1976 Presidential Election (Halley Series)

The 1976 United States presidential election was the 47th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 2, 1976. After 3 months of debate, and vote by congress, the Republican Vice Presidential nominee, California Governor Ronald Reagan, defeated the incumbent President, Democratic nominee, John Connolly and Independent candidate and 1968 3rd party candidate, George Wallace. Many historians cite this election as one of the most turbulent, because of no candidate getting the 270 electoral votes needed to win, resulting in congress deciding the winner.