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  Nominees Carter and Mondale | |
| Convention | |
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| Date(s) | July 12–15, 1976 |
| City | New York,New York |
| Venue | Madison Square Garden |
| Keynote speaker | Barbara Jordan |
| Candidates | |
| Presidential nominee | Jimmy Carter ofGeorgia |
| Vice-presidential nominee | Walter Mondale ofMinnesota |
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The1976 Democratic National Convention met atMadison Square Garden inNew York City, from July 12 to July 15, 1976. The assembled United StatesDemocratic Party delegates at theconvention nominated former GovernorJimmy Carter ofGeorgia forpresident and SenatorWalter Mondale ofMinnesota forvice president.John Glenn andBarbara Jordan gave thekeynote addresses. Jordan's keynote address made her the first African-American woman to deliver the keynote address at a Democratic National Convention. The convention was the first in New York City since the 103-ballot1924 convention.
By the time the convention opened Carter already had won more than enough delegates in theprimary elections and caucuses to clinch the nomination, and so the major emphasis at the convention was to create an appearance of party unity, which had been lacking in the 1968 and 1972 Democratic Conventions. Carter easily won the nomination on the first ballot. He then chose Mondale, a liberal and a protégé ofHubert Humphrey, as hisrunning mate. Mondale was put over the top at roll call by the convention's second youngest delegate Cathy Clardy who cast the delegate votes for the State of Minnesota.
The Carter–Mondaleticket went on to win the1976 presidential election on November 2.
The convention is also notable for the fact that congresswomanLindy Boggs, who presided over it, thus became the first woman to preside over a national political convention.[1]
The Democrats' 1976 platform called for continued price controls on natural gas, a policy which had caused dwindling domestic natural gas reserves since 1974 and which PresidentGerald Ford was asking to rescind.[2] The platform stated: "Those now pressing to turn natural-gas price regulation over toOPEC, while arguing the rhetoric of so-calledderegulation, must not prevail."
Despite an address from anti-abortion activistErma Clardy Craven, the platform added "it is undesirable to attempt toamend theU.S. Constitution to overturn [Roe v. Wade]".
The following people had their names placed in nomination.
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The tally at the convention was:[3][4]
| Democratic National Convention Presidential nominee vote, 1976 | |||||
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| Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |||
| Jimmy Carter | 2,238.5 | 74.42% | |||
| Mo Udall | 329.5 | 10.95% | |||
| Jerry Brown | 300.5 | 9.99% | |||
| George Wallace | 57.0 | 1.89% | |||
| Ellen McCormack | 22.0 | 0.73% | |||
| Frank Church | 19.0 | 0.63% | |||
| Hubert Humphrey | 10.0 | 0.33% | |||
| Henry M. Jackson | 10.0 | 0.33% | |||
| Fred R. Harris | 9.0 | 0.30% | |||
| Milton Shapp | 2.0 | 0.07% | |||
| Robert Byrd | 2.0 | 0.07% | |||
| César Chávez,Leon Jaworski,Barbara Jordan,Ted Kennedy,Jennings Randolph andFred W. Stover | 1 vote each | 0.03% each | |||
| "nobody" | 0.5 | 0.02% | |||
| Abstention | 3.0 | 0.10% | |||
| Totals | 3,008 | 100.00% | |||
According to Jimmy Carter,[5] his top choices for vice president were:Walter Mondale,Edmund Muskie,Frank Church,Adlai Stevenson III,John Glenn, andHenry M. Jackson. He selected Mondale.
The vice presidential tally was:[6]
In his acceptance speech, Mondale diverted from his printed text which echoedJohn F. Kennedy's call to "get the country moving again;" Mondale instead said, "Let's get this government moving again!"[7]
| Preceded by 1972 Miami Beach, Florida | Democratic National Conventions | Succeeded by 1980 New York, New York |
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