Carter's popularity had declined throughout his presidency. Walter Anderson took votes away from Carter and Ronald Reagan was able to take advantage of Carter's unpopularity to win the election.
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The low economy, and some other crap. Screw american history; all it is is war after war after war. We didnt listen to George Washington at all, "Stay out of foreign affairs."
The hostages in Iran were like a cancer eating away at the Carter candidacy, ever reminding voters of his foreign policy failures.
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Hostages in Iran
Iran hostage crisis.
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Jimmy Carter served one term as president of the United States.
Carter lost the election to Reagan.
He lost the 1980 presidential race to Ronald Reagan.
He lost the election of 1976 to Jimmy Carter
In the United States presidential election of 1976 , Gerald Ford lost out to Jimmy Carter .
Gerald Ford lost the 1976 presidential election to Jimmy Carter.
No. In 1976, the Republican party convention was split between Gerald Ford and Ronald Reagan. Since he was the incumbent President (having followed Nixon), Ford won the nomination, but just barely. Ford lost the election to Jimmy Carter. In 1980, Reagan defeated Carter in a landslide vote.
Senator Ted Kennedy challenged President Carter for the Democratic nomination in the 1980 primaries. Despite a spirited campaign, Kennedy ultimately lost to Carter, who went on to be the Democratic candidate in the general election, where he lost to Republican candidate Ronald Reagan.
Jimmy Carter won the 1976 presidential election defeating Gerald Ford. In the 1976 presidential election Jimmy Carter received 297 electoral votes (55.3%) and Gerald Ford received 240 electoral votes (44.7%). The popular vote totals were Carter 40,830,763 and Ford 39,147,793.
Jimmy Carter was the President who lost to Ronald Reagan in 1980.
1980, when Jimmy Carter lost to Ronald Reagan.