Jimmy Carter: Elected President with Pocket Change and Peanuts

In 1975, Jimmy Carter announced he would run for President. Under the new Federal Election Laws only $21.8 million would be provided for the General Election Campaign. A trivial amount compared to future campaigns. An army of loyal supporters, friends, neighbors, and elected officials, known as the Peanut Brigade, joined the campaign. They traveled across the country, knocking on doors to ask voters to vote for Jimmy Carter. In 1976, Carter was elected the 39th President of the United State...