Hamilton High School - Agi H Eco Yearbook (Hamilton, AL)

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Kent Palmer Jaunita Pope Chris Posey Tommy Posey Steve Raburn Randy Rawls Tammy Ray Beth Riggs Curtis Rivers Darryl Rye w ' Brent Sanderson Joey Sherrill Stanley Shotts Kevin Sims Kenny Smith tSolid South' Melts ln 4976 Carter won over Ford by 50.4 percent of the total vote. He carried twenty-three states plus the district of Columbia to end it with 297 electoral votes. The incumbent, President Ford, carried twenty-seven states and received 240 electoral votes, and in that election an elector from Washington State cast one vote for Ronald Reagan. ln 4980 the tables turned, he who had been least in votes suddenly became the greatest, and the greatest became the least. Reagan was named victor with A89 electoral votes out of a possible 538, thus defeating Carter's A9 electoral votes. The south, often thought of as democratic in nature, surprised many by voting in the majority for Reagan with only West Virginia and Georgia CCarter's home statej voting in favor of the incumbent President. Former President Jimmy Carter addresses the crowds at his campaign kick off in Tuscumbia. QPhoto provided by Florence Times-Trl-Cities Dailyj Sophomores Pa-Sm

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