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United States presidential election, 1980
The
United States presidential election of 1980
was the 49th quadrennial
presidential election
. It was held on Tuesday, November 4, 1980. The contest was between incumbent
Democratic
President
Jimmy Carter
and his
Republican
opponent, former California
Governor
Ronald Reagan
, as well as Republican Congressman
John B. Anderson
, who ran as an
independent
. Reagan, aided by the
Iran hostage crisis
and a worsening economy at home marked by
high unemployment and inflation
, won the election in a landslide, receiving the highest number of electoral votes ever won by a non-incumbent presidential candidate.
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