Jimmy Carter for President 1980 | |
---|---|
![]() | |
Campaign | 1980 Democratic primaries 1980 U.S. presidential election |
Candidate | Jimmy Carter 39th President of the United States (1977–1981) Walter Mondale 42nd Vice President of the United States (1977–1981) |
Affiliation | Democratic Party |
Status | Announced: December 4, 1979 Presumptive nominee: June 3, 1980 Official nominee: August 11, 1980 Lost election: November 4, 1980 Left office: January 20, 1981 |
Slogan | A Tested and Trustworthy Team |
| ||
---|---|---|
76th Governor of Georgia
39th President of the United States
Policies
Appointments
Tenure
Presidential campaigns Post-presidency
![]() |
||
In the 1980 United States presidential election, incumbent president Jimmy Carter and incumbent vice president Walter Mondale were defeated by Republican presidential nominee Ronald Reagan and vice presidential nominee George H. W. Bush.
President Carter launched his presidential re-election bid on December 4, 1979. He had low approval during his term; many people thought Carter mishandled the Iran hostage crisis, inflation, and severe economic downturn.[1] In the 1980 Democratic Party presidential primaries, he was challenged by U.S. senator Ted Kennedy, whose campaign was formally launched on November 7, 1979. Carter lost 12 states and Washington, D.C., but won the remaining states and received the Democratic nomination with 1,984 delegates on August 11, 1980.
Reagan and Bush challenged Carter and Mondale in the general election.[2] Reagan talked the most about the hostage crisis and the economy. In the second debate between Carter and Reagan, Reagan openly criticized him over the crisis; some said it was for that reason that Carter lost the election.[3] On November 4, Carter was defeated by Reagan, receiving 49 electoral votes and 41 percent of the popular vote.
© MMXXIII Rich X Search. We shall prevail. All rights reserved. Rich X Search