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arabera Caroline Estey 5 years ago

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Ronald Reagan 1980 Election

The political landscape of the United States in the late 20th century was marked by significant shifts and emerging movements. The 1980 election saw Ronald Reagan rise to prominence, supported by the Moral Majority, a political organization pushing for religious goals and registering millions of new voters.

Ronald Reagan 1980 Election

Ronald Reagan 1980 Election

Short-term factors

Moral Majority
Registered at least 2 million new voters before 1980 election
Worried about decline of traditional family
Political organization working to fulfill religious goals
Liberalism Unravels
Shifts in economy in 1970s dampened America's optimism about the future
Watergate, oil crisis, Iran hostage crisis weakened faith in federal government
Rise of counterculture alienated midwestern Americans and white conservative Christians in the South
Vietnam War and urban riots divided people
New Right
Coalition of several different groups with various ideas/goals
Grew rapidly
Resurgent conservative movement

Long-term Factors

Great Society and Welfare Programs
Felt that affirmative action programs went too far; contributed to reverse discrimination
Believed it encouraged the decline of traditional family
Argued that it made poverty worse not better
Unfunded Mandates
Programs required but not paid for by federal government
Stagflation and Economic Problems
New Right believed government taxed citizens and businesses too heavily; spent too much on wrong programs