Moscow Realty Idaho

Posted on November 14, 2011 by Admin
Moscow Realty Idaho

Moscow Realty Idaho

The Reagan “Revolution” of 1980 represented a national disenchantment with the policies of President Jimmy Carter. Winning 51% of the popular vote over Carter’s 41%, the election of 1980 also gave the Republican Party control of the US Senate, 53 to 46, and saw the departure of such liberal Democrat luminaries as Frank Church of Idaho and George McGovern of South Dakota. Ronald Reagan’s victory was the result of several crucial issues that, taken together, galvanized the American electorate, although fewer than half of all eligible voters went to the polls.

Jimmy Carter’s “Crisis of Confidence”

President Carter’s call for Americans to have greater faith in the nation in 1979 failed to address the alarming trends in unemployment and rising inflation, the “misery index” Ronald Reagan referred to in 1980. Americans during the Carter years experienced the first significant energy crisis and watched US prestige in the world tumble.

Having incorporated the notion of human rights into foreign affairs, Carter’s initiatives were viewed by conservatives as disastrous in terms of long range global goals and US security. The Somoza regime in Nicaragua was toppled by the Sandinistas who immediately opened their doors to the USSR. In Iran, the Shah, a long time ally in the troubled region, was allowed to fall, replaced by a fundamentalist Islamic regime that continues to destabilize the region today.