10. Reagan's Legacy A Mixed Bag of Conservatism and Controversy

Abernathy, after professing his support for Reagan, said he opposed President Carter 'on behalf of poor black people who can't make it under ... The age question for presidential candidates is more than four decades old. President Ronald Reagan answered it with a pledge to resign if he became impaired. Consequently, President Carter and the Democrats went before the electorate in 1980 with the worst of all possible situations--high inflation, increased ... The message was clear: elect Republicans if you want considerable change in. American politics. As much as possible, Reagan emphasized that all Republican. Ronald Reagan delivering his "A Time for Choosing" speech, which launched his political career 60 years ago this weekend. Let us not forget that many of the serious problems facing America today began or worsened during Reagan's presidency. Reagan wrote as a supporter of the conservative Republican Senator Barry Goldwater. Reagan had spent much of his political career campaigning and voting for ... Ronald Reagan swept into office in 1980, capturing nearly 10 times as many electoral votes as his incumbent opponent Jimmy Carter. In the 1980 presidential election, Republican former California Governor Ronald Reagan defeated incumbent Democratic President Jimmy Carter in a landslide. The Trump-dominated, populist-nationalist GOP is certainly very different from the conservative party that Reagan led in the 1980s, and Trump is a very ...