President Gerald Ford (R-MI)/Rep. John B. Anderson (R-IL) - 49.0%/39.682M, 304 EVGovernor Jimmy Carter (D-GA)/Senator Walter Mondale (D-MN) - 49.0%/39.692M, 234 EVOther Candidates/Other Candidates - 1.1%/857K, 0 EV Former Senator Eugene McCarthy (D-MN)/Varying Candidates - 0.9%/754K, 0 EVClose as hell. Played as a staunchly liberal/Anti-Reagan Republican candidate.
Supported Roe v. Wade, for ERA, supported Humphrey-Hawkins, openness in the administration and agreed to decrease the amount of nuclear weapons. Ended up winning in a
crazy squeaker. Was on the edge of my seat when the results came in.
Ford lost the popular vote by about 10,000 votes and still managed to hang on to win the election thanks to Ohio and Pennsylvania. Lost New York by <1% and Mississippi by <0.01%.
