Wednesday, January 7, 2015

I remember watching this with my brother and our maternal grandparents in Rehoboth Beach...........Reagan won even before his home state of CA.......which carries a massive amount of electorial votes.............was even taken into consideration............



United States presidential election, 1980

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United States presidential election, 1980
United States
1976 ←November 4, 1980→ 1984
All 538 electoral votes of the Electoral College
270 electoral votes needed to win
Turnout52.6%[1]
 Official Portrait of President Reagan 1981-cropped.jpgCarter cropped.jpgJohnAnderson.png
NomineeRonald ReaganJimmy CarterJohn B. Anderson
PartyRepublicanDemocraticIndependent
Home stateCaliforniaGeorgiaIllinois
Running mateGeorge H. W. BushWalter MondalePatrick Lucey
Electoral vote489490
States carried446 + DC0
Popular vote43,903,23035,480,1155,719,850
Percentage50.8%41.0%6.6%
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Presidential election results map. Red denotes states won by Reagan/Bush, Blue denotes those won by Carter/Mondale. Numbers indicate the electoral votes per state.
President before election
Elected President
The United States presidential election of 1980 was the 49th quadrennial presidential election. It was held on Tuesday, November 4, 1980. The contest was between incumbent Democratic President Jimmy Carter and his Republican opponent, former California Governor Ronald Reagan, as well as Republican Congressman John B. Anderson, who ran as an independent. Reagan, aided by the Iran hostage crisis and a worsening economy at home marked by high unemployment and inflation, won the election in a landslide, receiving the highest number of electoral votes ever won by a non-incumbent presidential candidate.
Carter, after defeating Edward M. Kennedy for the Democratic nomination, attacked Reagan as a dangerous right-wing radical. For his part, Reagan pledged to uplift the pessimistic mood of the nation, and won a decisive victory; in the simultaneous Congressional elections, Republicans won control of the United States Senate for the first time in 28 years. This election marked the beginning of what is called by some the "Reagan Revolution"[2] or Reagan Era, and signified a conservative realignment in national politics.
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