Jimmy Carter 1980 presidential campaign
Jimmy Carter's unsuccessful campaign in 1980 to be elected / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 1980 presidential campaign of Jimmy Carter was an unsuccessful re-election campaign for the 1980 United States presidential election by incumbent president Jimmy Carter, who had taken office on January 20, 1977. Carter and incumbent vice president Walter Mondale were defeated by Republican presidential nominee Ronald Reagan and vice presidential nominee George H. W. Bush. Carter, a Democrat president and former Governor of Georgia, launched his presidential bid on December 4, 1979, and secured nomination for his re-election on August 11, 1980. He was challenged in the Democratic primaries by U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy from his campaign which was formally launched on November 7, 1979, received more than thirty percent of the delegates in the Democratic National Convention, but Carter got more votes than Kennedy.
Jimmy Carter for President 1980 | |
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Campaign | 1980 Democratic primaries 1980 U.S. presidential election |
Candidate | Jimmy Carter 39th President of the United States (1977–1981) Walter Mondale 42nd Vice President of the United States (1977–1981) |
Affiliation | Democratic Party |
Status | Announced: December 4, 1979 Presumptive nominee: June 3, 1980 Official nominee: August 11, 1980 Lost election: November 4, 1980 Left office: January 20, 1981 |
Slogan | A Tested and Trustworthy Team |
Carter launched his successful campaign in 1976, becoming the 39th President. Carter had low approval during his term; many people thought he mishandled the Iran hostage crisis, inflation, and severe economic downturn.[1] In the 1980 Democratic Party presidential primaries, he lost 12 states and Washington D.C.. However, he still won the remaining states and received the Democratic nomination with 1,984 delegates on August 11, 1980 to face Republican candidate Ronald Reagan on November 4, 1980. Reagan defeated Carter, receiving 489 electoral votes and 50.8% of the popular vote.
Reagan and Bush challenged Carter and Mondale in the general election.[2] Reagan talked the most about the hostage crisis and the economy. In the second debate between Carter and Reagan, Reagan openly criticized him over the crisis; some said it was for that reason that Carter lost the election.[3]