Analyzing the Roadblocks Obstacles that Confronted Reagan's Campaign

Abstract. While scholars have studied the manner in which the Christian Right supported President Reagan, they have neglected to examine Reagan's support for ... 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. The 81-year-old Biden is hoping to bounce back after a disastrous debate against 78-year-old Republican Donald Trump. Ronald Reagan served as the 40th President of the United States from Jan. 20, 1981, to Jan. 19, 1989. He won the 1980 presidential election. Reagan approached the campaign of 1984 at the head of a united Republican party firmly committed to his candidacy. The Democrats, as had become their custom ... Let us not forget that many of the serious problems facing America today began or worsened during Reagan's presidency. ... the entire House and one-third of the Senate up for reelection. On September 25, 1982, President Reagan had discussed the election in his weekly radio address. Both Ronald Reagan and Jimmy Carter received overwhelmingly negative coverage on TV news during the 1980 general election campaign. But in 1984 the Democratic ... President Reagan put forth an enomoic policy which aimed to reduce government regulation, lower taxes, and promote free-market capitalism. As a liberal. Democrat, Reagan drew upon the Democratic tradition of populist appeals, adopting the themes of the citizen politician and class conflict in his ...