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Carter: Presidential Choices 'Quite Unpopular'

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Former President Jimmy Carter says both major presidential candidates are unpopular, but he's knows who's more qualified and he's voting for Democrat Hillary Clinton in November.

The 91-year-old Carter spoke with The Associated Press on Monday on the site of a Habitat for Humanity construction project in Memphis.

Carter, considered a worldwide ambassador for Habitat for Humanity, said he does not like to advocate for particular issues because he works equally with Republicans, Democrats and people of many religious beliefs in his role with the home building charity. But he did say that "everybody knows that I'm a Democrat, and I'll be voting Democratic."

He added that "the way it's turned out, both choices in the major parties are quite unpopular, but I don't have any doubt that one of the candidates is better qualified than the other."

Clinton, a former First Lady and Secretary of State, is running against Republican billionaire businessman Donald Trump.