1. Election of 1980 Reagan http://video.pbs.org/video/1094119478/
Video - American Experience: Ronald Reagan

2. Election of 1980 Jimmy Carter Democrat President - Georgia
Walter Mondale
Vice-President - Minnesota

3. Election of 1980 Ronald Reagan Republican
Governor of California/Former Actor
George Bush
Congressman-Texas, Ambassador to UN
Director of CIA

4. Election of 1980
Results
Reagan, aided by the Iran hostage crisis and a worsening economy at home, was able to defeat Carter in a landslide, receiving the highest number of electoral votes ever won by a non-incumbent presidential candidate
With respect to the economy, Reagan famously said, "A recession is when your neighbor loses his job. A depression is when you lose yours. And recovery is when Jimmy Carter loses his.”
Popular Vote
Carter – 35,480,115 (41%)
Reagan – 43,903,230 (50.7%)

5. Election of 1980
States Carried
Carter – 6 Plus DC
Reagan - 44

6. Reagan administration 1980-1984
Reagan’s Economic Policy
Reagan was an advocate of true free markets
He believed that the American economy was hampered by excessive government regulations and overused welfare programs
Reagan was in favor of fewer government programs, lower taxes on all individuals and corporations, including the wealthiest Americans, and fewer government regulations on all businesses
This became the basis for what became known as “Reaganomics”
Reagan said in his first inauguration speech: “In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem.”

7. Reagan administration 1980-1984
Assassination Attempt (March 30, 1981)
Only 69 days into his Presidency, Reagan, his press secretary James Brady, a police officer, and a Secret Service agent were struck by gunfire from would-be assassin John Hinckley, Jr. outside the Washington Hilton Hotel
All of the shooting victims survived, although James Brady was paralyzed
Although close to death during surgery, Reagan recovered and was released from the hospital on April 11, becoming the first serving U.S. President to survive being shot in an assassination attempt
Hinckley was found not guilty by reason of insanity

8. Reagan administration 1980-1984
Escalation of the Cold War
Soon after Reagan became President, he ordered a massive buildup of the United States Armed Forces
Together with the United Kingdom's Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, Reagan denounced the Soviet Union and Communism
On March 3, 1983, he predicted that communism would collapse, stating, "Communism is another sad, bizarre chapter in human history whose last pages even now are being written."
In another speech in 1983, Reagan called the Soviet Union "an evil empire"

9. Reagan administration 1980-1984
Escalation of Cold War Continued…
Under a policy that came to be known as the Reagan Doctrine, Reagan and his administration also provided overt and covert aid to anti-communist resistance movements in Africa, Asia, and Latin America
Reagan deployed more CIA teams to Afghanistan
They were instrumental in training, equipping and leading Mujaheddin forces against the Soviet Army
President Reagan's has been given credit for assisting in ending the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan
The U.S. funded armaments introduced, however, then would later pose a threat to U.S. troops in Afghanistan a few decades later