Question

Which of the following were results of the 1980 election? Check all that apply. Reagan won by a landslide. Reagan won the popular vote but lost the electoral college. Republicans gained control of the senate. Reagan did not win any states in the west. Conservatives called this the “Reagan Revolution.”

Answer 1

The answers are:

Reagan won by a landslide.

Republicans gained control of the Senate.

Conservatives called this the “Reagan Revolution.”

Ronald Reagan won the 1980 election by a landslide victory, winning over 50 percent of the vote and 489 of the electoral votes, to Jimmy Carter, his biggest opponent, which captured 41 percent of the votes and only 49 of the electeral votes.

This victory, not only led Reagan to enter The White House, but also made the Democrats lost the Senate for the first time since 1954, and the Republicans won the majority of seats.

Reagan's administration had a big impact in American history, in terms of policies regarding taxes, welfare, the federal judiciary, the Cold War, foreign and domestic affairs, etc. leading some politicians, historians, and conservatives to call it “Reagan Revolution”.