Snippet from CWRU's Annual Report stating that students preferred Gerald Ford to Jimmy Carter
1 2026-04-23T17:55:43+00:00 Benjamin Bowers 78b1957d54cda1d2cb3b1a500776f35a405a28f2 9 1 Snippet from CWRU's Annual Report stating that students preferred Gerald Ford to Jimmy Carter, 1976 plain 2026-04-23T17:55:43+00:00 CWRU Archives public domain Case Western Reserve University ; E66000 Political Events ; S00000 Publications W00168B W00168B [Events and Activities] ; [People] ; [Things] Ford, Gerald R. ; Carter, Jimmy unknown Benjamin Bowers 78b1957d54cda1d2cb3b1a500776f35a405a28f2This page is referenced by:
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1976: Campaigns in the Classroom
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Campaigning at CWRU: Presidential Elections, 1976: Campaigns in the Classroom
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1976
Information was compiled by staff of the Case Western Reserve University Archives, September 2004.
1976
For the eleven students enrolled in POSC 323, the 1976 elections were not just an academic exercise. James Nathanson’s Political Science class, Campaign Workshop, required students to participate in and write about a local political campaign. Students explored the structure of political debate and campaigns, the role of professional campaign organizations, and political fund raising.
Two classes had students get involved with real political races.
As reported in the University's 1976/1977 Annual Report (left), students preferred Gerald Ford to Jimmy Carter in a telephone survey (right).Ohio Popular Vote
National Popular Vote
Electoral Vote
Jimmy Carter (D)
2,011,621 (48.9%)
Gerald R. Ford (R)
2,000,505 (48.7%)
Eugene J. McCarthy
(Independent)
58,258 (1.4%)
Lester Maddox (American Independent)
15,529 (0.4%)
Roger MacBride (Libertarian)
8,961 (0.2%)
Gus Hall (Communist)
7,817 (0.2%)
Peter Camejo
(Socialist Workers)
4,717 (0.1%)
Lyndon H. LaRouche
(U.S. Labor)
4,335 (0.1%)
Jules Levin
(Socialist Labor)
68
Benjamin C. Bubar
(Prohibition)
62Jimmy Carter (D)
40,830,763 (50.1%)
Gerald R. Ford (R)
39,147,793 (48%)
Eugene J. McCarthy (Independent)
756,691 (0.9%)
Roger MacBride (Libertarian)
173,011 (0.2%)
Lester Maddox (American Independent)
170,531 (0.2%)
Peter Camejo (Socialist Workers)
91,314 (0.1%)
Gus Hall (Communist)
58,992 (0.07%)
Lyndon H. LaRouche (U.S. Labor)
40,043 (0.05%)
Benjamin C. Bubar (Prohibition)
15,934 (0.02%)
Jules Levin (Socialist Labor)
9,616 (0.01%)Jimmy Carter (D)
297
Gerald R. Ford (R)
240
Ronald Reagan (R)
1Information was compiled by staff of the Case Western Reserve University Archives, September 2004.
