The election of 1980

[CatWoman]

Carter vs Reagan.

Reagan won by a landslide, didn't he?

And all the while, were'nt the polls showing a close race?

[Burma Jones]

1. not a landslide 1984 was a landslide

[DemocratSinceBirth]

3. He Got 50% Carter Got 41% Anderson got 7%

It was a bigger win in the Electoral College...


It was neck and neck but Reagan pulled away after the debate...


I remember that election like it was yesterday...

[ArkDem]

10. In 1980 Carter got 51 electoral votes Reagan 487

In 1984 Mondale got 13 Reagan 525

Methinks both were landslides.

[gasperc]

15. that last minute debate was a big mistake

avoided it for too long, or Reagan's people pushed to late Oct. on purpose, who knows. There was no time for Carter to recover and for voters that were on the fence, some of Reagan's responses stuck with voters and gave Reagan the edge to swamp Carter on election day.

[Robin Hood]

2. That whole election was manipulated.

What do you think that arms for hostages was all about? Yes dear, we do deal with terrorists.

[theboss]

4. Not really

The polls were close until the debates; then Reagan started to pull away.

[MnFats]

5. ....and REagan's people told the iranians....

...(in essence) ..."just wait a while. you'll get a better deal when we're in office."

just as Nixon had Kissinger do in 1968, when Henry the K brought the same message to the North Vietnamese: "Wait a while and you'll get a better deal from Nixon."

of course, 25,000 American soldiers -- almost half of the total -- lost their lives AFTER Nixon, who ran as a "peace" candidate f'chrissakes, defeated Humphrey. Along with untold millions of Vietnamese solidiers and civilians....

[Jackpine Radical]

9. Yeah. That was the original Octoer Surprise.

My God, it was 24 years ago this coming January when Raygun took office & within hours the Ayatollah Khomeini released the embassy hostages.

[JHB]

6. It was only a landslide....

...in that weird dreamland that is "how conservatives perceive things".

[elperromagico]

8. In the Electoral College, it was a landslide.

Reagan: 489
Carter: 49

[Ishoutandscream]

7. Ah, 19 years old and the first election I was able to vote.

Voted for Anderson. What the hell was I thinking? (or better yet, smoking).

[emulatorloo]

11. Ah yes, and soon after (1981) I started my "There's No Difference" Phase

No diff between Repugs and Dems, I would tell anyone who would listen


. . .what a FOOL I was! At least I still voted against Regan for re-election.

[opihimoimoi]

12. The Sheep were told to vote for RR, big time church help.

[CatWoman]

13. Opi!!!

:hi:

:loveya:

[opihimoimoi]

14. Hi there Sweetie Pie,

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[TrogL]

16. Yesterday's Canadian elections were "too close to call"

Didn't turn out that way.