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Parents > United States > Massachusetts > President
Parent RaceUS President - D Primaries
OfficePresident
TypePrimary Election
Filing Deadline 00, 1976 - 12:00pm
Polls Open March 02, 1976 - 06:00am
Polls Close March 02, 1976 - 07:00pm
Term Start January 20, 1977 - 12:00pm
Term End January 20, 1981 - 12:00pm
ContributorThomas Walker
Last ModifiedRBH December 20, 2015 01:11am
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Description
LAST GENERAL ELECTION
PartyDemocratic Won11/07/1972
NameGeorge S. McGovern Votes1,332,540 (54.20%)
Term01/20/1973 - 01/20/1977 Margin220,462 (+8.97%)
COUNTY-LEVEL RESULTS
KEY RACE? 0.0000000000 Average
LEANING PREDICTIONS    Detail

CANDIDATES
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Name Sen. Henry M. "Scoop" Jackson Rep. Morris K. "Mo" Udall Gov. George C. Wallace Gov. Jimmy Carter Chairman Fred R. Harris Ambassador Sargent Shriver Sen. Birch E. Bayh
PartyDemocratic Democratic Democratic Democratic Democratic Democratic Democratic
Votes164,393 (22.34%) 130,440 (17.73%) 123,112 (16.73%) 101,948 (13.86%) 55,701 (7.57%) 53,252 (7.24%) 34,963 (4.75%)
Margin0 (0.00%) -33,953 (-4.61%) -41,281 (-5.61%) -62,445 (-8.49%) -108,692 (-14.77%) -111,141 (-15.10%) -129,430 (-17.59%)
Predict Avg.0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Finances$0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
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ENDORSEMENTS
Endorsements
D Frederick C. Langone
D Edward P. "Ed" Boland
D Gerry E. Studds
D Robert F. Drinan
D Paul Tsongas
D Nicholas J. Mavroules
D Michael J. Harrington
D Lawrence S. "Larry" DiCara
D Thomas P. O'Neill, III
MORE CANDIDATES
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Name Ellen McCormack Gov. Milton J. Shapp None Of The Names Shown (W)Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey, Jr. (W) Write-In (W)Sen. Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy Bob Kelleher
PartyDemocratic Democratic Democratic Democratic Democratic Democratic Democratic
Votes25,772 (3.50%) 21,693 (2.95%) 9,804 (1.33%) 7,851 (1.07%) 2,955 (0.40%) 1,623 (0.22%) 1,603 (0.22%)
Margin-138,621 (-18.84%) -142,700 (-19.39%) -154,589 (-21.01%) -156,542 (-21.27%) -161,438 (-21.94%) -162,770 (-22.12%) -162,790 (-22.12%)
Predict Avg.0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Finances$0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
MATCHUP POLLS
ENDORSEMENTS
Endorsements
MORE CANDIDATES
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Name Sen. Lloyd M. Bentsen, Jr. Gov. J. Terry Sanford
PartyDemocratic Democratic
Votes364 (0.05%) 351 (0.05%)
Margin-164,029 (-22.29%) -164,042 (-22.29%)
Predict Avg.0.00% 0.00%
Finances$0.00 $0.00
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ENDORSEMENTS
Endorsements

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