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Post 1980: The New Political Era
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AP US History
12 April, 2012 Post 1980: The New Political Era (REAGAN, H.W BUSH, CLINTON)
The election of 1980 marked a ‘new political era’ that was ushered in by President Reagan and that followed on through the presidencies of George H. W. Bush and William Jefferson Clinton. These presidents were inaugurated at different times and succeeded the successes and the failures of their predecessors. Having came from different political backgrounds and having unique political and social beliefs, Bush, Reagan, and Clinton can only be analyzed through their foreign policies, domestic policies, achievements as well as shortcomings, and legacies. Ronald Wilson Reagan was born on February 6, 1911 in Illinois. He was an accomplished actor and public official who later ventured into politics and became the governor of California from 1967 to 1975(University of Virginia). Although Ronald Reagan aspired to be president, he was unsuccessful in the election years of 1968 and 1976. During the election of 1976, the presidential aspirants were James E. Carter Jr., Reagan, and Gerald R. Ford, who was the Republican president at the time. With slightly more electoral votes (297 versus 240) than his rival, President Ford, Jimmy Carter, the Southern Democrat, won the election larger as a result of the shift in public-appeal of the Republican party amid corruption issues such as the Watergate scandal involving former President Richard Nixon. Carter’s success had also relied heavily on the Southern vote as well as ninety-seven percent of the African American vote. On the other hand, Reagan only won a single electoral vote in the state of Washington (Summers). In 1965, President Johnson had brought into action a policy that ensured underprivileged minorities and women access to education, jobs, and promotion. However, in 1978 during the landmark Supreme Court case of Regents of the University of
Mike ******
AP US History
12 April, 2012 Post 1980: The New Political Era (REAGAN, H.W BUSH, CLINTON)
The election of 1980 marked a ‘new political era’ that was ushered in by President Reagan and that followed on through the presidencies of George H. W. Bush and William Jefferson Clinton. These presidents were inaugurated at different times and succeeded the successes and the failures of their predecessors. Having came from different political backgrounds and having unique political and social beliefs, Bush, Reagan, and Clinton can only be analyzed through their foreign policies, domestic policies, achievements as well as shortcomings, and legacies. Ronald Wilson Reagan was born on February 6, 1911 in Illinois. He was an accomplished actor and public official who later ventured into politics and became the governor of California from 1967 to 1975(University of Virginia). Although Ronald Reagan aspired to be president, he was unsuccessful in the election years of 1968 and 1976. During the election of 1976, the presidential aspirants were James E. Carter Jr., Reagan, and Gerald R. Ford, who was the Republican president at the time. With slightly more electoral votes (297 versus 240) than his rival, President Ford, Jimmy Carter, the Southern Democrat, won the election larger as a result of the shift in public-appeal of the Republican party amid corruption issues such as the Watergate scandal involving former President Richard Nixon. Carter’s success had also relied heavily on the Southern vote as well as ninety-seven percent of the African American vote. On the other hand, Reagan only won a single electoral vote in the state of Washington (Summers). In 1965, President Johnson had brought into action a policy that ensured underprivileged minorities and women access to education, jobs, and promotion. However, in 1978 during the landmark Supreme Court case of Regents of the University of
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