Question

What was a strong political advantage that Jimmy Carter had in the 1976 presidential election?

a. His experience as an urban community organizer.

b. His strong support from labor leaders.

c. His lack of Washington experience.

d. His extensive foreign policy experience.

Answer 1

c. His lack of Washington experience.

Ford fended off a surprisingly serious challenge from the party's right wing in the person of former California governor (and movie actor) Ronald Reagan and limped toward renomination. Democratic officials and voters, eyeing an opportunity and eager not to repeat the mistakes of 1972, rallied around a relatively unknown governor, James "Jimmy" Carter of Georgia. Carter's lack of Washington, D.C., experience and connections played as an advantage in the wake of Watergate. As a devout born-again Christian and white Southerner, Carter moreover was far less vulnerable to the Republican political strategy that Nixon had introduced.