Question

In the 1976 presidential election, Jimmy Carter won ______.

a. the popular vote but not the Electoral College

b. the Electoral College vote but not the popular vote

c. the popular vote and Electoral College votes by wide margins

d. the popular vote and Electoral College votes by modest margins

Answer 1

d. the popular vote and Electoral College votes by modest margins

As November approached, polls showed the two candidates locked in a close battle. Ford appeared to hurt himself in televised debates late in the campaign, especially when he tried to insist that the Soviet Union did not exert political domination over Eastern Europe. On Election Day, Carter edged out Ford 50 percent to 48 percent in the popular vote and prevailed in the Electoral College by a margin of 297 to 240, mostly by capturing all but one of the former Confederate states that Nixon had won in the two previous presidential contests. Ford's brief and unexpected stay in the White House had come to an end

Answer 2

In the 1976 presidential election, Jimmy Carter won both the popular vote and the Electoral College votes by modest margins. Therefore, the correct answer is (d) the popular vote and Electoral College votes by modest margins.