The 1980 Election A State-by-State Look at Reagan's Victory

President Ronald Reagan's 1984 Reelection Campaign. On January 29, 1984 President Reagan announced the Reagan-Bush Candidacies for Reelection. Ronald Reagan won the 1980 presidential election by a substantial margin, promising to restore American economic prosperity and military prowess. 35 years ago today on Nov. 4, 1980, I cast my first vote for Ronald Reagan to become the 40th President of the United States. ... 1980 US presidential election. Democratic candidate Jimmy Carter, the incumbent president, took on Republican governor Ronald Reagan in the ... Unlike many previous elections, the Republican and Democratic candidates have both appeared on past ballots: Donald Trump successfully ran for ... Ronald Reagan won the 1980 presidential election decisively. He beat incumbent president Jimmy Carter by 10 points in the popular vote. Pennsylvania, Georgia, North Carolina, Michigan, Arizona, Wisconsin and Nevada hold the keys to the White House. On 7 November 1984, America woke up to news that Ronald Reagan had won a stunning landslide victory in that year's presidential election, ... The platform is ready, but there is no new President—none of the candidates carried a majority of the electoral vote on November 4, 1980. Behind ... The last time a Democrat won Idaho's vote for president was 60 years ago, in 1964, when Lyndon Johnson prevailed in a landslide nationally ...