Debate Between Reagan And Carter

Debate topics included the iranian hostage crisis and nuclear arms treaties and proliferation.

Debate between reagan and carter. In cleveland reagan vs. The presidential debate between president carter and governor reagan was moderated by howard k. Reagan s late breaking surge that year is generally attributed to the only presidential debate between carter and reagan held one week before the election on oct. Factionalism is a difficult challenge for any party.

The showdown ranked among the highest ratings of any television program in the previous decade. 28 1980 but had. Debategate or briefing gate was a political scandal affecting the administration of ronald reagan. Excerpts from the 1980 presidential debates between president jimmy carter and governor ronald reagan.

Smith and presented by the league of women voters. Held on october 28 1980 the debate between former california governor ronald reagan and incumbent president jimmy carter covers the issues of inflation the energy crisis and terrorism. Carter other historical debate series. 28 which seemed to.

The news in 1980 was carter not participating in the first general election debate because of the presence of independent candidate john anderson and reagan out performing carter in the second. John anderson october 28 1980. In 1980 ronald reagan and jimmy carter debated one time a few days before the election. Ford 1976 clinton vs.

It took place in the final days of the 1980 presidential election reagan s team had somehow acquired president jimmy carter s briefing papers classified top secret that carter used in preparation for the october 28 1980 debate with reagan. Prepublican presidential candidate ronald reagan the former california governor was behind in the polls going into his one and only debate with president jimmy carter on oct. Because jimmy carter was a bureaucrat. The briefing papers were never specified to be either.

In baltimore reagan vs. And jimmy carter was very good at the first debate and at that first debate he made ronald reagan look like he didn t know what he was talking about. Nixon 1960 carter vs.