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==[[United States presidential election, 1976|1976 Campaign]]==

==[[United States presidential election, 1976|1976 Campaign]]==

Carter officially announced his involvement in the race for President. Despite being a relatively politically inexperienced candidate, he turned it to his advantage. He was able to  avoid the [[Watergate]] scandal and claim a clean history. He eventually managed to win the Democratic nomination and chose Minnesota Senator [[Walter Mondale]] as his running mate.  Carter based his campaign on his reputation, political freshness and being a honest, born-again Christian. His opponent [[Gerald Ford]] campaigned on his record as a Congressman and success in recovering from Watergate.  

Carter officially announced his involvement in the race for President. Despite being a relatively politically inexperienced candidate, he turned it to his advantage. He was able to  avoid the [[Watergate]] scandal and claim a clean history. He eventually managed to win the Democratic nomination and chose Minnesota Senator [[Walter Mondale]] as his running mate.  Carter based his campaign on his reputation, political freshness and being a honest, born-again Christian, hammering hard at the Watergate scandal that brought down [[Richard Nixon]] in 1974. [[Image:Carter76.jpg|thumb|250px]]  His opponent incumbent President [[Gerald Ford]] campaigned on his record as a Congressman and success in recovering from Watergate, but was hurt by having given Nixon a full pardon.  

[[Image:1976election.jpg|thumb|350px]] Carter wavered slightly after the first presidential debate, but managed to regain lost ground when Ford faltered and said the Soviets did not control Poland. Carter managed a narrow win.<ref>[[Encyclopedia of Presidents, Jimmy Carter]], by Linda R. Wade, Children's Press, Chicago, 1989, pp. 45-57.  His Christianity notwithstanding, Carter is the first and only elected presidential candidate to have ever been interviewed in ''Playboy Magazine'' (Nov. 1976 Issue, interviewed by Robert Scheer). [http://books.google.com/books?id=k-DXDZDo9xUC&pg=RA1-PA33&dq=Jimmy+Carter+Playboy+magazine&ei=WSdBSbbSMpOMkASq3PTFDg ''Conversations with Carter''], Jimmy Carter, Don Richardson, Lynne Rienner Publishers, 1998, ISBN 1555878016, 344 pages </ref>.  The nightly news anchors on all three networks&mdash;[[ABC]]'s [[Harry Reasoner]], [[CBS]]'s [[Walter Cronkite]] , and [[NBC]]'s [[Tom Brokaw]]&mdash;mentioned the interview; Cronkite said only "words mild for Playboy but perhaps a little racy for Sunday school".<ref> [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,918410,00.html "Bowdlerizing Jimmy

 

Monday"], ''[[Time Magazine]]'' Oct. 04, 1976</ref>.

Carter wavered slightly after the first presidential debate, but managed to regain lost ground when Ford faltered and said the Soviets did not control Poland. Carter managed a narrow win.<ref>[[Encyclopedia of Presidents, Jimmy Carter]], by Linda R. Wade, Children's Press, Chicago, 1989, pp. 45-57.  His Christianity notwithstanding, Carter is the first and only elected presidential candidate to have ever been interviewed in ''Playboy Magazine'' (Nov. 1976 Issue, interviewed by Robert Scheer). [http://books.google.com/books?id=k-DXDZDo9xUC&pg=RA1-PA33&dq=Jimmy+Carter+Playboy+magazine&ei=WSdBSbbSMpOMkASq3PTFDg ''Conversations with Carter''], Jimmy Carter, Don Richardson, Lynne Rienner Publishers, 1998.  All three networks mentioned the interview; Cronkite said only "words mild for Playboy but perhaps a little racy for Sunday school".<ref> [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,918410,00.html "Bowdlerizing Jimmy

Monday"], ''[[Time Magazine]]'' Oct. 04, 1976</ref>. [[Image:1976election.jpg|thumb|350px]]

==Presidency==

==Presidency==