If you want to see how clearly things can change in 32 or 36 years, depending on your taste, then contrast Carter's one win to Obama's two:
Carter 1976, Obama 2008/2012
Carter 1976, Obama twice red
Carter 1976, Obama once pink
Carter 1976, Obama never yellow
Ford 1976, Obama twice white
Ford 1976, Obama once light blue
Ford 1976, Obama never blue
If anyone has any doubt that the Presidential Election of 1976 is ancient history for all practical purposes:
Carter 1976, Biden 2020
Carter 1976, Biden red
Carter 1976, Trump 2020 yellow
Ford 1976, Biden white
Ford 1976, Trump 2020 blue
Carter 1976, Obama 2008/2012
Carter 1976, Obama twice red
Carter 1976, Obama once pink
Carter 1976, Obama never yellow
Ford 1976, Obama twice white
Ford 1976, Obama once light blue
Ford 1976, Obama never blue
If anyone has any doubt that the Presidential Election of 1976 is ancient history for all practical purposes:
Carter 1976, Biden 2020
Carter 1976, Biden red
Carter 1976, Trump 2020 yellow
Ford 1976, Biden white
Ford 1976, Trump 2020 blue
The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated Communist but instead the people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists -- Hannah Arendt.