President Reagan 's Presidential Election

Regan ran for a second term and won the election of 1984. He then reshaped his foreign policy to accommodate the changes of the Soviet Union. In 1985, a new leader emerged in the Soviet Union, Mikhail

In the 1980s there was many historic events such as… Ronald Reagan he was born in february 6th 1911 Tampico IL he died june 5th 2004. He was a great president he served one term as chief and commander he also started as an actor he was wise beyond years in the sense as a president.

They elected Ronald Reagan in 1980 who had a controversial plan for fixing the U.S. economy, later dubbed “Reaganomics.”

For the 1980 election for presidency, Reagan was considered the best choice for the Republican nomination. Reagan had been voted as our president with 51% of the popular vote and 489 out of 538 of electoral votes. George Bush was elected by his side as the vice president. Ronald’s campaign was centered on inflation, the gasoline shortage at the time, and the hostage situation that was in Iran. (Ronald Reagan)

Issues with foreign policies under Carter also played a large part in him losing the election in 1980. As well as concerns over him taking in 125,000 refugees from Cuba and equivocating over dealings with the Soviet Union, there was the Iran hostage crisis in 1980. The timing of this was terrible for Carter as it continued throughout the election, and his failed rescue attempt made him appear weak and incompetent. This of course played into Reagan’s hands, as he promised to bring strength and security to the USA, and to return it to it’s superpower status.

The United Sates presidential election of 1980 included Democrat Jimmy Carter and Republican opponent Ronald Reagan. From the beginning of the election Reagan knew he had a great chance in winning the election and becoming the 40th president of the United Sates when he found out who he was running against. Back in 1976, Jimmy Carter was brought into the White House and His domestic policies failed to resonate with the American public and his standing as an international leader was badly damaged by the Iranian hostage drama that began in 1979

i. Role of Oliver North: national security aid, stationed in the white house. he directed money from the Iranian arms sales to the contras. congress had banned this, do not fund the contras anymore. congress had forbidden this aid. North had circumvented this ban by raising money from wealthy conservatives from other governments, to fund this. (wealthy new right conservatives funded this) all in secret to the congress and to the people. New story broke, televised hearings in 1987, erased computer files right before the fbi arrived. he defended it by saying sometimes you need to go above the law for patriotism. he emphasized, I love my country and I am a patriot. Reagan praised north as a national hero, for undergoing this with American security in mind, but he also fired him. TV Reagan denied knowing anything about the scandal, but

Ronald Wilson Reagan took office on January 20th, 1981. Reagan served from 1981 to 1989. He served two terms and was president from 1981- 1989. President Reagan defeated Jimmy Carter in the 1980 election and Walter Mondale in the 1984 election. He ran his first campaign mostly on President Carter 's shortcomings and failures. His campaign slogan was," Are you better off than you were four years ago?" His other slogan was," Lets make America great again." This clearly shows that his campaign strategy was mostly based on how America took a turn for the worst during Carter 's first term. He talked about how Carter dealt with the Iranian Hostage Crisis so poorly, which led to national embarrassment. Reagan promised an economic revival that

At the end of the Carter presidency, the nation’s idealistic dreams of the 60’s was worn down by inflation, foreign policy turmoil and rising crime rate, the nation was troubled by the late 70’s. Due to this many Americans were ready to embrace a new conservatism in social, economic and political life in the 80’s. In the 1980 bid for President, Reagan won the Republican nomination after two failed attempts in 1968 and 1976. Although Ronald Reagan once held Democratic views, he grew more conservative and he official took the side of the Republicans in the 1960’s. Reagans domestic views were the change Americans were looking for and Reagan, along with his running mate George H.W Bush, won the 1980 election. In his 1981 inauguration,

| President Reagan negotiated a treaty that ultimately would eliminate intermediate-range nuclear missiles. Reagan declared war against international terrorism, sending American bombers against Libya after evidence came out that Libya was involved in an attack on American soldiers in a West Berlin nightclub

(Goldfield et.al., 2014). Alongside surviving an assassination attempt, Reagan and the Republican party attracted young voters that were in their early twenties and thirties. Therefore, he won the 1980 election and later on the 1984 presidential election against Democratic candidate Walter Mondale. In both of his presidential administrations, Ronald Reagan set the stage that changed American political and economic balance in the 1980s.

The public questioned the end of Ronald Reagan’s second term as President of the United States for his lack of integrity and lack of transparency. In early 1986, Reagan wanted to help a group of Nicaraguan rebels overthrow the Sandinista National Liberation Front that had taken over the Central American country (Shipler, 1986, para. 2). At the same time, seven Americans were being held hostage by Iranian revolutionists in Lebanon, and an operation to get them freed was being discussed within Reagan’s Cabinet (Gwertzman, 1986, para. 5). In an attempt to free the hostages, the United States Government sold arms to a Middle Eastern country

Republicans again selected Reagan and Bush to run in 1984. The Democrats selected Walter Mondale. Reagan used many one-liners that poked fun at his adversaries. Mondale believed that the high deficits and unbalanced budget would put the public in his favor and against Reagan, but it did not happen. Reagan 's campaign slogan was "It 's morning again in America" was accepted by most of middle-Americans" (Campaigns 7)

During the election of 1980 most Americans eyes were fixed on two presidents. Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan. Most Americans hearts were fixed on one issue. The Iranian hostage crisis. Jimmy Carter, the current president, had tried without success to end the crisis diplomatically. Ronald Reagan, an actor turned politician, had very little experience in a political position. Carter was not fit to handle the current crisis. His attempts to free the hostages had gone poorly both diplomatically and through use of force. Ronald Reagan was not very well known as a politician, he was known as an actor and many people believed that he would just act in office instead of being the

The 1980 Presidential Campaign was between Ronald Reagan and President Jimmy Carter. In this campaign several key issues were discussed. Reagan provided solutions for the armed forces, the Nuclear Arms Race, terrorism, the nation 's economy, and urban policies. He used several tactics to wage a successful campaign. By appealing to Republican values, Reagan received the votes of many heartfelt Americans and is still admired by many to this day.