Reagan's America A Visual Representation of His Electoral Triumph

A common view is that a president's popular mandate, as measured by the size of his margins of victory in the popular and electoral vote, predicts the ... Ronald Reagan is to be the next president of the United States. He has defeated Democrat Jimmy Carter in the US presidential elections by a huge majority. In the past 74 years, California has chosen a Republican for president as many times as it has a Democrat. As the presidential race intensifies and Election Day nears, we're taking a look at how California has voted in the past. Popular Vote, Electoral Vote. Ronald Reagan, George Bush, Republican, 54,455,472, 58.77%, 525, 97.6%. Walter Mondale, Geraldine Ferraro, Democratic, 37,577,352 ... Nevada and Washoe County had leaned Republican in presidential races from 1980 to 2004. Since Obama in 2008, they've voted Democratic. On Nov. 4, 1980, California's Ronald Reagan was elected the 40th president of the United States. See CBS News' coverage of Reagan's ... The US presidential election on Tuesday will likely be decided in five key states: Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, Georgia and Florida. In the 1980 presidential election, Republican former California Governor Ronald Reagan defeated incumbent Democratic President Jimmy Carter in a landslide. The 1980 Presidential Election pitted incumbent Democratic President Jimmy Carter against Republican Governor Ronald Reagan and independent candidate John ...