Belt buckle, Ronald Reagan, 1980
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- Created Date
- 1980
- Description
Former governor of California Ronald Reagan, the 1980 Republican presidential candidate, chose George H.W. Bush, his chief competitor for the nomination, to be his running mate. Although they had disagreed on several substantive issues, when asked to join the ticket Bush assured Reagan that he would support the Republican platform in its entirety. Reagan and Bush defeated their Democratic opponents President Jimmy Carter and Vice President Walter Mondale by almost ten percentage points. This was the biggest deficit suffered by an incumbent president since President Herbert Hoover lost to Franklin D. Roosevelt by more than 17 percentage points in 1932. John Anderson and Patrick Lucey (Independent) also lost to Reagan, finishing a distant third.
- Creator
Reagan, Ronald
Bush, George, H. W
Republican National Party
Sterken Adv. Co
- Partner
- Smithsonian Institution
- Contributing Institution
- National Museum of American History
- Collection
- Political History: Political History, Campaign Collection
Government, Politics, and Reform
American Democracy: A Great Leap of Faith
American Democracy
National Museum of American History - Subjects
- Government
Social reformers
Politics
Reagan, Ronald
Sterken Adv. Co
Republican National Party
Bush, George, H. W - Format
- Metal, brass (overall material)Brownish gold (overall color)
- Rights
- Jefferson Parish, Louisiana
- Chicago citation style
- Reagan, Ronald, Bush, George, H. W, Republican National Party, Sterken Adv. Co. Belt buckle, Ronald Reagan, 1980. 1980. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://collections.si.edu/search/results.htm?q=record_ID=nmah_509398&repo=DPLA. (Accessed January 21, 2025.)
- APA citation style
- Reagan, Ronald, Bush, George, H. W, Republican National Party, Sterken Adv. Co, (1980) Belt buckle, Ronald Reagan, 1980. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://collections.si.edu/search/results.htm?q=record_ID=nmah_509398&repo=DPLA
- MLA citation style
- Reagan, Ronald, Bush, George, H. W, Republican National Party, Sterken Adv. Co. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://collections.si.edu/search/results.htm?q=record_ID=nmah_509398&repo=DPLA>.