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Feeling Good About America: The 1976 Presidential Election

Feeling Good About America: The 1976 Presidential Election

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Status

Released

Release Date

Oct 3, 2016

Runtime

0h 56m

Genres

Documentary

Original Title

Feeling Good About America: The 1976 Presidential Election

Production Companies

University of Virginia Center for Politics

Director

Paul Tait Roberts

Description

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.