1980 Election: Conservatives and Reagan

Liberals wanted more government intervention. They supported the progression of rights for Women and Minorities. They supported social welfare programs and worked well with Organizations such as the United Nations

Conservatives opposed government intervention believing that it does allow for economic growth. In addition they do not support the idea of throwing money at social welfare programs. Lastly, they highly value traditional values.

Radiated optimism, was against big Government and wanted strong military

Former Actor had his career starting to go down so he became a spokesperson for General Electric. He started to speak out against big government and the high taxes

After helping with Goldwaters campaign he became Governor of California in 1966

Despite Carter's Lack of Campaigning the race was close until the first and last debate. This is wear Reagan shined

Reagan won 50.6% on popular vote but destroyed the electoral college. Despite The House belonging to the Democrats, the Republicans won the Senate

Liberals lose appeal: Due to Vietnam many people were divided on programs like the Great Society. Counter Culture had created a separation between Midwestern Americans and the traditional Christian south. Lastly, Watergate and Energy Crisis had made the public lose faith in their government. The economy failed and programs that favored the war on poverty were not attractive and conservative policies resonated more.

The New Right starts to make accusations that stagflation is the result of all the wasteful spending that the Liberals have been making on social programs. They complained about unfunded mandates which were programs that were required but not funding. Lastly, they blame the Great Society programs for the deterioration of traditional families given that more people were having children out of wedlock

Religious groups also started to help gain strength of the Conservative Movement. A group by Reverend Jerry Falwell, founded the Moral Majority. This group believed that the traditional family is of utmost value. They condemned the Equal Rights Act and homosexuality and did not like the Engel v Vitale Decision. They registered new 2M voters who did not usually take part in politics.

As the population moved south, Republican ideals started to resonate more. Finically struggling liberals started to switch parties as the conservatives start to talk about getting money to the people.