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Jimmy Carter's presidency changed politics: Here's how it still echoes in 2024

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Former President Jimmy Carter is one of the few leaders with a political legacy that has lasted nearly a half-century.

Carter 's 1976 campaign for the Democratic nomination firmly established primaries as the institution they remain today .

The former Georgia state senator created a kind-of model for future candidates by running as an "outsider".

The former president set some foreign policy milestones, including the Panama Canal treaty and emphasis on global human rights.

The Carter years also saw the first U.S. confrontation with the government of Iran led by the Ayatollah Khomeini .

His plans to deregulate airlines and other industries got him cross-wise with unions.

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