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View Poll Results: If you had the chance to vote in 1980 election again who would vote for?
Jimmy Carter 25 18.12%
Ronald Reagan 113 81.88%
Voters: 138. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 02-09-2020, 09:44 AM
 
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Knowing what we know now if you had a chance to vote in the 1980 election again. Who would vote for Reagan or Carter?
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Old 02-09-2020, 09:55 AM
 
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The only good thing Jimmie ever did was get my savings accounts to have 15% interest.
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Old 02-09-2020, 09:58 AM
 
Location: King County, WA
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Jimmy Carter is a good man, but I don't think he was that great a President. At least Reagan provided a much needed morale boost.
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Old 02-09-2020, 10:10 AM
 
Location: Florida
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I was just a baby when this was all going down, but it seems to me Jimmy Carter is similar to the rebound boyfriend/girlfriend when coming off of a long relationship. He was needed to cool the country down at a time of great heat, but his policies didn't exactly regress or progress the country, and being stuck in limbo while being a world super power is not a good thing.

Not the greatest fan of Reagan, but the social construct at home seemed to be going down the right path for America. We had households where one parent can go to work while the other could stay home, or if there were single parent households, there were programs that were put in place to help them.

I just think his biggest blunder was the pushing for the war on drugs. To this day, this is a policy that is destroying more than helping.
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Old 02-09-2020, 10:13 AM
 
Location: The 719
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Knowing what we know now if you had a chance to vote in the 1980 election again. Who would vote for Reagan or Carter?
Knowing about the dems fake news and revision history, yeah, Reagan would thump again.
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Old 02-09-2020, 10:14 AM
 
Location: Houston
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I voted for John Anderson in 1980 and Reagan in 1984. Reagan had his faults but Jimmy and his malaise had to go.
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Old 02-09-2020, 12:19 PM
 
Location: Fuquay-Varina
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I grew up in the 80s, and recall it as the most optimistic time period for our country in my lifetime. I believe Reagan and his tone had a significant part in that.
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Old 02-09-2020, 01:07 PM
 
Location: My beloved Bluegrass
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I find it hard to believe anyone who lived through that time as an adult would vote for Carter. Gas shortages, run away inflation, Americans taken and held hostage, home loans running at 10-15%, high unemployment. In hindsight, knowing what I know now, I would have voted for Gerald Ford instead of Carter. Carter is who allowed the embodiment of radical Islam when he more or less encouraged them to overthrow a Iran. We have been paying for it ever since.

Christ, knowing what I know now, I wouldn’t have supported Nixon’s impeachment.
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Old 02-09-2020, 01:21 PM
 
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afaik, I did vote for Reagan.
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Old 02-09-2020, 05:14 PM
 
Location: Former land of plenty
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Jimmy Carter over Reagan but Reagan over anyone who is running now.
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