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What was a factor which led to the defeat of Gerald Ford in the presidential election of 1976?
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The Great Society

The Cold War

The environment

The economy

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
The economy.

Economic problems—stagflation, high inflation and unemployment, and the energy crisis/recession—hurt Ford’s reelection chances in 1976.