Explores the presidential race between incumbent Republican President Gerald Ford and Democratic candidate and Georgia Governor Jimmy Carter, who stepped onto the national stage touting his outsider status. Ford's pardon of Richard Nixon, the anti-establishment mood surging through the country, Carter's primary strategy and the challenge to Ford by Ronald Reagan are discussed.
Feeling Good About America: The 1976 Presidential Election (2016) is currently not available on any services.
Paul Tait Roberts
University of Virginia Center for Politics
