Exploring Reagan's Electoral Dominance in 1980

After fierce competition from George Bush, former film star and governor of California Ronald Reagan became the Republican presidential candidate. An archive of presidential campaign commercials from 1952 to the present, organized by year, type, and issue, with teacher resources and playlists by ... A shifting Sun Belt alters the electoral calculus, but Democrats' weakness with White working-class voters could keep some Northern states ... Only Ronald Reagan has carried Massachusetts in the last baker's dozen of presidential elections. But inside this deep blue state are ... Jimmy Carter was a former one-term governor from Georgia, almost unknown nationally, when he broke through in Iowa and New Hampshire early ... In 1980, the former governor of California, and famous actor, Ronald Reagan, faced the incumbent Jimmy Carter. Sixty-six counties have been voting for the same party in every presidential election for at least the past century. Almost all are Republican, ... Legendary NBC News producer Reuven Frank once described election night as “a TV show about adding.” In 1976, Chancellor, then co-anchor of NBC's evening ... Blue denotes states won by Mondale/Bentsen, and red denotes those won by Reagan/Bush. Numbers indicate electoral votes cast by each state and ... Next week we're celebrating 40-years since President Reagan's historic landslide. In 1984, President Reagan won more electoral votes than ...