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==1976 election==

==1976 election==

The 1976 presidential election was another close race and the second which had both candidates agree to a debate since 1960 (both [[Johnson]] and [[Nixon]] didn't agree to any debates.)  The election was concerned with the Watergate scandal, in which Nixon had a part.  There were three debates that took place with [[Ford]] and [[Carter]] and one with [[Mondale]] and [[Dole]].  The first debate occurred in Phildadelphia, Pennsylvania.  Ford seemed to do better than Carter and started to gain in the poles.  <ref>  Near the end of the first debate a fuse broke and the station temporarily lost sound.  </ref>  The second debate happened in San Fransisco, California at which Ford made the fatal mistake of saying most eastern European countries weren't under Soviet control.  Then the one and only Vice Presidential devate took place in Houston, Texas.  Mondale gained a little bit of headway against Dole in the debate.  The third and last Presidential debate took place in Williamsburg, Virginia and neither candidate scored a high victory, making a "rubber match."  <ref> [[Encyclopedia of Presidents, Jimmy Carter]], by Linda R. Wade, Children's Press, 1989.  </ref>

The 1976 presidential election was another close race and the second which had both candidates agree to a debate since 1960 (both [[Johnson]] and [[Nixon]] didn't agree to any debates.)  The election was concerned with the Watergate scandal, in which Nixon had a part.  There were three debates that took place with [[Ford]] and [[Carter]] and one with [[Mondale]] and [[Dole]].  The first debate occurred in Phildadelphia, Pennsylvania.  <ref>  Near the end of the first debate a fuse broke and the station temporarily lost sound.  </ref>Ford seemed to do better than Carter and started to gain in the poles. The second debate happened in San Fransisco, California at which Ford made the fatal mistake of saying most eastern European countries weren't under Soviet control.  Then the one and only Vice Presidential devate took place in Houston, Texas.  Mondale gained a little bit of headway against Dole in the debate.  The third and last Presidential debate took place in Williamsburg, Virginia and neither candidate scored a high victory, making a "rubber match."  <ref> [[Encyclopedia of Presidents, Jimmy Carter]], by Linda R. Wade, Children's Press, 1989.  </ref>

==1980 election==

==1980 election==