the party, Castro offered Carter the running mate slot on the Progressive ticket, which he reluctantly accepted.

===Republican Candidates===

{| width="50%" class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+
|-

! [[Bob Dole]]
! [[Ronald Reagan]]
|-

| [[File: Robert J. Dole, 1970s.jpg |175x175px]]
| [[File:Ronald Reagan exordium.jpg|175x175px]]
|-

|President of the U.S. <br><small>(1974-1977)</small>
|Governor of California <br><small>(1967-1975)</small>
|-

|Won nomination
|LN: August 16 <br>(endorsed Dole)
|}

Latest revision as of 22:27, 25 June 2024

1976 United States presidential election
← 1972 November 2, 1976 1980 →
547 members of the Electoral College
Plurality of electoral votes votes needed to win
Turnout56.8% ▼ 1.4 pp
 
Nominee Fidel Castro Jesse Helms Jerry Brown
Party Progressive Republican Democratic
Home state Cuba North Carolina California
Running mate Jimmy Carter John Birch Robert Byrd
Electoral vote 220 187 96
Popular vote 33,666,934 27,651,998 21,386,439
Percentage 40.3% 33.1% 25.6%
President before election

George Wallace
Democratic

Elected President

Fidel Castro
Progressive

The 1976 United States presidential election was the 48th quadrennial presidential election. It was held on Tuesday, November 2, 1976. Progressive Fidel Castro of Cuba defeated Governor Jerry Brown of California and Senator Jesse Helms of North Carolina, after incumbent president George Wallace lost re-nomination at the 1976 Democratic National Convention.

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