Ronald wilson reagan's presidential campaign.

Reagan participated in the * * * election for the first time in 1968 and failed to nominate the presidential candidate within the party. He entered the competition again on 1976, and his opponent was the current Gerald Ford. This nomination election is an important moment in Reagan's political career. Gerald Ford was considered a party veteran at that time, but Reagan lost by a few votes in Congress. Reagan delivered a speech at the national congress, expounding the danger of nuclear war and the moral threat of the Soviet Union. After listening to his touching speech, many people also expressed "regret that they voted wrong".

1976, Ford was defeated by Jimmy Carter. After the election results come out, the electoral college will vote according to the election results. Surprisingly, Mike Patton, an elector of the party, did not vote for Ford as promised, but for Reagan. Some people think that this sudden vote prompted Reagan to run again in 1980, but this statement has not been confirmed. Reagan and Nancy campaigned in Columbia, South Carolina, June 5438+0980+ 10/0. 1980, Reagan finally won the nomination election within the party and became the presidential candidate. Although Reagan lost to george herbert walker bush in the Iowa caucus, which was the first to vote, he won votes in other states. At the national congress, Reagan originally sought Gerald Ford as vice president, but it didn't come true in the end. Instead, Reagan chose his opponent in the nomination election, George ·H·W· Bush, as his partner.

Bush has many qualities that Reagan didn't have-lifelong * * * and party member, a veteran of the battlefield, and international experience as director of the Central Intelligence Agency, director of the US Office in China and ambassador to the United Nations. Compared with Reagan, Bush's position on economy and politics is more moderate. For example, Bush once called Reagan's 30% comprehensive tax reduction policy "voodoo economics".

1980 presidential election results. In the election campaign, william casey was in charge of Reagan's campaign plan, and his strategy was aimed at the Iranian hostage crisis at that time. The news media continue to report the incompetence and failure of the Carter administration in rescuing hostages every day, which many analysts believe is the main reason for Carter's defeat. At the same time, Carter could not solve the soaring inflation and unemployment rate at that time, the economic growth was slow, and the unstable oil market made long queues at gas stations, making voters aware of the weakness of the United States in national defense. When talking about the economy, Reagan said, "I told you I can't use the word depression." Let me tell you these definitions. Recession means that your neighbor is unemployed, and depression means that you are unemployed. When the economy began to recover, it meant that Carter lost his job. "

Reagan's performance in the TV debate also boosted his campaign, in which he seemed to be more comfortable with Bicart. At that time, inflation and bank interest rates in the United States were soaring rapidly. When answering questions from the audience, he gave a very powerful answer: "Do you think your life is better now than it was four years ago?"

As a result, Reagan won 43,903,230 votes in the general election, while Bicart's 35,480115 votes were higher than 15%. On electoral votes, Reagan won an overwhelming victory, including 489 electoral votes, while Carter only got 49. At the same time, the election of that year also increased the number of seats in the Senate by 12, becoming the majority party in the Senate, reversing the Democratic Party's 28-year majority position in the Senate. In the US presidential election of 1984, Reagan defeated Walter Mondale overwhelmingly and won 49 of the 50 states (Mundell only won his hometown of Minnesota and Washington, D.C.). Reagan won nearly 60% of the votes. Reagan's chances of winning re-election have been quite stable. Mundell's speech at the Democratic National Convention was regarded as a series of mistakes. He said in his speech: "Reagan will raise the tax rate, and so will I." But he won't tell you, and I will. "

Reagan accepted the nomination of * * * and the party in Dallas, Texas, and with the help of the recovery of the American economy at that time, his support was very high. At the same time, he personally unveiled the Los Angeles Olympic Games that summer, becoming the first American president to personally unveil the Summer Olympic Games.

The election campaign of 1984 also made Reagan make one of his most famous gaffes. When he was about to give a speech on the radio, he joked, "My dear Americans, I am happy to tell you that today I signed a bill that will declare Russia illegal forever, and we will start bombing in five minutes." Some people think that it is a big mistake to make such remarks when the relationship between the United States and the Soviet Union is so tense. Some people quoted Reagan as questioning his realistic understanding of foreign policy and international relations. Others think that this is just a humorous joke that accidentally flowed out in the recording studio. This recording was later adapted into the dance music Five Minutes by musicians Jerry Harrison and Booth Collins.

Despite his poor performance in the first debate, Reagan regained his advantage in the second debate and occupied the priority position in the polls for most of the campaign. Reagan won the election campaign in 1984, which was regarded by many political critics as the result of "Reagan-style democracy" changing the position of traditional Democratic supporters.