Carville and Greenberg committed one of the cardinal sins of politics: applying a one-size-fits-all approach to elections.

Yet when the Democratic Party presidential primaries were over, Carter came away with a massive lead in delegates, winning 2,239 compared to Wallace’s 57 and California Governor Jerry Brown’s 301.

Former President Jimmy Carter, ... He was challenged by Ted Kennedy, of course, which is OK to have a competitive primary, in 1980, but the Democratic Party sabotaged him in Congress.

Former President Jimmy Carter is staying home from this year’s Democratic National Convention, but his grandson Jason Carter took the stage Tuesday night and delivered a speech in his honor ...

In the early months of 1976, New Jersey's Democratic Party establishment did not roll out a welcome mat for Georgia Gov. Jimmy Carter and his wife, Rosalynn. But a 27-year-old Ruth Puglisi — now ...

Without Mr. Carter’s image of weakness on national security and defense, for example, it is hard to imagine the party’s war-hero candidate for president in 2004 introducing himself with a ...

Carter was so out of his depth that it was his own party that tried to dispatch him before Ronald Reagan could. Ted Kennedy ’s challenge to Carter in 1980 was not akin to Pat Buchanan going ...

Jimmy Carter at the 1976 Democratic National Convention. Credit... Neal Boenzi/The New York Times. By Richard Fausset. Dec. 30, 2024. ... low-tax promises of the party of Ronald Reagan. ...

Jimmy Carter took full advantage of the enhanced primary system in 1976 and went all the way. ... His antipathy to the establishment extended even to his own Democratic Party.