Editing Jimmy Carter (section)

=== Presidential politics ===
[[File:Jimmy Carter (1988).jpg|thumb|alt=Monochrome picture of Carter|Carter in 1988]]
Carter was considered a potential candidate in the [[1984 United States presidential election|1984 presidential election]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.csmonitor.com/1981/0310/031029.html |title=Mondale in '84: he may run if Jimmy Carter doesn't |first=Godfrey Jr. |last=Sperling |date=March 10, 1981 |access-date=September 8, 2021 |work=The Christian Science Monitor |archive-date=August 17, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210817231518/https://www.csmonitor.com/1981/0310/031029.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1984/04/25/Rosalynn-Carter-Bitter-at-1980-loss-Wishes-her-husband-would-run-again/7363451717200/ |title=Rosalynn Carter: Bitter at 1980 loss: Wishes her husband would run again |date=April 25, 1984 |access-date=September 8, 2021 |first=Helen |last=Thomas |work=United Press International |archive-date=December 12, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211212140459/https://www.upi.com/Archives/1984/04/25/Rosalynn-Carter-Bitter-at-1980-loss-Wishes-her-husband-would-run-again/7363451717200/ |url-status=live}}</ref> In May 1982, Carter ruled out another run, and instead endorsed Mondale for the Democratic presidential nomination.<ref>Multiple sources:
*{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1982/05/11/us/carter-backs-mondale-for-presidency-in-1984.html |title=Carter Backs Mondale For Presidency in 1984 |date=May 11, 1982 |access-date=September 8, 2021 |newspaper=Chicago Tribune |archive-date=August 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210815082521/https://www.nytimes.com/1982/05/11/us/carter-backs-mondale-for-presidency-in-1984.html |url-status=live}}
*{{cite news |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1984/03/14/Mondale-wins-Carter-hometown/9490448088400/ |title=Mondale wins Carter hometown |date=March 14, 1984 |access-date=September 8, 2021 |work=United Press International |archive-date=December 12, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211212140458/https://www.upi.com/Archives/1984/03/14/Mondale-wins-Carter-hometown/9490448088400/ |url-status=live}}</ref> After Mondale secured the nomination in [[1984 Democratic Party presidential primaries|the Democratic primaries]], Carter critiqued the Reagan campaign,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/06/14/us/carter-predicts-that-reagan-will-avoid-debating-mondale.html |title=Carter Predicts That Reagan Will Avoid Debating Mondale |date=June 14, 1984 |access-date=September 8, 2021 |newspaper=The New York Times |archive-date=August 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210815112639/https://www.nytimes.com/1984/06/14/us/carter-predicts-that-reagan-will-avoid-debating-mondale.html |url-status=live}}</ref> spoke at the [[1984 Democratic National Convention]], and advised Mondale about [[Walter Mondale 1984 presidential campaign|his campaign]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/06/28/us/campaign-notes-carter-vows-to-shun-convention-spotlight.html |title=Campaign Notes; Carter Vows to Shun Convention Spotlight |date=June 28, 1984 |access-date=September 8, 2021 |newspaper=The New York Times |archive-date=December 12, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211212143524/https://www.nytimes.com/1984/06/28/us/campaign-notes-carter-vows-to-shun-convention-spotlight.html |url-status=live}}</ref> After the election, in which Reagan defeated Mondale, Carter said the loss was predictable because Mondale's platform included raising taxes.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1984/11/07/Former-President-Jimmy-Carter-said-Wednesday-Walter-Mondales-defeat/4956468651600/ |title=Former President Jimmy Carter said Wednesday Walter Mondale's defeat... |first=Carol |last=Rosenberg |date=November 7, 1984 |access-date=September 8, 2021 |work=United Press International |archive-date=December 12, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211212140507/https://www.upi.com/Archives/1984/11/07/Former-President-Jimmy-Carter-said-Wednesday-Walter-Mondales-defeat/4956468651600/ |url-status=live}}</ref>

In March 1987, Carter ruled himself out as a candidate in the [[1988 United States presidential election|1988 presidential election]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1987/03/19/Former-President-Jimmy-Carter-said-today-Vice-President-George/2079543128400/ |title=Former President Jimmy Carter said today Vice President George... |date=March 19, 1987 |access-date=September 8, 2021 |work=United Press International |archive-date=December 12, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211212140457/https://www.upi.com/Archives/1987/03/19/Former-President-Jimmy-Carter-said-today-Vice-President-George/2079543128400/ |url-status=live}}</ref> Ahead of the [[1988 Democratic National Convention]], Carter predicted that the convention would see party unity<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1988/07/16/Carter-predicts-unified-convention/8408585028800/ |title=Carter predicts unified convention |first=Robert |last=Mackay |date=July 16, 1988 |access-date=September 8, 2021 |work=United Press International |archive-date=August 16, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210816075951/https://www.upi.com/Archives/1988/07/16/Carter-predicts-unified-convention/8408585028800/ |url-status=live}}</ref> after tensions arose between [[presumptive nominee|presumptive]] nominee [[Michael Dukakis]] and runner-up [[Jesse Jackson]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Dionne |first1=E.J. Jr. |title=Jackson Suggests Carter Might Heal Rift With Dukakis |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/07/15/us/jackson-suggests-carter-might-heal-rift-with-dukakis.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=January 1, 2025 |language=en |date=July 15, 1988 |archive-date=January 1, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250101222333/https://www.nytimes.com/1988/07/15/us/jackson-suggests-carter-might-heal-rift-with-dukakis.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Carter delivered an address at the convention.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1988/07/21/the-carter-constituency/0044a89e-a29c-425d-a7f4-7deb29449bf8/ |title=The Carter Constituency |date=July 21, 1988 |access-date=September 8, 2021 |newspaper=The Washington Post |archive-date=February 4, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210204234334/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1988/07/21/the-carter-constituency/0044a89e-a29c-425d-a7f4-7deb29449bf8/ |url-status=live}}</ref>

Carter spoke of the need for the [[1992 Democratic National Convention]] to address certain issues not focused on in the past,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1992/08/19/Clinton-and-Gore-help-Carter-build-house/8269714196800/ |title=Clinton and Gore help Carter build house |first=Steve |last=Glasser |date=August 19, 1992 |access-date=September 8, 2021 |work=United Press International |archive-date=August 17, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210817013703/https://www.upi.com/Archives/1992/08/19/Clinton-and-Gore-help-Carter-build-house/8269714196800/ |url-status=live}}</ref> and campaigned for Clinton after he became the Democratic nominee,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/08/20/news/the-1992-campaign-the-democrats-clinton-assails-gop-attacks-aimed-at-wife.html |title=THE 1992 CAMPAIGN: The Democrats; Clinton Assails G.O.P. Attacks Aimed at Wife |first=Gwen |last=Ifill |date=August 20, 1992 |access-date=September 8, 2021 |newspaper=The New York Times |archive-date=August 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210815112643/https://www.nytimes.com/1992/08/20/news/the-1992-campaign-the-democrats-clinton-assails-gop-attacks-aimed-at-wife.html |url-status=live}}</ref> publicly stating his expectation to be consulted during Clinton's presidency.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1992/11/06/Carter-ready-to-consult-with-Clinton/4107721026000/ |title=Carter ready to consult with Clinton |date=November 6, 1992 |access-date=September 8, 2021 |work=United Press International |archive-date=December 12, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211212140502/https://www.upi.com/Archives/1992/11/06/Carter-ready-to-consult-with-Clinton/4107721026000/ |url-status=live}}</ref>

Carter endorsed Vice President [[Al Gore]], the Democratic nominee, days before the [[2000 United States presidential election|2000 presidential election]],<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/2000/11/01/Former-President-Carter-endorses-Gore/5798973054800/ |title=Former President Carter endorses Gore |date=November 1, 2000 |access-date=September 8, 2021 |work=United Press International |archive-date=August 18, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210818231158/https://www.upi.com/Archives/2000/11/01/Former-President-Carter-endorses-Gore/5798973054800/ |url-status=live}}</ref> and in subsequent years voiced his opinion that Gore won the election,<ref>{{cite book |title=Born to Cheat: How Bush, Cheney, Rove & Co. Broke the Rules – From the Sandlot to the White House |page=126 |publisher=Do Something Press |first=Jackson |last=Thoreau |isbn=978-1-881365-53-2 |year=2007}}</ref> despite Republican nominee George W. Bush having been certified the victor following the Supreme Court's ruling in ''[[Bush v. Gore]]''.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2000/ALLPOLITICS/stories/12/13/cnn.poll/index.html |title=Poll: Majority of Americans accept Bush as legitimate president |date=December 13, 2000 |publisher=CNN |access-date=April 27, 2011}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

In the [[2004 United States presidential election|2004 presidential election]], Carter endorsed the Democratic nominee [[John Kerry]] and spoke at the [[2004 Democratic National Convention]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/07/26/cnna.carter/ |title=Carter: Kerry 'the president we need now' |date=July 26, 2004 |access-date=September 8, 2021 |publisher=CNN|archive-date=August 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210815070106/https://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/07/26/cnna.carter/ |url-status=live}}</ref> He also voiced concern about another voting mishap in Florida.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/sep/28/uselections2004.usa |title=Jimmy Carter fears repeat of election fiasco in Florida |newspaper=The Guardian |date=September 28, 2004 |access-date=September 8, 2021 |archive-date=October 11, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211011183952/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/sep/28/uselections2004.usa |url-status=live}}</ref>

During the [[2008 Democratic presidential primaries]], it was speculated that Carter would endorse Barack Obama over his main primary rival [[Hillary Clinton]], as Carter and other members of the Carter family had spoken favorably of Obama.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/01/30/carter-praises-obama/ |title=Carter Praises Obama |date=January 30, 2008 |access-date=September 8, 2021 |publisher=CNN|archive-date=December 12, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211212140456/https://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/01/30/carter-praises-obama/}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/04/03/carter-hints-at-supporting-obama/ |title=Carter hints at supporting Obama |date=April 3, 2008 |access-date=September 8, 2021 |publisher=CNN|archive-date=April 7, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080407063956/https://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/04/03/carter-hints-at-supporting-obama/}}</ref> Although he did not endorse Obama during the primaries, he said in late May 2008 that Clinton should end her bid and concede to Obama after the final primaries on June 3.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/05/26/carter-after-june-3-it-will-be-time-for-clinton-to-give-it-up/ |title=Carter: After June 3, It Will Be Time for Clinton to 'Give It Up' |date=May 26, 2008 |access-date=September 8, 2021 |publisher=CNN|archive-date=June 14, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210614204649/https://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/05/26/carter-after-june-3-it-will-be-time-for-clinton-to-give-it-up/}}</ref> On June 3, Carter endorsed Obama, and said he would vote for Obama as a superdelegate to the [[2008 Democratic National Convention]]<ref name="toendoseobama1">{{cite web |title=Fmr President Carter to Endorse Obama |url=https://6abc.com/archive/6182749/ |publisher=[[WPVI-TV]] |access-date=January 1, 2025 |date=June 3, 2008 |archive-date=January 1, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250101194124/https://6abc.com/archive/6182749/ |url-status=live }}</ref> (as a former president, Carter was entitled to hold one of 20 superdelegate slots reserved for "distinguished party leaders").<ref>{{cite web |last1=DeSilver |first1=Drew |title=Who Are the Democratic Superdelegates? |url=https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2016/05/05/who-are-the-democratic-superdelegates/ |website=Pew Research Center |access-date=January 1, 2025 |date=May 5, 2016 |archive-date=January 1, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250101194124/https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2016/05/05/who-are-the-democratic-superdelegates/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Before this, he had remained publicly neutral.<ref name="toendoseobama1"/> During the general election campaign, Carter criticized [[John McCain]], the Republican nominee.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.upi.com/Carter-McCain-milking-POW-status/64911219972668/ |title=Carter: McCain 'milking' POW status |date=August 28, 2008 |access-date=September 8, 2021 |work=United Press International |archive-date=December 12, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211212140503/https://www.upi.com/Carter-McCain-milking-POW-status/64911219972668/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=5679652&page=1 |title=Carter: McCain 'milking' POW time |date=August 30, 2008 |access-date=September 8, 2021 |agency=ABC News |archive-date=December 12, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211212140453/https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=5679652&page=1 |url-status=live}}</ref> Once Obama became the presumptive nominee, he advised Obama not to select Clinton as his running mate.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/jun/04/uselections2008 |title=US elections: Jimmy Carter tells Barack Obama Not to Pick Hillary Clinton as Running Mate |first=Jonathan |last=Freedland |date=June 4, 2008 |access-date=September 8, 2021 |work=The Guardian |archive-date=November 16, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161116022610/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/jun/04/uselections2008 |url-status=live}}</ref>

Ahead of the primaries of the [[2012 United States presidential election|2012 presidential election]], Carter expressed his preference for [[Mitt Romney]] to win the Republican nomination, though he clarified that he preferred Romney because he believed him to be the prospective Republican nominee who would most assure Obama's reelection.<ref>Yahoo News, [https://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/jimmy-carter-wants-mitt-romney-republican-nominee-141827488.html Jimmy Carter wants Mitt Romney to be the Republican nominee] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211212140454/https://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/jimmy-carter-wants-mitt-romney-republican-nominee-141827488.html |date=December 12, 2021}}, September 16, 2011. Retrieved October 5, 2011.</ref> Carter recorded an address that was shown at the [[2012 Democratic National Convention]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Camia |first=Catalina |title=Jimmy Carter to speak by video at Dem convention |url=https://content.usatoday.com/communities/onpolitics/post/2012/08/jimmy-carter-democratic-convention-speaker-barack-obama/1 |newspaper=USA Today |date=August 7, 2012 |access-date=August 7, 2012 |archive-date=August 8, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120808102211/https://content.usatoday.com/communities/onpolitics/post/2012/08/jimmy-carter-democratic-convention-speaker-barack-obama/1 |url-status=live}}</ref>

[[File:The Funeral of President George H.W. Bush (46204190411).jpg|thumb|alt=The attendant of George H. W. Bush's funeral.|The [[Death and state funeral of George H. W. Bush|state funeral of George H. W. Bush]] in December 2018. Carter and his wife Rosalynn can be seen on the far right of the photograph.]]

In the [[2016 United States presidential election|2016 presidential election]], Carter was critical of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump shortly after Trump entered the primary, predicting that he would lose.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.cnn.com/2015/07/08/politics/jimmy-carter-donald-trump-hillary-clinton/ |title=Jimmy Carter: Trump's comments are 'very stupid' |date=July 8, 2015 |access-date=September 6, 2021 |publisher=CNN|first=Theodore |last=Schleifer |archive-date=December 12, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211212140452/https://www.cnn.com/2015/07/08/politics/jimmy-carter-donald-trump-hillary-clinton/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/258811-carter-democrats-and-republicans-hardly-speak-now/ |title=Carter: Dems, GOP 'hardly speak' now |first=Mark |last=Hensch |date=November 2, 2015 |access-date=September 6, 2021 |newspaper=The Hill |archive-date=June 28, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210628012425/https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/258811-carter-democrats-and-republicans-hardly-speak-now |url-status=live}}</ref> As the primary continued, Carter said he preferred Trump to his main rival, [[Ted Cruz]],<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jimmy-carter-i-would-choose-donald-trump-over-ted-cruz/ |date=February 3, 2016 |access-date=September 6, 2021 |title=Jimmy Carter: I would choose Donald Trump over Ted Cruz |first=Stephanie |last=Condon |publisher=CBS News |archive-date=October 21, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211021124156/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jimmy-carter-i-would-choose-donald-trump-over-ted-cruz/ |url-status=live}}</ref> though he rebuked the Trump campaign during the primary<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/24/us/jimmy-carter-racism-baptist-conference-unity-donald-trump.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220103/https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/24/us/jimmy-carter-racism-baptist-conference-unity-donald-trump.html |archive-date=January 3, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Jimmy Carter, Seeing Resurgence of Racism, Plans Baptist Conference for Unity |date=May 24, 2016 |access-date=September 6, 2021 |first=Laurie |last=Goodstein |newspaper=The New York Times}}{{cbignore}}</ref> and in his address to the [[2016 Democratic National Convention]].<ref name="blasts1">{{cite web |last1=Gass |first1=Nick |title=Jimmy Carter Blasts Trump for Lack of 'Moral and Ethical Principles' |url=https://www.politico.com/story/2016/07/dnc-2016-jimmy-carter-226249 |newspaper=Politico |access-date=January 1, 2025 |date=July 26, 2016}}</ref> In August 2016, Carter endorsed the presumptive Democratic nominee, Hillary Clinton.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Bluestein |first1=Greg |title=Jimmy Carter Says He's Backing a 'Quite Unpopular' Hillary Clinton |url=https://www.ajc.com/blog/politics/jimmy-carter-says-backing-quite-unpopular-hillary-clinton/qHLLQNiJiVtT3jBakFZs2O/ |newspaper=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution |date=August 22, 2016}}</ref> He again expressed his support of Clinton in his speech to the Democratic convention, which he delivered by video.<ref name="blasts1"/><ref>{{cite news |title=The 2016 Democratic Convention - Live Updates |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/democratic-convention |publisher=CBS News |access-date=January 1, 2025 |date=July 28, 2016}}</ref> In 2019, Carter said that Trump would not have been elected without [[Russia's interference in the 2016 election]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/jimmy-carter-says-trump-wouldnt-be-president-without-help-from-russia/2019/06/28/deef1ef0-99b6-11e9-8d0a-5edd7e2025b1_story.html |title=Jimmy Carter Says Trump Wouldn't Be President Without Help From Russia |last=Wagner |first=John |date=June 28, 2019 |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=June 29, 2019 |archive-date=June 29, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190629001747/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/jimmy-carter-says-trump-wouldnt-be-president-without-help-from-russia/2019/06/28/deef1ef0-99b6-11e9-8d0a-5edd7e2025b1_story.html |url-status=live}}</ref> When questioned, he agreed that Trump is an "illegitimate president".<ref name="Lewis_6/28/2019">{{cite web |last=Lewis |first=Sophie |title=Jimmy Carter calls Trump an 'illegitimate president' due to Russian interference |publisher=CBS News |date=June 28, 2019 |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jimmy-carter-says-president-trump-illegitimate-president-russian-interference-2019-06-28/ |access-date=March 24, 2020 |archive-date=March 24, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200324030136/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jimmy-carter-says-president-trump-illegitimate-president-russian-interference-2019-06-28/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="C-SPAN_6/28/2019">{{cite web |title=Conversation with Jimmy Carter and Walter Mondale |publisher=C-SPAN |date=June 28, 2019 |url=https://www.c-span.org/video/?c4805096/jimmy-carter-president-trump-put-office-russian-interference |access-date=March 24, 2020 |archive-date=April 20, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200420064317/https://www.c-span.org/video/?c4805096%2Fjimmy-carter-president-trump-put-office-russian-interference |url-status=live }}</ref> In a 2017 discussion with Senator [[Bernie Sanders]], Carter said he voted for Sanders in the [[2016 Democratic Party presidential primaries]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/05/09/yall-see-why-i-voted-for-him-jimmy-carter-says-he-was-a-bernie-sanders-supporter/ |title='Y'all see why I voted for him?': Jimmy Carter says he was a Bernie Sanders supporter |date=May 9, 2017 |access-date=February 20, 2023 |newspaper=The Washington Post |first=Derek |last=Hawkins |archive-date=November 12, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112003025/https://www.washingtonpost.com/gdpr-consent/?next_url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.washingtonpost.com%2fnews%2fmorning-mix%2fwp%2f2017%2f05%2f09%2fyall-see-why-i-voted-for-him-jimmy-carter-says-he-was-a-bernie-sanders-supporter%2f |url-status=live}}</ref>

Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter delivered a recorded audio message endorsing Joe Biden for the virtual [[2020 Democratic National Convention]]. On January 6, 2021, after the [[January 6 United States Capitol attack|U.S. Capitol attack]],<ref>{{cite news |last8=institutions |first8=Washington |last9=Chason |first9=historical topicsRachel |date=January 6, 2021 |title=Live updates: U.S. Capitol is on lockdown as protesters clash with police and breach the building |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/01/06/dc-protests-trump-rally-live-updates/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210106194011/https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/01/06/dc-protests-trump-rally-live-updates/ |archive-date=January 6, 2021 |access-date=January 8, 2021 |newspaper=The Washington Post}}</ref> Carter released a statement that he and his wife were "troubled" by the events, that what had occurred was "a national tragedy and is not who we are as a nation", and that "having observed elections in troubled democracies worldwide, I know that we the people can unite to walk back from this precipice to peacefully uphold the laws of our nation".<ref>{{cite web |title=All living former presidents condemn violence at the Capitol: 'A national tragedy' |url=https://www.today.com/news/all-living-former-presidents-condemn-violence-capitol-t205224 |access-date=January 8, 2021 |work=[[Today (American TV program)|Today]] |date=January 7, 2021 |archive-date=January 7, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210107195632/https://www.today.com/news/all-living-former-presidents-condemn-violence-capitol-t205224 |url-status=live}}</ref> Carter recorded an audio message for [[Biden's inauguration]] on January 20, 2021, as the Carters could not attend the ceremony in person.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/former-president-carter-reflects-on-his-inauguration-offers-biden-harris-insight-in-video|title=Former President Carter reflects on his inauguration, offers Biden, Harris insight in video|publisher=Fox 5 Atlanta|date=January 21, 2021|access-date=February 18, 2023|archive-date=February 18, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230218215845/https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/former-president-carter-reflects-on-his-inauguration-offers-biden-harris-insight-in-video|url-status=live}}</ref>

In November 2022, the [[United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit]] overruled a three-judge panel of the court and scheduled a rehearing of the case against the [[First presidency of Donald Trump|Trump administration]]–proposed land swap in Alaska to allow a road through the [[Izembek National Wildlife Refuge]]. In an unusual action, Carter had filed an opinion in support of a lawsuit by environmental groups, saying the swap violated the [[Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act]] passed near the end of his presidency. Carter said the act "may be the most significant domestic achievement of my political life".<ref>{{cite news|last=Fountain |first=Henry |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/11/climate/anilca-road-alaska-trump-court-decision.html |title=Court to reconsider Trump-era decision that favored Alaska road project |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221111231724/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/11/climate/anilca-road-alaska-trump-court-decision.html |archive-date=November 11, 2022 |date=November 11, 2022 |newspaper=The New York Times |access-date=November 11, 2022}}</ref>

In August 2024, Carter's son Chip said his father wanted to live to 100 to vote for [[Kamala Harris]] in the [[2024 United States presidential election|2024 presidential election]].<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Alvord |first=Kyler |date=August 5, 2024 |title=Jimmy Carter Told Son Why He Wants to Live Past 100: 'I'm Only Trying to Make It to Vote for Kamala Harris' |url=https://people.com/jimmy-carter-wants-to-vote-kamala-harris-president-8689929 |access-date=October 16, 2024 |magazine=People}}</ref> He did so on October 16.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Bluestein |first1=Greg |last2=Suggs |first2=Ernie |title=Jimmy Carter votes for Kamala Harris |url=https://www.ajc.com/politics/jimmy-carter-fulfills-wish-and-votes-for-kamala-harris/HTE7BVP3AZDIJJNZE3XPYPNGXI/ |access-date=October 16, 2024 |newspaper=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution |issn=1539-7459}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Dunlap |first=Stanley |date=October 15, 2024 |title=Georgia's early voting first-day turnout already breaks record |url=https://georgiarecorder.com/2024/10/15/georgias-early-voting-first-day-turnout-on-already-breaks-record/ |access-date=October 23, 2024 |website=Georgia Recorder}}</ref>