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[[Rosalynn Carter]] called Jones at candidate Jimmy Carter's behest. She held a private dinner with him and had the Peoples Temple leader introduce her at the 1976 grand opening of the San Francisco Democratic Party Headquarters. Jones dined with Rosalynn Carter at the head table at the Democratic National Convention.<ref>Layton, Deborah. ''Seductive Poison''. Anchor, 1999. ISBN|978-0-385-48984-. p. 53.</ref>
[[Rosalynn Carter]] called Jones at candidate Jimmy Carter's behest. She held a private dinner with him and had the Peoples Temple leader introduce her at the 1976 grand opening of the San Francisco Democratic Party Headquarters. Jones dined with Rosalynn Carter at the head table at the Democratic National Convention.<ref>Layton, Deborah. ''Seductive Poison''. Anchor, 1999. ISBN|978-0-385-48984-. p. 53.</ref>
[[File:Jimmy Carter.jpg|right|200px|thumb|President Jimmy Carter.]]
==Presidency (1977-1981)==
==Presidency (1977-1981)==
On taking office Carter proposed radical energy programs, redistributive tax reform, public campaign financing, a consumer protection agency (that Ralph Nader had long championed), labor law reform, and enactment of the [[Equal Rights Amendment]]. He fought with fellow Democrats in [[Congress]] and achieved little or nothing. Meanwhile, "[[stagflation]]" hit the economy hard, as energy shortages, slow growth, escalating inflation and very high interest rates sapped the economy.
On taking office Carter proposed radical energy programs, redistributive tax reform, public campaign financing, a consumer protection agency (that Ralph Nader had long championed), labor law reform, and enactment of the [[Equal Rights Amendment]]. He fought with fellow Democrats in [[Congress]] and achieved little or nothing. Meanwhile, "[[stagflation]]" hit the economy hard, as energy shortages, slow growth, escalating inflation and very high interest rates sapped the economy.
Carter was elected by campaigning on the [[Misery Index]] - adding the [[inflation]] rate and [[unemployment]] rate together, which stood at 13.4%. By 1980 the Misery index stood at 21%. By 1992, after "twelve years of neglect" as [[Bill Clinton]] called it, the Misery Index stood at 9.2%.
Carter was elected by campaigning on the [[Misery Index]] - adding the [[inflation]] rate and [[unemployment]] rate together, which stood at 13.4%. By 1980 the Misery index stood at 21%. By 1992, after "twelve years of neglect" as [[Bill Clinton]] called it, the Misery Index stood at 9.2%.
[[File:Biden racial jungle.jpeg|right|300px|thumb|Desgreratation and busing remained a powerful issue among Democrat voters during the Carter administration. The removal of President's Nixon and Ford and full control of the Congress presented an opportunity for the Democrats to take country backwards in the area of [[civil rights]].<ref name="politico.com">https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/08/joe-biden-integration-school-busing-120968_full.html</ref>]]
===Administration===
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|colspan="3"|<hr/>As First Lady, Rosalynn was a prolific fundraiser. Here she appears with other notable Democrats (left) [[John Wayne Gacey]] and (right) the Rev. [[Jim Jones]].
|colspan="3"|<hr/>As First Lady, Rosalynn was a prolific fundraiser. Here she appears with other notable Democrats (left) [[John Wayne Gacey]] and (right) the Rev. [[Jim Jones]].
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===Civil rights and homosexual activism===
:{{See also|History of Democrat racism}}
:{{See also|History of Democrat racism}}
Carter signed a bill sponsored by the [[Exalted Cyclops]], Democrat Sen. [[Robert Byrd]] (D-W.Va.)<ref>Klansman take an oath; once a Klansman always a Klansman.</ref> and Sen. [[Joe Biden]] (D-Del.). Byrd held the floor for more than 14 hours in a filibuster against the [[bi-partisan]] [[1964 Civil Rights Act]] and Biden sponsored an Amendment in 1975 to repeal sections of the 1964 Act. Byrd's amendment prohibited the use of federal funds to transport students beyond the school closest to their homes. Biden co-sponsored a measure that further restricted the federal government from desegregating city and suburban schools with redistricting measures like school clustering and pairing. This measure won the approval of a majority of Senate Democrats..<ref>https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2019/05/05/joe-biden-busing-problem-226791</ref>
Carter signed a bill sponsored by the [[Exalted Cyclops]], Democrat Sen. [[Robert Byrd]] (D-W.Va.)<ref>Klansman take an oath; once a Klansman always a Klansman.</ref> and Sen. [[Joe Biden]] (D-Del.). Byrd held the floor for more than 14 hours in a filibuster against the [[bi-partisan]] [[1964 Civil Rights Act]] and Biden sponsored an Amendment in 1975 to repeal sections of the 1964 Act. Byrd's amendment prohibited the use of federal funds to transport students beyond the school closest to their homes. Biden co-sponsored a measure that further restricted the federal government from desegregating city and suburban schools with redistricting measures like school clustering and pairing. This measure won the approval of a majority of Senate Democrats..<ref>https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2019/05/05/joe-biden-busing-problem-226791</ref>