From the archives: Ronald Reagan elected president in 1980

[@rickjones257]

Jimmy Carter, even in Defeat, always with a lot of dignity.

[@williamkelly8026]

I was 10 years old in 1980 and when I saw Ronald Reagan I knew I was looking at a winner. He is a legend.

[@Ri5004]

reagan 1984

[@crocodile1313]

He certainly was a legend. I only wish we could find another leader of his type and character today.

[@brucetrakas9033]

I was 27.

[@jakelarey5462]

Back when politics were politics, not insults and demeaning characters.

[@samstan4462]

The country was being sold out behind our backs...i don't want "classy" speeches while we are stabbed in the back...give me the fiery passion and rhetoric.

[@donedrone49]

it probably started with obama mccain

[@davidcurran-z8g]

@@donedrone49No, it started with Gingrich and his disdain for Bill Clinton. McCain v Obama was very civil.

[@donedrone49]

@@davidcurran-z8g thats what people need to learn is to let go. gingrich is no longer in politics. but politicians need to hear a thing or two from the us taxpayer if we aren't letting things go.

[@dawnjensen5615]

I was 8 years old.. Third grade. I wish I could go back to that time.

[@burtoncapps5477]

I was also eight going around telling my grandma to vote Reagan because he's not going to cut social security. He cut the rate of growth which made her give me a strange look...

[@jonburrows2684]

@@burtoncapps5477 I was 8 years 6 month and about 23 days old when this speech was given. What a decade we were about to go through. Probably the best. Got to find out who shot J R and erything.

[@alex_mcburney]

It's very strange seeing the colours flipped

[@showtunestarpower]

President Carter's concession speech was pure elegance. If only today's political discourse was on this high level we would have a saner country.

[@martinledermann1862]

Aye. Also the rivalry between JFK and Nixon was similarly very civil. Long gone seem to be the days, when Americans didn't have to be ashamed no matter which side would win the election...

[@Laissez-faire402]

Wrong. The so-called civility is what casues the problems we're facing now. People cared more about "civility" then speaking harsh truths.

[@GlennSmith-wq8bi]

Reagan was one of the best presidents we ever had.

[@guiterman6263]

He sure was and he was a good man he was always for the people

[@steveknight6398]

Loved Ronald Reagan! Proud to be a child of the Reagan Revolution!!

[@Vylkeer]

Now that's a concession speech. President Carter, what a classact!

[@richardsimms251]

I admired President Carter. RS. Canada

[@williestyle35]

Still a shame that Reagan resorted to making a deal with Iran to continue holding Americans hostage to win ( the result was the "Iran - Contra affair" )

[@warrenhoffman2006]

He conceded before the poles closed in CA - may have cost some Dems their seats in Congress.

[@broadstreet21]

​@@warrenhoffman2006Yeah, he wanted to just get it over with.

[@broadstreet21]

You know, the way he carried himself, the way the crowd cheered, you would have thought he won if you didn't know better.

[@georgemusic4all4seasons]

This sure takes you back to a time that I can remember. 43 Years ago today November 4, 1980.

[@leroy.jackson.4804]

The best president America has ever had, I wish he was our president today instead of 🥱 Joe Biden.

[@johnfarr2738]

80-92 was the last period of time when the same party held the W.H. For 12 straight years. Say what you will of Carter and Reagan’s presidency’s but both men always did what they felt was best for our country…..even when it turned out not to be.

[@PJPSHELBY]

I'd love to see one legacy network break out old intro graphics like that this November.

[@mananimal3644]

I was 12years old in November 1980. Back then the states knew how to count their votes in one night. 😂

[@crocodile1313]

@@mananimal3644 You got that right!

[@JohnWest-zq5gs]

If I would have been old enough to vote at the time I would have voted for Reagan but Jimmy Carter show Grace and humility class much respect to Jimmy Carter that was a great concession speech

[@chboy80]

President Carter is just such a gentleman with that concession speech, same with President Bush's concession speech of 1992. Will we ever see another concession speech like those? The United States is no longer the same as before.

[@ulyssesgrant4324]

Yea, we will. If Biden loses I can't imagine him giving one but at the same time i can't imagine him not.

[@YokozunaNumber1]

@@ulyssesgrant4324 If Trump wins, Biden's speech will be a graceful warning about what Trump will do. Trump's victory speech will be a screaming, maniacal rant about destroying his enemies. The guy who sided with Vladimir Putin - after he knew that Putin was paying bounties for US servicemen in Afghanistan - can never be expected to give an elloquent speech about anything except himself.

[@nickfromm5315]

@@ulyssesgrant4324 Biden already lost, he isnt even running for president.....

[@Cattail4546]

If Trump's fully gone after 2024 election, you Americans could have something like this again. Perhaps 2008-2012 ish.

[@yampk1]

As a Brit, I remember Bush's concession in '92, it was pure class.

[@jeremyhodge6216]

November 4th 1980 was a date to remember for the Reagan Revolution 😌

[@tubularbill]

A great night for America, a sad night for CBS

[@johnnyballenatl]

Yes, as this was Walter Cronkite’s last election (anchoring every one since 1952).

[@Crossing-Blades]

Why was it sad for CBS?

[@thomashowe1509]

@@Crossing-Bladesbecause they put in a lot of effort to make Reagan seem extreme and Carter better than he really was. Look at Dan rather after this election he looked depressed

[@Thunderlion-yd4nv]

I'm a Gen Z democrat and I see eye-to-eye with Reagan on a lot of things

[@mikebattista9570]

Then Trump should resonate with you

[@Thunderlion-yd4nv]

@mikebattista9570 Yeah he does-As someone who would treat Reagan the same way he treated Liz Cheney, the Bushes, Adam Kinzinger, Colin Powell, etc.

[@RELubber]

What a wonderful night that was!

[@TheSSUltimateGoku]

President Jimmy Carter was a class act. He lost badly but he took it by the chin and conceded with class. I think Jimmy Carter is one of the most underrated presidents in history. He’s only remembered for the hostel crisis when in reality he got them out despite Reagan taking the credit for it. Not to mention it was the Reagan and Bush that made a secret deal with the people that were holding the American citizens hostage to keep them until after the election just so Ronald Reagan could win so disgraceful. Really wish people would actually do research and understand that Jimmy Carter was NOT a bad president. He’s one of the most underrated and unappreciated presidents. And did everything he could to try and get those hostages out sooner. Jimmy Carter also didn’t lie to the American people. Jimmy Carter actually took the real principal of not telling a lie unlike George Washington. He always tried to be honest with them.

[@jdb316]

Agreed. But he should've waited until after the last polls closed to concede. It's believed that a lot of Democratic-leaning voters waiting in line to vote in the western states went home once they learned he'd already conceded, and this cost Democrats additional downballot races (such as Senator Frank Church's race in Idaho).

[@johnnyballenatl]

Don’t know what time the video started, but NBC was like, “You’re too late, CBS!” as they already declared Reagan the winner at 8:15 pm Eastern Time while voting was still going on in most of the country. ABC called New York and the presidency for Reagan right as Carter began his concession speech; finally, at 10:32 pm ET on CBS, it was Louisiana that finally put him past the finish line.

[@coldplayfan6070]

Yeah, nonetheless, NBC News was right in their projections either way.

[@evanshiong3557]

I don’t even agree with all of the guys policies but it’s obvious how he was able to win two back-to-back landslide victories - something no president will ever accomplish in the near future. The microphone, there you go again, and the age question are some of his greatest hits.

[@burtoncapps5477]

There you go again and my opponent's youth and inexperience won two landslides in 1980 and 1984...

[@common12]

The moment that America headed in the right direction after years of misery under Carter.

[@danielmoore2320]

Carter was absolutely terrible his legacy is one of failure and incompetence

[@sn07]

Couldn’t be more wrong. It was actually the moment America headed in the wrong direction and is responsible for today’s GOP. Worst decision America has ever made and we’re now paying the price.

[@Monroe550]

Good memories

[@samanthacat1211]

I prefer President Reagan and President Bush’s policies instead of President Carter’s policies for greatness, strength and Americans’ better life from massive jobs. However, President Carter lost his campaign to President Reagan, he still believed unity for working together, continue accomplishments and change mistakes quickly together. America 🇺🇸 is a great country for strong economy growing and defense capabilities for peace efforts and Americans’ happiness always as a great nation of humanity by freedoms, entrepreneurship spirit and equality of the opportunities compared with any other countries. Love our country America dearly together!

[@crocodile1313]

I was only 11 years old, but I remember how happy my parents were about having hope that the times of unemployment, crushing inflation and high taxes would soon be gone under the leadership of Ronald Reagan. It turned out that they were very right in their enthusiasm. Now I'm 55 years old, and can only pray that in my years left I will once again get to see the United States strong and united as it was in my teenage years under President Reagan.

[@sars20101]

Пролежав 40 лет в архиве, видео не утратило ни торжественности момента, ни организационного превосходства, ни степени интереса к происходящему. Трудно вообразить, какой материал из нынешних сможет похвастаться тем же...

[@DavidBayliff]

Jimmys concession speach was very good

[@Alan-lv9rw]

I was 18 and in college in Illinois, but I voted with an absentee ballot in my home state of Connecticut. It was a wonderful night.

[@jonburrows2684]

you are one of the far and few to vote Republican. God bless you!

[@djmakedzana9917]

I was just 9 years then

[@johnkelly1195]

The 1980s was a good decade for Republicans

[@iangardner3082]

So republicans used to be blue and democrats red......thats so weird...

[@johnfarr2738]

Yes, it flipped in ‘92 I believe. But with the ‘80 election the party platforms really flipped.

[@Maestrohbill]

Yes for real.

[@mikenet1862]

The very, very best President of the USA!! And Walter seems to be wishing Carter to win?

[@ZelotColonia]

Good old times.

[@herthadynasty3735]

Both presidents full of charisma 🎉 . And today? 😢

[@moonbeamskies3346]

Back when people conceded election defeats.

[@ballbro613]

Back then we got election results the night of election day. Those days are gone

[@ezscootrr]

I was shocked when they waited to mail in votes in 2020. 😂Of all countries, the US opted the old school way of counting.

[@shahrulamar5358]

Carter already lived longer than Ronald Reagan.

[@dman7668]

But Reagans legacy outlived both men.

[@brucetrakas9033]

Dutch Reagan's Presidency were great years for the country, especially 1984- 1989. "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall." No one even had any thought that east European Communism would fall and Dutch laid the ground work for that. Reagan's speech writers crossed off that line in the speech but Dutch believed in it!

[@JohnAsmith-rw6uo]

The days running up to election day they said it was to closr to call. It was a great night for America. But I will give President Carter his due he is a good man .So different from his party today.

[@tohidbehzadi5946]

Carter was a good man but not a good president

[@bufnyfan1]

I remember how crushed President Reagan was in 1976 when he lost the Republican nomination to Gerald Ford at the GOP convention in Kansas City. But during the 4 years after President Reagan stumped for as many Republicans as he could for the 1978 mid-terms Congression/Senate elections. He also continued his weekly radio show promoting his policies. By the time the 1980 election season began, President Reagan had accumulated a large amount of political capital that helped him get the nomination in 1980 at the convention in Detroit.

[@Nicky2Chains]

Carter was just too nice of a man to be president

[@markm.j.lewandowskijr1171]

14:03 "as of 8 o clock tonight whoa." The cake slides. Yep that's what we call a landslide victory. 🎉😂

[@dvsxavier]

I remember. I witnessed history being made. WE did it. WE will do it again. Thank you, President Reagan🇺🇸❤🙏🏼

[@leroy.jackson.4804]

He won the Cold war , and kept the peace ✌️.

[@TheMercilessEye]

@@leroy.jackson.4804 He deregulated our way to Citizens United. He was a Frankenstein created by General Electric. HE didn't 'win the cold war'...America did that, by outspending the Soviet Union...on CREDIT.

[@kylorobb]

By 1980 all.houses had at least

[@davideverett6048]

I voted 4 reagan n 1980 i was a senior n high school

[@johnfarr2738]

I was waiting for that huge cake to be dropped all over the floor! Lolol

[@valstefanelli1144]

I loved President Reagan ❤ I was only in my 20s but I remember I cried through ending of his term. I think he was one of the best presidents !! I remember work was plentiful it’s a joke I made more money than I do now 😢 what’s really funny my father hated him ! That day during his speech he said to me what are you crying about.... He is a actor he should go back to Hollywood 😮 God we definitely didn’t agree on this! I love President Reagan I always will ! ❤️🙏🌈💕👍🏻

[@Me-mn4nw]

Reagan sent US jobs overseas and ushered in busting up Unions. He is only 2nd to Trump as worst President in recent history!

[@leroy.jackson.4804]

Same here my friend bravo 👏.

[@valstefanelli1144]

@@leroy.jackson.4804 Thank you 🙏

[@williestyle35]

Your father was right in more ways than ol' Ronnie's acting...

[@MDCDALTX]

Did he call him Jimmy Crocker?

[@ManniBandz]

Proper

[@shahrulamar5358]

4 months later he survived the assasination attemp.

[@dan13770]

What's interesting is Hinkley was targeting Carter but couldn't get close enough

[@shahrulamar5358]

@@dan13770 He was Jodie Foster admirer

[@Michael-mt1zq]

I always feel like First Ladies are sad their husbands lost but happy at the same time knowing they’ll have more time to spend together.

[@nfwlpw]

The greatest president in my life time.

[@leroy.jackson.4804]

I agree 💯 percent with you on that point 👍😁🇺🇲

[@teresaellis895]

Where does time go..I was a senior in high school and about to be married..

[@johnward6699]

It's hard to believe that Ron Reagan Jr is a hard core liberal

[@olika9076]

Witnessing what the 🍊🤡 turned his father's party into, it's not so unbelievable at all...

[@LordValorum]

Blue Republicans, Red Democrats... kinda makes more sense than the normal party pallette tbh

[@JohnWest-zq5gs]

If the Iran hostage mission would have been successful Carter would have been reelected

[@evansgranny1]

I am still waiting for my trickle…..

[@Brad02526]

It worked in the 80s. Not today. “Trickle down” economics only works short term, not long term.

[@williestyle35]

We were never meant to actually get anything out of "trickle down economics", and we never did.

[@evansgranny1]

Based on what Reagan said, I was counting on a little trickle. That is why I will never, ever vote Republican. That plus the way the hypocritical GOP treated Bill Clinton for getting a little head. Never, ever, never, ever, you get my point!

[@Brad02526]

@@evansgranny1 do you attack the Democrats for treating Trump bad?

[@CristianDirkhising]

@@Brad02526I don’t think he does, I don’t either since Clinton was a far better president than Trump, especially economically.

[@johnfarr2738]

Notice how Trump has taken many phrases and slogans from Reagan in the 1980 campaign

[@olika9076]

And it didn't make the 🍊🤡 more presidential... his legacy will be one that ignited the division, viciousness and hate in the US😢

[@dman7668]

​@@olika9076No, the media is what did the dividing.

[@TriPham-j3b]

The nature of President Carter was the commander os submarine before in WW2 so very hard to be expressive as President Reagan Who was great communicator to bring message to the people in party and government goal and aims. I thought Mr Carter was President when I was granted Refugee status and President Reagan gave me Presidential Academic Fitness when i graduated From High school in 1985

[@TriPham-j3b]

A sucessful presidential administration needs entire nation support

[@disastermaster3K]

Didn't cbs already upload this video already?

[@FrEeMaSoN-sr6qy]

I don't know how anyone can vote for Carter again. The economy was at its worst under him and the gas shortage was at its worst. If they thought that a second Carter term would change anything, they must have voted solely on party lines.

[@thomashowe1509]

A lot of the reason why people were apprehensive about Reagan was the media doing a good job of making him seem an extremist. Plus people personally liked Carter and voted off of that. However most people were sick of him by then and wanted Reagan after the debate. That’s when Carter tanker in the polls and lost.

[@Sherry-f9y]

Just as the nation went blue in 1980, I believe it will go blue again in 2024. Harris/Walz!

[@benbing3926]

They're going crazy and cheering for him even though he lost and is conceding ("We love Jimmy!") - was there really a time when politics wasn't so cynical?

[@arjalanarayan]

Time pass

[@guillermogutierrez5490]

Reagan the best president❤

[@KtotheL]

To think of the underhandedness (politically) that was going on way back then and I had no clue. I was just 12 man... 😢

[@williestyle35]

Same here man, old days now. Reagan did well to keep things quiet about his "dealings" with Iran just before the election. It is a real shame that Reagan illegally made a deal with Iran to continue holding Americans hostage to derail Carter's chance to be reelected ( the end result was the "Iran - Contra affair" ).

[@Socialanxietyexperiment]

Lol i was only 5 months old

[@Socialanxietyexperiment]

Now I'm 44 D:

[@TheSSUltimateGoku]

So weird seeing the Republicans in blue and the Democrats in red. Can’t even imagine them going back to it that way in this day and age, though that is how they originally were colored for the political parties.

[@innocentrage1]

His trickle down ruined us for 40 plus years

[@dman7668]

Biden seems to have ruined us longer.

[@dacryptkeeper6836]

The Last GREAT American President!

[@leroy.jackson.4804]

President Reagan will be sadly 😭 missed rest in peace Mr President.

[@dacryptkeeper6836]

@@leroy.jackson.4804 Especially now, when we have a president far WORSE than Jimmy Carter!!!!

[@burtoncapps5477]

The graphics with the elephant and donkey running a race was dumb. I get it....but it was still dumb.

[@antdell8730]

President Carter has more integrity in his left pinky finger than lil Ronnie Reagan had in his entire body.

[@nickfromm5315]

The Requiem of the Middle Class

[@tiggerthetosh]

That was the 2020 election. Economic mobility roared during the 1980s thanks to Reagan’s policies.

[@ebarteldes]

Back then Republicans were marked blue. What changed?

[@gastonneal724]

U.S. proves who they are. Reference reagan/ nixon tapes about Africans. Better yet reagan vs Black Panther Party.

[@humphreyokello9655]

I lust say Cartee was a decent guy who resemblesbTrump in his facial look

[@aniagoszczynski8194]

The best ever, president 🇺🇸❤️🌹!

[@terirea7743]

Sure, if you're for decimating worker pay and screwing the majority of Americans with exploding debt and deficit. Rah, rah mediocre actor cosplaying a president. Fooled you 🤣🤣

[@NashHinton]

@@terirea7743 He's the reason for our national debt. Borrowing from China to pay for tax cuts for the rich. China wants their money back.

[@nancyking9033]

To bad we don't have a President Like Reagan Today

[@oldmanghost219]

Reagan... one of the worst presidents ever. He had charisma and was popular but he gave us the national debt. attacked the regulations that protect us, attacked unions. Switched from pro-choice to pro-life just to get the Catholic vote for money and power for the wealthy and corporations. He made up the Welfare Queen scare from the true story of just ONE woman. There is also an audio tape of Reagan's' racist rant with Nixon. Yes Carol Swain ... Reagan was a democrat that switched to Republican. He was also a bigot of the LGBT community and he refused to do anything about AIDS/HIV while innocent women and children were dying. Ryan White was 12 when he contracted AIDS and he died on April 8, 1990, one month before his high school graduation. During the 1980s, AIDS was largely stigmatized as an illness impacting the gay community. The Berlin Wall coming down was a forgone conclusion before he took office. I don't give him credit any more than I would credit Trump for creating COVID or Biden for the inflation that COVID and OPEC caused.

[@suzannemcmaken4648]

@@terirea7743 Yeah. Biden is doing so well. 🙄

[@El-Hediondo1111]

The last GOP President that cared about immigrants. Had it not been for him, both my parents (now deceased) would've not been granted a path to Citizenship years later during the GW Bush Administration. RIP, En Paz Descanse Papa Reagan!! Kamala 2024

[@El-Hediondo1111]

Heads up for those bigots out there, my parents had to pay their dues to the federal government to earn their permanent residencies. They didn't become US Citizens until summer 2007 -- months before Obama became president. They both later voted for late Senator John McCain and Mitt Romney, then went Democrat.

[@skyzhangty1]

I’m an immigrant too and I’m for Trump. Harris and the Dems only care about illegal immigrants. Reagan’s policies of amnesty turned California forever blue. That’s the only bad thing I don’t like about him

[@abshiraybakar904]

HI

[@suzannemcmaken4648]

💗

[@greatwhitesharkey8764]

WHEN AMERICA WAS GREAT AGAIN. NEXT!

[@TheMercilessEye]

A date which will live in infamy...

[@suzannemcmaken4648]

😂

[@CourageUnderFire87]

The worst day in American history

[@steveknight6398]

REAGAN LANDSLIDE WAS A GREAT DAY IN AMERICAN HISTORY!! GOD BLESS REAGAN!

[@decora5689]

🏳️‍🌈AMERICA🦅🦅🦅🦅🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈

[@sarahhxx_x]

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[@leroy.jackson.4804]

America number one under president Reagan 🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅👍😁🇺🇲

[@jamallaidley4718]

Nice One 🤭

[@prolifelatterdaysaint0000]

Can't decide who the better president was him or trump

[@rogerigez21]

Well Reagan actually won elections

[@ChrisMezzolesta]

🤣😂🤣😂🤣🤣😂

[@arthurm.358]

Trump

[@renatovillatoro4746]

None

[@olika9076]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@robertbolton9450]

Christian youth groups

[@leroy.jackson.4804]

Reagan number one 🦅🦅🦅👍😁🇺🇲

[@cmderinchief]

A telegram. Ha!

[@notinmyUSMC]

RR was the last truly great president that we've had. America needs another RR.

[@eugenen1585]

No

[@arthurm.358]

No the hell we don't....

[@sonyfan1612]

I disagree

[@abshiraybakar904]

CBS TV NEWS WE GOOD NEWS OR WE PROVIDE TO WATCH TODAY MATCH BETWEEN JUVENTUS AND FIORENTINA ITALIAN SERIA (A)IF THEY CAN WATCH ALL CBS EMPLOYEES WELL THAT IS OPPORTUNITY SOCCER MATCH WAW

[@underground9260]

The beginning of shrinking the middle class

[@direfranchement]

Horrible!

[@fastdadws4985]

Ronald REAGAN was--nay, is--a Warrior for The Lord GOD Almighty Himself! Amen. Amen. Amen.

[@michaelhuffman6429]

My first election I was able to vote in, i voted proudly for President Reagan. I grew up in the south, long line of Democrats, this year was the first year my parents, and three of living grandparents voted Republican. To be fair, in 1980, there wasn't as deep a gap between the two parties as there is now. As an observation, this year was the beginning of when many on both sides switched parties.

[@jaybirddaniel387]

Yes country was suffering worse now it was then reagan blasted him inflation was bad but worse now