Reagan's Dominance Unraveling the Electoral Map of His 1980 Triumph

Popular Vote, Electoral Vote. Ronald Reagan, George Bush, Republican, 43,903,230, 50.75%, 489, 90.9%. James Carter, Walter Mondale, Democratic, 35,480,115 ... In the final week of the 1980 presidential campaign between Democratic President Jimmy Carter and Republican nominee Ronald Reagan, the two candidates held ... Next week we're celebrating 40-years since President Reagan's historic landslide. In 1984, President Reagan won more electoral votes than ... 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. Jimmy Carter was a former one-term governor from Georgia, almost unknown nationally, when he broke through in Iowa and New Hampshire early ... Walter Mondale nearly lost his home state to Ronald Reagan in what turned out to be one of the biggest electoral and popular vote landsides ... John Breckinridge, Dem, 47,548. John Bell, Con'l Union, 15,438. 1861 - Texas secedes from Union and joins the Confederate States of America. Ronald Reagan entered the White House in 1981 with strongly conservative values but experience in moderate politics. The 12th Amendment to the Constitution requires that presidential and vice presidential candidates gain “a majority of the whole number of Electors ... American presidential election held on November 4, 1980, in which Republican Ronald Reagan defeated incumbent Democratic Pres. Jimmy Carter.