In 1976, the incumbent Republican President, Gerald Ford, faced off against the Democratic challenger, Jimmy Carter. Carter, a former governor of Georgia, campaigned on a platform of government ...

A series of recent historical studies have sought to sanitize the many failures of Carter's presidential term by arguing that ...

In the wake of Jimmy ... ended Carter’s tenure as 39th president, the politically historic “Reagan Revolution” seemingly ended the warm relationship between NASCAR and Carter’s Democratic ...

Common conceptions of Carter are all wrong because they don’t acknowledge a crucial reality: he was a conservative.

His victory in the 1976 elections brought the Democratic Party to power, though he lost in a landslide to Republican Ronald Reagan in 1980. According to his critics, Jimmy Carter was a ...

“Jimmy Carter didn’t fit in with a lot of ... The embedded hostilities of Democrat-versus-Republican can melt in the presidents club as former rivals become unlikely mates.

They became one of the most loyal Republican voting blocs ... and Walter Mondale might be “another Jimmy Carter.” Around the region, the Democratic brand can sometimes be so toxic that the ...

President Jimmy Carter didn't just use NASCAR as a campaign stop. He was a fan. And the last national Democrat to be truly welcomed in the sport.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Jimmy Carter and the man he beat for president ... Carter was uniquely positioned to do important work for his successors, whether Democrat or Republican. He achieved significant ...

As a member of the elite, informal club of U.S. presidents past and present, Jimmy Carter was uniquely positioned to do important work for his successors, whether Democrat or Republican.