Special miniseries of six lectures entitled great president ial lives. This series is particularly attractive for two main reasons. The first being its timeliness. As we face a president ial Election Year and prepare for it, it will be an insight that all of us can benefit from. The second is the speaker himself, our esteemed umw professor of ameritas of history william b. Crawley who had completed 50 years on the faculty. Hes contributed in inpneumonnu ways. But its for his excellence in teaching that hes best known to thousands of our students who have come through our halls. Hes received our institutions highest honors in teaching both from his colleagues and from his students. Many of whom through the years have voted him as the faculty member who has made the greatest impact upon their lives. Dr. Crawley has become a true icon of this community. It is with great pleasure that i introduce Professor William b. Crawley who draws on his 50 years of teaching political history has truly
Calculation, 272 electoral votes ford, so far for gerald the opponent. Election 1976, day of decision. This is Richard Scanlon of washington. Studios isay in our Howard Penniman of georgetown theersity, stephen hess of brookings institution. Tuesdaysscuss bicentennial election here in the United States. Not every last vote has even been counted now and so the provisional final totals are posted behind me, both in electoral and popular votes for mr. Kaiser and for president ford. Carter and for president four. As you know and all of our elections in the long history of actual winnerthe is determined not by the millions of people who voted for carter or for ford but rather by the 51 elections held in the states and district of columbia. Each state has assigned to it a number of Electoral College votes equal to its congressmen and senators combined. The last of us alaska as three, minnesota as 10. The big states even more. The combination of these electoral votes to a majority of 270 is w
Captioning performed by vitac. So there were obviously pros and cons in this ad. Some pros, southern voters appreciated moral compass of ford by declining this playboy offer he got. Jimmy carters campaign was hurt by the fact he did a playboy article. The moral majority, rebirthed the strategy, conservative idea of we are christians, sexual restraint and not just racial segregation like happened in the past. Okay. Im going to talk about the fallacies used in fords ad. First is hasty generalization, when you take one fact and use it to draw a whole conclusion. The pastors statement is not exactly enough evidence to promote and support that ford would be a good president just because he did this one thing. Another fallacy used would be moral equivalence. Thats like saying that one action of somebody is just as bad as an action of somebody else. So they are directly attacking carter because he did do a playboy interview. They are trying to say ford didnt and carter did, hes doing somethin
Governor eric holcomb, democratic challenger dr. Woody myers, and libertarian challenger donald rainwater. Thank you for joining us and giving person opportunity to hear from you. As you will notice while m werae here at the studio were all in separate spaces due toer safety concerns in light ofra covid19. Despite the separation we look forward to having a robust discussion on the issues tonight. During the first debate my colleague Andrew Downes as candidates about important issues facing pushers. They discussed education, covid19, taxes, the environment, guns and the fundamental role of government. The Debate Commission and i have selected the night questions from hundred of these submitted from hoosiers across the state. The topics have not been shared in advance. The rules for our greater simple. The candidates will be given one minute to make an Opening Statement and then the question will begin. Each candidate as onee minute to respond to each question. Candidates may request the
Countrys great leaders. Nbc news projects James Earl Carter of the state of georgia elected the next president of the United States. Looking as carefully as humanly and scientifically possible, we have put the state of mississippi into the carter column and that is that. The electoral vote by our calculation, 272 electoral votes to 153 so far for gerald ford, the opponent. [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2020] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] election 1976, day of decision. This is Richard Scanlon of washington. With me here today in our studios is Howard Penniman of georgetown university, stephen hess of the brookings institution. Today, we are going to try to discuss tuesdays bicentennial election here in the United States. Not every last vote has even been counted now, though the provisional final totals are posted behind me, both in electoral and popular votes