1. Jimmy Carter #39

2. Election 1976 Election low turnout, only 54% - lowest since 1948
Carter’s Message:
Personally moral
Proud and upright
Southern Baptist
Annapolis Trained Navy Engineer
Peanut Farmer
God fearing
Hardworking
Pledged never to lie to the voters
Reflected high moral character of the American people

3. Election 1976

4. Election 1976
The country was reacting against Gerald Ford and the Watergate Scandal.
Economy was in decline: Stagflation
South Vietnam being overrun by the North
Ford Pardon’s Nixon
Ford is the only president who was never elected

6. Ford Admin Problems Problems with the Fall of Vietnam (April 30, 1975)
US evacuates, no support for the South Vietnamese

7. Ford Pardon’s Nixon

8. The Country Rejects Ford and GOP