Reagan's Electoral Triumph An In-Depth Analysis

President Ronald Reagan's 1984 Reelection Campaign. On January 29, 1984 President Reagan announced the Reagan-Bush Candidacies for Reelection. The 1980 Presidential Election pitted incumbent Democratic President Jimmy Carter against Republican Governor Ronald Reagan and independent candidate John ... The CBS News poll was launched back in 1976, so President Carter was the first president that CBS polling covered for his full term in ... Clallam County in Washington is the country's last presidential bellwether: a county that has correctly predicted the US presidential election winner since ... Reagan took 44 states and 489 votes in the electoral college and for the first time in 25 years the Republicans gained control of the senate. For the fifth time in U.S. history, and the second time this century, a presidential candidate has won the White House while losing the ... President Ronald Reagan made it clear that his objectives were to cut taxes, fight communism, reinforce national defense, and slow the growth of government. Ronald Reagan, originally an American actor and politician, became the 40th President of the United States serving from 1981 to 1989. In the past 74 years, California has chosen a Republican for president as many times as it has a Democrat. ... 1980 US presidential election. Democratic candidate Jimmy Carter, the incumbent president, took on Republican governor Ronald Reagan in the ...