Tag Archives: Election of 1976

S003 – The Super Tuesday Spectacular

March 1, 2020UncategorizedAl Gore, Bob Dole, Dick Gephardt, Election of 1976, Election of 1980, Election of 1984, Election of 1988, Gary Hart, George H W Bush, Gerald Ford, Jack Kemp, Jerry Brown, Jesse Jackson, Jimmy Carter, John Anderson, John Glenn, Lee Atwater, Michael Dukakis, Mo Udall, Pat Robertson, Paul Kirk, Paul Simon, Pierre du Pont, Ronald Reagan, Strom Thurmond, Ted Kennedy, Walter Mondalepresidencies

Year(s) Discussed: 1976-1988

Super Tuesday happens at least once every four years in the modern US presidential election cycle, but how much does anyone really know about this date on the campaign calendar? In this episode, I explore the history of Super Tuesday and how it impacted numerous presidential elections in the past. Sources used for this episode can be found at http://presidencies.blubrry.com.

Featured Image: “Senator Edward Kennedy meets with Jimmy Carter.” [5 Dec 1977], courtesy of Wikipedia

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S002 – Primaries vs Caucuses

February 1, 2020UncategorizedAl Smith, Barack Obama, Democratic Party, Edmund Muskie, Election of 1904, Election of 1928, Election of 1972, Election of 1976, Florida, George McGovern, Harold Hughes, Harry Reid, Herbert Hoover, Iowa caucuses, Jimmy Carter, Jonathan Bourne, Nevada caucuses, New Hampshire primary, Oregon, presidential election, Republican Party, Robert La Follette, Ronald Reagan, South Carolina primary, Wisconsinpresidencies

Year(s) Discussed: 1901-2008

What is the difference between a primary and a caucus anyway? Listen as I explore that question and discuss the various permutations of both as well as how the presidential primary calendar came to have Iowa and New Hampshire as the first contests in this episode. Sources used for this episode can be found at http://presidencies.blubrry.com.

Featured Image: “Republican Candidates at the Nashua, NH Debate, 1980”, courtesy of Wikipedia

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S001 – A History of Primaries

January 5, 2020UncategorizedAdlai Stevenson II, Al Smith, caucus, Charles Evans Hughes, Democratic Party, Dwight D Eisenhower, Election of 1816, Election of 1820, Election of 1824, Election of 1912, Election of 1916, Election of 1924, Election of 1928, Election of 1932, Election of 1952, Election of 1960, Election of 1968, Election of 1972, Election of 1976, Election of 2020, Herbert Hoover, Hubert Humphrey, James Monroe, John F Kennedy, John W Davis, Joseph I France, Lyndon B Johnson, presidential election, presidential primary, Republican Party, Robert Taft, Theodore Roosevelt, William H Crawford, William Howard Taft, Woodrow Wilsonpresidencies

Year(s) Discussed: 1816-1976

Did you know that presidential primaries in the United States are a rather modern innovation and that for a long time, presidential primary winners often didn’t end up as the party’s nominee? Learn how the primary system came to be what it is today, the varying impacts it has had on presidential campaigns since its inception, and why it took so long to play a key role in choosing presidential nominees. Sources used for this episode can be found at http://presidencies.blubrry.com.

Featured Image: “For Auld Lang Syne” by Leonard Raven-Hill [May 1912], courtesy of Wikipedia

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Tag Archives: Election of 1976

S003 – The Super Tuesday Spectacular

S002 – Primaries vs Caucuses

S001 – A History of Primaries