Examining the Achilles' Heel Issues that Weakened Reagan's Campaign

Ronald Reagan gave the Christian Right rhetorical support during his presidential campaigns and time in office, and he invited evangelical leaders such as ... Ronald Reagan, originally an American actor and politician, became the 40th President of the United States serving from 1981 to 1989. Reagan asserted that voters faced a ''historic choice'' between his economic policies and Walter F. Mondale's program of ''higher taxes, more ... When the party of Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, and two George Bushes met in Milwaukee this summer to renominate former President ... ... 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. Issues · 1984 Mexico City Policy: no abortion funding abroad. · 2001: Nancy pushed Bush on stem cell research for Alzheimers. · Instituted global ... Ronald Reagan was elected President of the United States on November 4, 1980. His triumph capped the rise of the new right/conservative wing of the Republican ... Ronald Reagan entered the White House in 1981 with strongly conservative values but experience in moderate politics. Abstract. While scholars have studied the manner in which the Christian Right supported President Reagan, they have neglected to examine Reagan's support for ... Ronald Reagan's landslide election as President and the Republican Party's takeover of the Senate gives a substantial push to the rightward trend.