1976 Democratic Party vice presidential candidate selection

none 1976 Democratic vice presidential nomination primary 1972 Democratic Party vice presidential candidate selection 1972 1984 Democratic Party vice presidential candidate selection 1984 1976 07 15 Walter Mondale 1977 vice presidential portrait (cropped3).jpg Walter Mondale 1E90FF Minnesota Vice Presidential nominee Sargent Shriver Walter Mondale This article lists those who were potential candidates for the Democratic nomination for vice president of the United States in the 1976 election. Former Georgia Governor Jimmy Carter won the 1976 Democratic nomination for president of the United States, and chose Minnesota Senator Walter Mondale as his running mate. According to Joel Goldstein, a legal professor and the author of several works on the vice presidency, 1976 marked the beginning of the modern vice presidential selection process, with candidates undergoing extensive vetting.Brucker Lauren Five Questions with Joel Goldstein, J.D. http://www.slu.edu/news-5-questions-with-goldstein-51 5 October 2015 Saint Louis University 2 May 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20151007165549/http://www.slu.edu/news-5-questions-with-goldstein-51 7 October 2015 dead Carter believed that his running mate might be a valuable asset to his presidential campaign, and Mondale became a significant element.Goldstein Joel President Carter's vice-presidential legacy https://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/251691-president-carters-vice-presidential-legacy/ 5 October 2015 The Hill 24 August 2014 The choice of Mondale helped Carter, a Southern "outsider" with little experience in Washington, rally the Democratic base to his candidacy.Biography: Walter F. Mondale https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/biography/carter-mondale/ https://archive.today/20120908213245/http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/biography/carter-mondale/ dead September 8, 2012 PBS PBS 5 October 2015 The Carter–Mondale ticket would go on to defeat the Ford–Dole ticket in the general election but ultimately lost to the Reagan–Bush ticket in 1980. Mondale went on to become the Democratic presidential nominee in 1984 but ultimately lost to incumbent President Ronald Reagan in the general election. Potential running mates Finalists Goldstein Joel 26 July 2012 Yogi Berra and Veepstakes University of Virginia Center for Politics http://www.centerforpolitics.org/crystalball/articles/yogi-berra-and-veepstakes/ 5 October 2015Goldstein Joel 26 July 2012 Yogi Berra and Veepstakes University of Virginia Center for Politics http://www.centerforpolitics.org/crystalball/articles/yogi-berra-and-veepstakes/ 5 October 2015 Others Baumgartner Jody https://books.google.com/books?id=VVAeYST-0FEC&q=1972+democratic+vice+presidential+selection&pg=PA60 The American Vice Presidency Reconsidered 1 January 2006 Greenwood Publishing Group 9780275988906 66 5 October 2015Baumgartner Jody https://books.google.com/books?id=VVAeYST-0FEC&q=1972+democratic+vice+presidential+selection&pg=PA60 The American Vice Presidency Reconsidered 1 January 2006 Greenwood Publishing Group 9780275988906 66 5 October 2015Baumgartner Jody https://books.google.com/books?id=VVAeYST-0FEC&q=1972+democratic+vice+presidential+selection&pg=PA60 The American Vice Presidency Reconsidered 1 January 2006 Greenwood Publishing Group 9780275988906 66 5 October 2015Baumgartner Jody https://books.google.com/books?id=VVAeYST-0FEC&q=1972+democratic+vice+presidential+selection&pg=PA60 The American Vice Presidency Reconsidered 1 January 2006 Greenwood Publishing Group 9780275988906 66 5 October 2015 See also Jimmy Carter 1976 presidential campaign 1976 Democratic Party presidential primaries 1976 Democratic National Convention 1976 United States presidential election List of United States major party presidential tickets References Category:Democratic Party (United States) vice presidential nominees Category:1976 United States presidential election Category:John Glenn Category:Walter Mondale