In 1976, many worried that the bruising Democratic primary with more than a dozen candidates would undermine the winner in the general election. It didn't.
Some of the Democratic candidates running for president in 1976, from upper left: Birch Bayh, Lloyd Bentsen, Jerry Brown, Jimmy Carter, Frank Church, Fred Harris, Henry"Scoop" Jackson, Terry Sanford, Milton Shapp, Sargent Shriver, Morris Udall and George Wallace. By Gillian Brockell Gillian Brockell Staff writer for Retropolis Email Bio Follow May 2 at 11:55 AM As the primaries approached, one Democrat after another announced campaigns for president. Most were senators.
The next was Carter, who was weeks away from finishing his term as Georgia governor. He was so unknown that a Gallup poll that asked voters for their impressions of 31 possible candidates didn’t even have Carter on the list.First, he had visited nearly three dozen states that year in his Democratic Party role coordinating the midterm elections, developing “a reputation as a tactician and an organizer,” the New York Times wrote.
Then the floodgates opened: former North Carolina governor Terry Sanford, diplomat Sargent Shriver, Pennsylvania Gov. Milton Shapp, Alabama Gov. George Wallace and antiabortion “housewife” Ellen McCormack all got into the race. By the end of 1975, 10 candidates had announced. There were further setbacks. At a televised presidential forum, The Post described Carter’s performance as “calculated evasiveness.”
Then, in a surprise move, Calif. Gov. Jerry Brown announced he would run, just so he could block Jackson from winning in California. He picked up Maryland on the way.
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