This article lists those who were potential candidates for the
Republican nomination for
Vice President of the United States in the
1976 election. At the
1976 Republican National Convention, incumbent President
Gerald Ford narrowly won the presidential nomination over former California Governor
Ronald Reagan. Ford had decided not to choose Vice President
Nelson Rockefeller as his running mate, due to Rockefeller's unpopularity with the right wing of the Republican Party.[1] He instead chose Senator
Bob Dole of Kansas. Dole was acceptable to the conservative wing of the party, and Ford hoped that Dole would help the ticket win the western states and the agricultural vote.[2] The Ford–Dole ticket lost the general election to the
Carter–
Mondale ticket. Though he would not win the presidential nomination, Reagan announced before the convention that he would pick Senator
Richard Schweiker of Pennsylvania as his running mate.[3] Dole went on to become Senate Republican leader, and the Republican presidential nominee in
1996, losing the general election to incumbent President
Bill Clinton.
^Sigelman, Lee; Wahlbeck, Paul (December 1997). "The "Veepstakes": Strategic Choice in Presidential Running Mate Selection". The American Political Science Review. 91 (4): 858.
doi:
10.2307/2952169.
JSTOR2952169.
This article lists those who were potential candidates for the
Republican nomination for
Vice President of the United States in the
1976 election. At the
1976 Republican National Convention, incumbent President
Gerald Ford narrowly won the presidential nomination over former California Governor
Ronald Reagan. Ford had decided not to choose Vice President
Nelson Rockefeller as his running mate, due to Rockefeller's unpopularity with the right wing of the Republican Party.[1] He instead chose Senator
Bob Dole of Kansas. Dole was acceptable to the conservative wing of the party, and Ford hoped that Dole would help the ticket win the western states and the agricultural vote.[2] The Ford–Dole ticket lost the general election to the
Carter–
Mondale ticket. Though he would not win the presidential nomination, Reagan announced before the convention that he would pick Senator
Richard Schweiker of Pennsylvania as his running mate.[3] Dole went on to become Senate Republican leader, and the Republican presidential nominee in
1996, losing the general election to incumbent President
Bill Clinton.
^Sigelman, Lee; Wahlbeck, Paul (December 1997). "The "Veepstakes": Strategic Choice in Presidential Running Mate Selection". The American Political Science Review. 91 (4): 858.
doi:
10.2307/2952169.
JSTOR2952169.