Election Night 1976 Part 1
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- Опубликовано: 16 янв 2012
- Here is the first part of what everyone has been looking for for quite awhile, Election Night 1976!
A lot has changed from 1972: Howard K. Smith and Harry Reasoner are still at the anchor's desk, but are joined by Barbara Walters, who is not only the first female evening news anchorperson, but also the first woman to anchor election night coverage. She is not the first woman to be the sole anchor though, Katie Couric was in 2008. So we have some history here on the anchor side, as well as the actual race, which is one of the closest in history.
The Reasoner./Walters pair is known for their awkwardness, and the coverage does not fail to deliver this as there is several moments throughout the night that Harry and even Howard have a WTF look on their face when Walters says something out of left field.
Frank Reynolds is off the campaign trail, instead he is in charge of the senate calls, joining him with the Governor and House calls are Anne Compton and Don Farmer. Tom Jarell is still the white house correspondent, joined on the other side by Sam Donaldson, who was the fill in break anchor from 1972, Steve Bell took his spot, and filled it again in 1980.
I have two dvd sets of the coverage: One with better quality and no commercials, and another one with commercials, but it is missing three hours of coverage. I will upload different ones through the cycle. I hope you all enjoy the coverage and stay tuned I will have to put up quite a lot of clips!
Was 8 yrs old! This was the first election i remember watching and keeping up with.
I was 4
@@jasonraczkowski6001 I was -31
@@armstrongtixid6873 lol
RIP Harry Reasoner and Howard K. Smith and Frank Reynolds you guys really knew your trade when it came to bringing the news.
All the old newscasters from the 1960s to the '80s were pros. Glad these films do surface on YT. Thumbs up.
and barbara walters
"all groups: blacks, whites, protestant, catholic, rural, urban." I guess that's one way to define all.
In 1976 everything was about the bicentennial, even the election results. I love the opening graphics. That was cutting edge for the day.
Shocking how much things changed between '76 and '80. This set looks antique compared to '80.
Thank you very much! I love this election night videos.
Awesome ....thank you!!
Pretty amazing - 40 years later, and the networks get the results in the same period of time.
Thanks for doing this. Theodore White's analysis as always was spot-on, but he was so disillusioned by this election that he declined to write a "Making of the President" for 76.
RIP BARBARA WALTERS-
AS well Don Farmer
Howard K Smith shows excitement by raising an eyebrow slightly.
This is the 1st election i remember watching on TV! I was 8yrs old living in Memphis, TN. my 3rd grade teacher held a "play" election and the whole class(around 35 kids) voted for carter!
Lord when my schools in 2012 and 2016 held mock elections there were very close
Bellwether class.
Typical south
Love the close ones...
No problem! I am glad to help out!
How were you able to tape this, and was this from a DVD set?
Videos like this make me thank Baby Jesus for RUclips.
The thing that strikes me most about this is the lack of teleprompters back then. It's really strange to see the news anchors constantly glancing down at their notes and stumbling over words so frequently after growing up in an age where that's not really a thing anymore.
it was the 70's no one can be quite sure what that was.
That green screen in front of the anchors at 13:25 reminds a little bit of the interview wall that Koppel used on Nightline for years.
@beaverpitt I think what that was, was a graphic with the outline of a Continental soldier's head (being the bicentennial year).
Didn't think it looked like anything Arabic, but couldn't figure out what that was supposed to be.
I agree, it's an excellent website for all of us election nerds.
What time did ABC start election night coverage. According to the MInneapolis Trinune for November2, 1976 KMSP(then the ABC station for Minneapolis but a VERY weak affilliate) started coverage at 7:00 PM CT while CBS and NBC started there coverage at 6:30 PM CT Coverage. WAS slated to go till 1:00 AM CT but of course went much lalter as the election was not decided by then
@efan2011 Where do you get your info??? You seem to know a lot. It was kinda suprising to read that but it does put certain things in his 1978-1983 run as anchor in a whole new context,number one of course being the day Pres. Reagan was shot. It has been often said that he was worried about his son Dean safety.But have noticed some other things which I will metion in my next post.
Who made the jingle at the start?
@joebradio Thanks, i will see If I can find a copy of it somewhere!
Barbara Walters is still with ABC, while Ann Compton was still doing reports from the White House as of a couple years ago.
Jimmy Carter’s amazing life is near its finish line. What a life it was! Never will you find a better man, a better role model or humanitarian than Carter. Ford himself was an outstanding human being.
If I have any time left I will upload 7:30-8:00 tonight, if not now then tomorrow for sure. I apologize folks, life's habit of getting in the way of things showed up again. I hope you all enjoyed the first part though!
No, College is getting really tough and I have been busy. But I am going to try when I get time
@Polethebear76 I remembered hearing about the concern for Dean playing some role in Frank's very tense reactions at that time, but I think he and James Brady (the WH press secretary/most seriously injured of the 4) were pretty close as well. I wish there was video of it on RUclips (saw it as part of a tribute airing after Frank died) where his "get it right" blow-up came after all the networks erroneously said Brady had died.
Wow look at Barbara Walters!
With hindsight it was, but I guess back in the day it seemed a nice nod to the bicentennial year. The used the title through the whole year from the conventions to election night.
The description puts all the blame for awkwardness on Barbara Walters, and I think that's very unfair.
I'm watching this on the morning of the 2012 Presidential election, interestingly enough when Indiana voters are choosing the successor to who was a young Senate hopeful named Dick Lugar!
@Polethebear76 I felt the same way the first time I saw this, I was expecting a set like the 1972 set which was simple but red, white and blue. They changed the theme midway through the year, it was supposed to be elections 76 but they changed it. The graphics however are an improvement to 1972, which had a blue screen with with letters, at least they changed colors!
The number of deaths in 2022 was madness. Absolute madness! We lost 13 out of 17 people that were 114+ at the start of the year, about 70 at the time of the coverage! This includes three year of birth cohorts! The dead celebrities were madness too: Orrin Hatch (who you’ll see later in the coverage), Ray Liotta, Ivana Trump, Olivia Newton-John, Bernard Shaw, Queen Elizabeth II, Aaron Carter, Irene Cara, Christine McVie, Kirstie Alley, you name it!
As if this wasn’t ludicrous enough, I learned about Barbara Walters’ passing in 2022 shortly after 2023 came! Now all three news anchors are gone - Smith died when I was little, and Reasoner at a young age before I was born!
It pains me to say it - RIP.
How did Carter take Kentucky when he was behind Ford at 46 percent of the precincts accounted for? Fuzzy Math in 1976 as well
Carter won Kentucky by almost 8 points.
Who is watching this now that President Carter is dying?
@cr3861 Last I remember, Ann Compton worked mainly with ABC News' radio division. I think she's still working there unless she retired very recently.
Thumbs up if you're watching this in 2020, after four years of HIVE...Hail Hydra!
My how things have changed in the last 35 years
I agree, Smith was and a;ways will be underrated!
@efan2011 I suppose your right, the graphics in "72 did seem more '68 than '72. It just that '76 just didnt seem like an election set.
Maybe those would have been "comfortable margins" (to use a term that got a lot of use on this night).
Barbara will be back tonight!
1960 election was a squeaker, 1964 was a landslide, 1968 election was a squeaker, 1972 was a landslide!
Yes, I know. They still wouldn't classify as landslides.
SENATE, PRESIDENT, GOVERNOR, AND HOUSE PROJECTIONS
President:
0:58 Kentucky (Carter win)
1:30 Indiana (Ford win)
8:36 Georgia (Carter win)
16:39 Alabama (Carter win)
Senate:
5:20 Indiana (Republican gain)
18:41 Florida (Democratic hold)
Governor:
7:18 Indiana (Republican hold)
By Emory State ?
Weird to see our two largest states, California and Texas, belonging to different parties than they are today.
@HamptonRoadsTVFan wikipedia says she is still at ABC Radio
If based on the uber-long end credits, the opening announcer here was the late John Causier.
PRESIDENT
1:03 Jimmy Carter wins Kentucky (TURNOVER)
1:31 Gerald Ford wins Indiana
8:40 Carter wins Georgia (TURNOVER)
16:48 Carter wins Alabama (TURNOVER)
SENATE
5:21 Republican mayor Richard G. Lugar (R-IN) is elected to his 1st term, defeating incumbent Democratic 3-term senator Vance Hartke (Gain for Republicans)
took me soooooo long to figure out what that weird image by the 76 was.
What is it?!!!
+hfelgob It is the face of a minuteman.
Howard Smith was awesome. I usually watched ABC when I was 8.
do you have 1996 that isn't CNN?
@Polethebear76 One last thing, In fairness to Frank, I have read that he was good with the reporters making sure they had their story presented THEIR way. He would often go over their copy with them either in person or phone and seeing if they wanted to make any changes or add anything or perhaps have him add anytthing during his anchoring.
The first projection was for carter even though ford was winning with almost half the precincts reporting. Seems a little premature
I agree with you. Carter truly fits the definition of someone who is in over their head. From what I seen in his campaign materials he never really talked about the economy much besides unemployment. I am sure Ford would have focused more on the domestic problems.
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@Polethebear76 To @efan2011,I watched Frank during the coverage of the first two shuttle launches on youtube.He seemed like he could get stressed easliy.You could see twiches of in his first run but you really here. Some said it was live tv that he was not comfortable with. He was nervous during the intial launch of the shuttle and when there was a hold during the second launch due to a possible problem,he was almost sure something drastic was gonna happen.
@Polethebear76 I heard a story that was told by Max Robinson online. He said that he disliked Reynolds because he was so rude to him and the lower staffers and colleagues like janitors. He always made Reynolds wait in his office a long time just so he could talk to Max about something, and it would make Frank angry, but everyone laughed about it. Max liked everyone else except for Reynolds, and he even refused to go to his funeral! I have to admit that was wrong of him to do.
I was 18 years old in 1976 my first vote was for President ford
Who asked ya?
Joe Garagiola always added "pepper" to anything he did in 70's, even baseball.
ESPECIALLY baseball! #NoPepperGames
Technology has really advanced since this was made. The vote tallying and the receiving of info was a lot slower.
thats the hat
and the 76 coming at you in a 3 d emention..hahahahahaha
@Polethebear76 To @efan2011: Finally,Apollo vet Gene Cernan had to take a calm but very assertive tone with him and assure him that what was wrong was nothing major. Frank then laughed with suprise and backed/calmed down as they went to break. I have wondered in the last few days if his health was getting to him mentally. I have read that he knew by at least early-82 that he was seriously sick and possibly on his way out.
Poor Howard K. Smith... he had to share anchoring duties with both Reynolds and Reasoner. For someone who had been with the network since it was a virtual nonentity, he really got a raw deal in the game of musical anchors.
@Michael1966W I would not say it totally sucked, it was one of the more dramatic and interesting Election Night's there has ever been. That reminds me of a phrase my College history professor told me "The Country gets the government we deserve." The country was into Carter but was begging to turn to Ford, the election day was just too early, Ford could have won if it was to be held a day later. I just wish I had CBS's or NBC's coverage to put on You Tube.
Very interesting fact about this presidential election. All 4 major party candidates would be their respective parties nominee for president and lose the general election. Ford here in 1976, Carter would lose his reelection bid in 1980, Mondale lost in 1984 and it would take 12 yeard after that but Dole would lose the 1996 presidential election.
@MAR1962 But, if you want the inside story on the 76 election "Marathon" is the book to read...
DC in the 70s..you could write a book.
The 76` Vote
Oh yes, both guys were to known to have gruffy at times. Reasoner was angry at ABC for hiring Walters, and he had a right to as ABC violated his contract by not asking him if he wanted to work with him before signing her. He wanted to be the solo anchor and the ratings were going up but ABC was not happy with the increase and got Walters. He should have treated her better, but it's partly her fault that he was so angry because she signed without thinking about Reasoner. I still like him though.
I'm a Democrat and I am also floored that Lugar will not be a Senator anymore!
Are you serious? Foreign relations doomed him big time, oil crisis, Iran hostages, dead marines in a failed rescue mission.
Lugar was just overthrown by the tea party recently. He had a long career.
Ill post thiis here since this is first video from that night. The set, um,wow. I like it but it was kinda funky. I know it was the 70s but wow. When the results for president was put up it was hard to tell that it was a white stripe around the blue semi circles that showed the results. It kinda looked red. All Ill say the set graphics were not totally what you would think for pres election coverage.
You could tell Frank Reynolds was not totally happy with covering just the senate races.
So they call Kentucky for Carter, even though he had LESS VOTES at the time.
I noticed that too!
I saw that too? What do you think is up with that? In 1992 they also called Ohio for Clinton when Bush was still ahead. Check it out at 1992 election night on RUclips.
@@josephmackela8466 Proportion of votes won in highly populated districts. So he could lose in rural areas but be ahead in urban areas and projected to be the winner.
LOL
It's supposed to be a guy in a 1700's style hat. They choose it because of the Bicentennial.
@MAR1962 That's a shame, it would have been a good book.
I agree, in '92, even with the Perot Factor, had 300,000 voters changed their minds, Bush Sr. would have won
White was with CBS in the '60s..he flipped networks?
Ryan Schroer On the memoryretro channel; there's a full 6 1/2 hour upload of NBC's election coverage for 1980; and White turned up there at a few points.
Barbara can get it
jimmy carter best President of all time
And Roosevelt,Eisenhöwer,Truman,Kennedy and Reagan ?
fords pardon of nixon hurt him
He did what he though was best to save this country from more bad memories. Imagine a resignation, a national trial, a President imprisoned, & more. He did good, at the expense of popularity.
a major crime/coverup shouldnt have been pardoned just to avoid "bad memories", as if america didnt have enough of those already
@@ethanschwartz983 i agree 100%...
Go Carter/Mondale!
Cheesy, but it WAS the U.S. Bicentennial year.
Several State were extremely close.
While its improbable, 300,000 voters in the correct states could have thrown the election to Bush.
If you go to uselectionatlas, and go to the 1992 results page, click on the "what if" button, and they will detail how it would take only 300,000 votes
Kind of wish they had NBC and CBS's 1976 coverage, it was a close election, and if I were to make a guess, ABC's was probably the worst of the three (graphics, set and anchor performance), plus NBC had the awesome map, the first of it's kind. Reasoner and Smith were fine in 1972, but the addition of Walters kind of throws everything off here.
Is that a man dressed up as a woman with earrings reporting the election results at the 7:20 - 8:35 mark?
Yes, it is Sean Hannity in drag.
What Arab writing?
what is that arab writing in the beginning?
I think all of you are unfair. In policy terms, Carter was a very good president, but his efforts didn't pay off during his term. He appointed Paul Volcker and adopted tight monetary measures in order to cut inflation (created by the keynesian Nixon policies). He also tried to go along with Nixon's deténte, but made a U-turn in 1979.The idea of criple the USSR making Afganistan a "soviet Vietnam" was Carter's. All this set the stage for the 80's econonomic recovery and the fall of communism.
Jimmy carter owes his narrow win to the black vote in,he won 90% of their vote..
+Michelleena Betancourt Not just blacks.
+Mr. Hissing Cockroach She means that without their strong support, Carter would have lost states, such as Ohio, Wisconsin, perhaps Missouri and maybe even New York state.
+MICHAEL SOWELL exactly sweetheart,carter had won ohio 49.8% to 49.6%,in 5 other states he carried by only 2 points or more.
Michelleena Betancourt Exactly!
It's hard to believe ole Dick's not going to be there anymore!
You seriously can tell the general dislike between Barbara Walters and Harry Reasoner....
Yes! I watched this not knowing their history. You can really feel the tension. It’s uncomfortable.
Odd election in retrospect. Ford was more pro-choice than he let on in public, and Carter was more pro-life than he let on. They both simply stated they supported their parties platform positions as a way of disguising their feelings. And George McGovern voted for Ford, and urged his friends to do the same.
McGovern voted for President Carter in 1980
Steven Davis Maybe he liked Ford more than Reagan.
Oh, that would have been an, um, interesting news room to work in. Nasty Reynolds plus nasty and loathsome Reasoner with trying to fit in Walters.I'm amazed there really wasn't blood loss in the studio! You can see Reasoner's misery and hate ooze through the tv screen.
Reasoner hated walters