US Election Night 1980 NBC live coverage 11-4-1980

The United States presidential election of 1980 was the 49th quadrennial presidential election. It was held on Tuesday, November 4, 1980. The contest was between incumbent Democratic President Jimmy Carter and his Republican opponent, former California Governor Ronald Reagan, as well as Republican Congressman John B. Anderson, who ran as an independent. Reagan, aided by the Iran hostage crisis and a worsening economy at home marked by high unemployment and inflation, won the election in a landslide, receiving the highest number of electoral votes ever won by a non-incumbent presidential candidate.

[@iammrbeat]

I forget how many people still didn't have color TVs by this time.

[@kadeneharvey7292]

True.

[@ryanfriedman4329]

Having been born in 2001, it’s insane to imagine an incumbent president only winning about 6 states when up for re-election. If Trump only wins six states this November (which I highly doubt as of June), that will be a stunning landslide.

[@andrewsutherland133]

Just wanted to let you know I'm a big fan

[@elliotshaw4128]

Mr. Beat just casually in the comments lmao. Big fan of your videos, keep up the good work

[@owenmcanuff7549]

i love you mr beat

[@toycat]

it's weird not only to see the colours flipped, but also to see them explain the colours for people watching in black and white, lol

[@bluehusky2154]

At first I thought they had made a mistakenat that point, but nope. And they called Florida of all places first.

[@user-nw5te4mo1q]

I thought gamers did not care about elections.

[@brindlebucker4741]

Yeah, they assigned the colors back then by incumbent and challenger. I wish they still did it that way to be honest. There was no such thing as 'red states' and 'blue states' back then.

[@mikewazowski2248]

@@user-nw5te4mo1q well sorry to say this but gamers can be citizens and should care about the governing of their country.

[@uglyspider3660]

Indeed

[@reagan8653]

REAGAN won so big that even the audio is only produced on the RIGHT .

[@rastamanky1]

well played Sir

[@milio1426]

Ooffffff

[@James-sh8mu]

ahahha

[@Prussia1867]

That’s that high quality mono audio

[@joeblog2672]

And then in 1984, Reagan demolished Walter Mondale taking every state in the union except Mondale's home base, Minnesota!

[@Saphir__]

"Blue, if you have a color television set" How quaint.

[@philinnc]

A gentle reminder, like NBC's peacock logo, that people should get a color set. NBC was owned by RCA, a leading manufacturer of color TVs at the time.

[@dpastor6631]

Yeah, the quaint generation that put men on the moon...

[@Anonymous-wy5dc]

@Jeff Butterkl you should be thanking Mexicans for inventing color tvs

[@ScriptedLinks]

@@Anonymous-wy5dc John Logie Baird wasn't Mexican.

[@Anonymous-wy5dc]

@@ScriptedLinks but Guillermo Gonzalez Camarena was

[@terri5757]

Has anyone else noticed how the media seems to be doing their job and fairly reporting the news without personal bias? Today’s media and news anchors are a sad joke of unprofessionalism.

[@skankhunt3624]

Interesting opinion piece, but I disagree.

[@petebondurant58]

@@skankhunt3624 That's because you're a commie.

[@petebondurant58]

@Omar Omar Always with a bit of humour, Omar...always with a bit of humour.

[@terri5757]

Skankhunt36 that’s your prerogative to disagree, just as I am free to disagree with you disagreeing with me.

[@Swishasweet2811]

@@skankhunt3624 fuk you then leave this country to cuba then smh

[@troodon1096]

I think Reagan might just be able to pull this off.

[@LarsRyeJeppesen]

No spoilers !!!

[@steveprestegard5151]

It's not over until it's over. Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?

[@donkraemer50]

I'm watching until the end to make sure

[@marcokite]

nope! he'll never do it! I'm waiting for Reagan's concession speech.

[@evgkib1]

Take me back to 1980. I will even agree to a black and white tv.

[@TheSaturnV]

Gladly. No cell phones or social media either.

[@3abbosi]

9:33 My Dad had a 1974 Chevy Nova, I think I'll try to convince him to buy a "front wheel drive" Plymouth.

[@jeremyfrancispiano2]

Who's watching to remember what normal elections used to be like?

[@lilchromozome]

Me, I fucking hated the election of 2016 but 2020 will be worse

[@itrthho]

I’m here for normal election media coverage!

[@Twister-V1]

normal election bro he had a historic victory

[@ciabones]

JumboSqueeze who do you think wins this years election?

[@lilchromozome]

@@ciabones don't know, I think it will be the closest one ever, I think Trump will win maybe by the smallest margin. I hate Trump and Biden but Trump I hate more.

[@coolmike1538]

"Tom, go on. I didn't mean to interrupt you" Words never said on national news, post 2015

[@josephmckenna5760]

that was the first thing I noticed as well!

[@takigan]

lol right? I was like "Wow....that was really nice of him." What happened to those discussions?

[@bioches]

post cable news

[@elksalmon84]

You can often hear it on Fox News.

[@peoplethesedaysberetarded]

Just came back for this. Wow. Amazing, isn’t it? Civil discussion, just reporting the news, the facts, as they were coming in.

[@vgahren]

Wait, y’mean they were able to know the winner on the same day as the election?!? That’s crazy! 😂

[@badpiggies988]

Today, Nevada and Arizona are like: Vote 1… um… vote 2… vote 3… uh… don’t rush me I have to manually read each one

[@3abbosi]

May be not: 4:25:06 .... Next time they should use an Apple McIntosh not a Microsoft DOS !!

[@gizzyguzzi]

before they had computers to count them?

[@sarabuske]

1:01 Reagan wins Florida 1:37 Reagan wins Mississippi 18:16 Reagan wins Alabama 18:40 Reagan wins Virginia 19:07 Carter wins Georgia 30:32 Reagan wins Ohio 41:12 Popular vote update 1:00:20 Reagan wins Connecticut, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Illinois, North Dakota, and South Dakota 1:01:20 Reagan wins Kansas 1:01:29 Reagan wins Missouri 1:01:36 Reagan wins Tennessee 1:01:45 Reagan wins Oklahoma 1:01:52 Reagan wins Texas 1:06:00 Another popular vote update 1:09:43 Carter wins DC 1:12:15 Yet another popular vote update 1:14:20 Reagan wins the election by winning New Hampshire, Vermont, Delaware, and South Carolina 1:33:30 Another popular vote update 1:47:22 Carter wins West Virginia 1:59:15 Reagan wins Wisconsin, Nebraska, Wyoming, and Arizona 2:00:54 Another popular vote update 2:15:43 Carter wins Rhode Island 2:18:17 Another popular vote update 2:28:58 Reagan wins Kentucky and New Mexico 2:30:08 Another popular vote update 2:51:05 Carter concession speech 3:01:17 Mondale concession speech 3:06:41 Reagan wins Colorado, Nevada, Idaho, Utah, and Montana 3:09:01 Carter wins Minnesota 3:34:56 Reagan wins Louisiana 3:41:20 Anderson concession speech 3:49:52 Another popular vote update 3:59:15 Reagan wins California 4:08:32 Reagan wins popular vote 4:11:13 Carter wins Maryland, Reagan wins Washington 4:20:06 Reagan wins New York 4:20:37 Reagan wins Oregon 4:29:19 Reagan victory speech 4:46:33 Bush victory speech 5:40:20 Another popular vote update 5:55:23 Another popular vote update 5:58:57 Another popular vote update States not called on video: Carter wins Hawaii, Reagan wins Alaska, Maine, North Carolina, and Arkansas

[@Thinking.Of.Some.Handle]

That's only 47 +1 (D.C.)

[@savag1478]

forgot reagan massachusetts

[@wtk6069]

Where was the spoiler space?😅

[@ERH1453]

😂

[@joeblog2672]

Awesome outline!! Worth 10,000 ups!

[@jimmyrustles3122]

The fact that Florida was called first blows my mind.

[@gatoloco3949]

Florida man

[@kyllepoiencot4361]

Gets them out of the way easier!

[@Civsuccess2]

17 electoral votes....what the?

[@DMS-pq8]

Before the state got ruined by the Yankee invasion

[@Oliver-kv2mm]

Long before hanging chads.

[@jeffreykalb9752]

So much more integrity then. No slander. No weeping. No gnashing of teeth. Just honest analysis.

[@johnallen9439]

Weeping ?!? Weeping is a stoic man whose intense emotion forces out a single tear he refuses to wipe away as he stands there with a stern look. What I saw after Trump was elected was not weeping. They were screaming at the top of their lungs, Throwing a Hissy fit tantrum like a 5 year old in a supermarket who didn't get the candy bar they wanted. There was one woman they turned into a Meme screaming over and over with each breath. It was full on retard night in America.

[@henrystowe6217]

I saw a little from Brinkley and Chancellor

[@IDGAFWYT]

@Repomeister nice

[@bluenami7520]

That's because Reagan hadn't yet created Fake News with the elimination of the Fairness Act.

[@thedemonhater7748]

Except how they covered the Carter administration. “DAY 75 OF THE HOSTAGE CRISIS, BOY I SURE DO HOPE THE PRESIDENT ISNT A FAILURE WHO FAILS TO BRING HOME AMERICANS, DID I MENTION WHAT A FAILUE HE IS”

[@cazmaniandevil1]

Imagine having your election results the same day, and without computers. The country fell a long time ago.

[@willmack5909]

So true! I remember watching this like it was only yesterday.

[@Greeley.d]

They had computers but you definitely couldn’t hold it in your hand.

[@cazmaniandevil1]

@@Greeley.d we still got the count before bed. Computers now do teraflops per second, but it takes 3 extra weeks to count for some reason

[@robertthompson9643]

They said the 76 election wasn't called until 330 am. This was only early cause it was a blowout. But I do understand your point about computers only complicating things.

[@superduck6456]

There are 100 million more people in this country now, and turnout last time was 12% higher than 1980. Of course it took longer. Also, states having their own laws means different mail ballot deadlines apply in close elections.

[@godblessamerica7048]

This was the last presidential election where I was too young to vote. My class was in the gym when the head coach came in and made an announcement that the president had been shot. I went on to serve in the military under President Reagan from 1983-1987. I miss those days when life seemed easier. When Reagon was reelected, I was teased about Mondale winning only my home state of Minnesota. I told them that I voted for Reagan.

[@johndavis8669]

It was close.

[@insideoutsideupsidedown2218]

@@johndavis8669yep. Mondale barely won MN.

[@jt7250]

and Mondale only won by less than 4,000 votes out of ~ 2,000,000

[@malcolmpalmer569]

It shut them up didn't it? Reagan came very close to sweeping all 50 States in 1984.

[@mgm57901]

​@@jt7250yet they could still call it before polls on West closed

[@StupidTrainStudios]

Only ten minutes in: - Anchors saying south usually goes democrat - Mention of measles - Mention of black and white tvs It must be 1980 or something.

[@BasedArizonan]

StupidTrainStudios ten

[@robertspencer703]

Colar TVs where expensive at the time

[@jakemitchell7786]

@@robertspencer703 Spealing.

[@rivotrich7]

Usually I think of 1980 as the beginning of everyday use of high tech stuff, not the year that a lot of people still had and used b/w TVs (including our home when I was 10 yrs old that year).

[@alalakjakaja5793]

Omar Omar The entire south went for Carter in ‘76 and it went for kennedy in ‘60 it stopped going to the dems after LBJ signed the civil rights act.

[@peoplethesedaysberetarded]

Wow, it’s a video of newsmen ... reporting the news. Not emoting or screaming. Reporting. “Here’s what’s going on, here’s what the graphic means.” The end. God, I miss those days.

[@kingmike40]

1980 when we thought that the future was bright. 2020 would like to go back to 1980.

[@Razer__]

yes

[@GermanShepherd1983]

@@Razer__ Blame trump for destroying what was once a forward looking America. That idiot trump was a disaster.

[@SpilledShelf5]

@@GermanShepherd1983 What are you talking about? When Trump became President, the media and the left showed it's true colors. The left likes to twist everything and then blame on conservatives/white people. For example, when a police unjustifiably kills an innocent black man, the media instead of saying "corrupt cop kills innocent man" they twist it as "white cop kills black man" which creates this mindset to it's viewers and the left that cops target black people when in reality, statistics show white people get killed by the police much more than black people. This shows selective bias especially when those incidents where white people die by police barely get attention, thus, division occur between police, and many people left-leaning. The gender wage gap is also something non-existing that the left pushes out constantly. There are different numbers, but let's go with women averaging 80 cents per 1 dollar for men. That's actually accurate but extremely broad. If one breaks down this into factors that ACTUALLY matter, such as the "same number of hours worked in 1 week for the SAME profession and position within that profession" then the gender wage gap is absolutely non-existent. The left doesn't want to accept those facts, and if they push for the goal that women wage gap suffrage needs to be fixed, yet doesn't want to accept that such issue is already fixed (not to mention it's illegal to pay anyone less based on factors such as race, gender, religion, and more) then that shows that the left is pushing out for women wage gap superiority. Another example the left keeps pushing for which creates obvious division is Asian hate. Yes, Asian gets hated on by a lot. However the media likes to report Asian hate when WHITE people do it. There are dozens of videos online of Asians getting assaulted by people of color, but the left media barely brings light into it. The moment a white person does it however, the left all of a sudden cares so much about Asians, even doing a #StopAsianHate. This is obvious selective bias by the media to share light on a particular story but not another one with similar magnitude with only small modifications (in this particular case, it's skin color they're going for, just like the police brutality issue). I'm not saying that sharing light on these issues is a bad thing, but it should be more of "either all is okay, or none if it is" instead of selecting specific stories because of irrational factors. Also, in liberal cities, schools teaches kids as young as 8-9 year olds this nonsense, mainly starting with police brutality. They're already manipulating the upcoming generation with their agendas, which is why cities everywhere in red and blue states keep getting bluer and bluer. Conclusion is, the left does more division than the right with constantly pushing out stories and narratives that fit their agenda, and leaving out a more fair approach to these situations. So no, it's not Trump that's dividing us, it's the media constantly calling Trump things like "racist" "sexist" and more because they love taking his words out of context to eat him and conservatives alive.

[@SpilledShelf5]

@@GermanShepherd1983 And before you call me white, I'd let you know I'm a Hispanic currently living in Liberal New York City, so I know what the hell I'm talking about, especially with education in the city being made to manipulate children from the start.

[@callmecloby8365]

@@GermanShepherd1983 the past 4-5 Administrations have been a series of sh** shows. Trump definitely didn’t help, but he wasn’t the cause of it. American regression has been happening since the end of the Cold War in the ‘90s.

[@Alex_FRD]

I guess I'm not the only one who finds 40 year old broadcasts that last six and a half hours covering an election entertaining.

[@Georges_IV]

Alex FRD quarantine has made all of us insane

[@Tigerfire75]

Yeah and the race for president was over at 8:15. 4 years later they called it even crazier.

[@TheEliminator45]

I find this entertaining as well Alex.

[@silkok6346]

your never alone

[@johnjones3813]

I find this fascinating, and Iived thru it.

[@naturefreak799]

This is starting to feel like ancient history. And I was born in the 1970's.

[@smill1985]

Now it's been 50 years since 1970. Crazy, huh?

[@farishope6540]

@The Wraith LOL 🤣🤣

[@tigervalley62]

I'm 28 and anything 90s related makes me feel ancient as hell lmao😂

[@znentitan4032]

@@tigervalley62 Just wait. I can remember being a kid and watching the moon landing.

[@tuffguy8656]

infowars.com

[@jimmywoods7879]

Isn't it great to see a news team that isn't slanted.

[@dankelly5150]

Isn't it nice not to see divisiveness and wokeness shoved in your face here?

[@kregchapman6981]

@@dankelly5150 Hell Yes 👍

[@jimreilly917]

Oh they were slanted, trust me. Americans just weren’t as susceptible to BS so they were subtle about it.

[@jimmywoods7879]

@@jimreilly917 I think you're right.. what I meant to say was they hid it much better and they weren't as outwardly crazy because they understood would not agree with them

[@davidanoles]

They were slanted all right, just not deceptive yet.

[@lexhashim8671]

I love watching these vintages presidential elections. Such a nostalgic beauty! But I must say that the commercials are my favorite part of it all!

[@teller1290]

Dreadful, actually. Those cars.

[@cbc8716]

I like hearing the “Buzz” by the rabbit ears.

[@beakt]

When he mentions FDR vs. Landon, that's like talking about Carter vs. Ford today.

[@bighands69]

The reason why they do not bring up history today is that they do not want people to realize how the media is destroying the culture of America. For example what party did the KKK belong to.

[@farishope6540]

Yep they were the current talking about history and now they are history themselves. The word 'new' is so silly.

[@bigsirenguy]

@@bighands69 the conservative party of the time. the democrats. around the time of FDR, there was a political realignment. face it, conservatives have always worn the face of racism. you claim that media is poisoning people’s brains with propaganda (it is) but yet you spit out that very propaganda.

[@bighands69]

@@bigsirenguy You think the FDR democrat party was conservative. Tell me how as the FDR party that introduced the largest set of welfare programs in American history be considered conservative? Next you will be claiming LBJ and Carter were conservatives.

[@bigsirenguy]

@@bighands69 No I said around the time of FDR the democrat(s), not democrat party, re-aligned. The Republicans became the conservatives and the Democrat(s) became the left. You still had southern democrat(s) who were conservative though, and that’s why JFK chose LBJ as his VP. In the year 2020 both the democrat(s) and republican(s) are right wing parties, with a very small minority fraction of democrat(s) on the left.

[@christopherpooler5398]

I was born during Reagan’s first year(1981). My children’s uncle that died of a OD in 2003, was born 11/04/1980, this day. RIP Reagan was one of the top 5 best presidents.

[@kakhak]

This footage is sensational! Such a brilliant level of everything, computer graphic, modern studio, clear talking ,news coverage... And this is 1980!

[@TheGreatLlamaJockey]

“For those of you watching in color” oh my god how times have changed lol

[@johnbull1568]

It reminds me of a well known slip up by a snooker commentator some 40 years ago here in the UK, 'For those of you who are watching in black and white, the pink is next to the green'.

[@toirmetalshaping]

Never mind. . . My parents bought one of those long wired push button channel changers. . . .

[@mga2899]

Remarkable that Carter is still around 42 years after leaving office.

[@alkohalak8199]

Yeah, he should have ran for a 2nd term in 2020. Maybe it wouldn't be this bad now.

[@mga2899]

@@alkohalak8199 He would get my vote!

[@alkohalak8199]

Exactly. He literally has beaten the odds. God bless him

[@povertyspec9651]

Back when the country had real Americans.

[@richardpatrick2852]

And great to see well-known Crack-head Mayor Marion Barry! Before the roof fell in on him.

[@geoff3103]

and a real media

[@seanmolloy9297]

And no traitors like Trump!

[@Navy35]

@@seanmolloy9297TDS? I’m sure that you were sucking on Obama’s sack. Yes you can

[@TheLinuxYes]

yep, true. i was there and cast my first vote that year. its been downhill ever since for this nation. i first noticed the rot in the 80s.

[@beakt]

I absolutely love how you didn't cut the commercials. It allows us to relive the event as it happened, the tedious nature of this broadcast, as we await updates, and have to sit through the same commercials again and again! Not to mention it gives us a little glimpse of the culture.

[@wramsey2656]

Yes i remember that Primatene mist commercial with the cartoon like lungs lol!!

[@teller1290]

Those cars...sad time for American auto design thanks to totally being caught with our pants down after '73 Arab Oil Embargo. It took 20 yrs before we made good rice burners and another 15 before we got back to American muscle ('08 Challenger). Now all being ruined on a giant hoax.

[@markkrull556]

@@teller1290 it’s not 2023 I don’t think the auto maker for ruined by Covid. It was not a hoax.

[@teller1290]

@@markkrull556 I never mentioned COVID. I'm referring to climate scam.

[@teller1290]

@@markkrull556 did I mention 2023?

[@davidwadsworth8982]

There you go again

[@robertnapier6608]

Real reporters. Forgot what they actually looked like. Those were the days.

[@RegulatedMilitia]

and then there is chris

[@robertnapier6608]

@Rafael Garcia According to Tara Reade, so was Biden.

[@vinmega1074]

Notice how all the companies advertising actually produced a product people used.

[@dalegleneagles5072]

It's great looking back at the commercials. I remember being a kid and having a phone call with a friend through the TV. It was weird. Felt like the whole house could hear your conversation.

[@cindypruitt9534]

Can ya'll imagine a presidential election being called at 8:15 PM? This seems like ancient days, I wish we could get those days back.

[@gmgz]

I can't imagine a swing state being called at 8:15 pm

[@cindypruitt9534]

@@gmgz Me either, No one could get enough support to win an election in a landslide today. 😀

[@gmgz]

@@cindypruitt9534 Even in 2008, when the Democrats had every advantage known to man, Obama didn't win until 11 pm

[@cindypruitt9534]

@@gmgz I know, we are just too polarized today. I think maybe someone will come along that will garner that much support in the future. I just want us to get out of this cycle where every election goes down to the wire and they are winning by less than 1%.

[@richardpatrick2852]

😢Now we have to wait days, weeks so dems will have time to collect their various questionable ballots that they will need to win. They have them ready to go, just need to know how many to get. How many they need to win.And then, sure enough, they win.Thats the new system.

[@xtlm]

I like that the commercials are included

[@rivotrich7]

Even the commercials back then are way better and more entertaining than most of today’s pop culture tv/online programming of today!

[@DMS-pq8]

The Zenith TV with a built in phone blew my mind

[@imhooks]

It's easily my favorite part of these videos. I remember the jingles well. They also didn't have 3 minute+ commercial breaks.

[@keithmcfarland3819]

Not one single commercial telling you to ask your doctor if Zenamorphaprofazylex is right for you.

[@Farrah300]

@@DMS-pq8 , I was amazed as well.

[@therealmillerman]

I was 15 in 1980. This seems so long ago. Cherish your youth kids. Life goes quick.

[@lisadiconti]

Yes. It does seem so long ago. I was 15 too.

[@barneshomestead1240]

Seems like yesterday...my relatives were Reagan democrats...they claim the democrat party left them & feared we'd lose the country if Carter remained in office. The Reagan years were beautiful & America became respected again.

[@AtomicMushroomz]

@@barneshomestead1240 Reagan was absolutely horrible for America. A cancer to society.

[@carterbentonjr399]

I was 18 and was hoping Reagan would win and he did. I was a closeted republican and didn't let my parents and siblings know. Boy those were the days.

[@timvandenbrink4461]

I was 12 and I remember how much people were disappointed in Carter.

[@gregb6469]

1980 was the first election I was old enough to participate in. Watching this brings back memories, especially all the ads. From the perspective of 2023 life looks like it was a lot simpler then that it is now, but we didn't think so back then.

[@BurgerSliderMan]

You could tell Reagan already won this one, since only the Right side of my ear could hear anything. Couldnt hear anything from the Left.

[@alexpatton3524]

i dunno if this was meant to be a joke, but that made me laugh lol!

[@theannoyedmrfloyd3998]

Oh, you could hear from the left, you just weren't listening to it.

[@mcigloo]

I swear I was trying to come up with a joke like this but couldn't put it together then you beat me to it. Well done my friend ;)

[@rayali9854]

Yep.yep.i guess it just decided to slider on over to the right

[@shawnkinser1164]

Carter wasn't a great president, but a finer human being you'd be hard pressed to find.

[@Farrah300]

I would have to agree with you thoroughly. Jimmy Carter is a good person, but not such a great President.

[@jefferystutsman6419]

nah huh

[@ebf1957]

Jimmy Carter was a moral man in an amoral profession.

[@serfs_up]

​@@ebf1957it explains why he was so unsuccessful

[@Localstar30]

Being born in 2003 its cool watching these old election coverages

[@sodality3970]

I find this so interesting . I voted for President for the first time in 1980 . I was raised a Democrat , and had just become a "born again" Christian so I voted for Carter . I was so disappointed that Carter lost . By 1984 , I was living in southern California and watched Reagan on the TV , and listened to him myself . I was surprised at how brilliant , common sense he was . I not only became a Republican , but got involved in the Reagan Campaign for 1984 .

[@curtismoon5316]

It was my first time voting. I was a Ronald Reagan supporter.

[@jeffscharpf]

This was exactly me :).

[@suspiciouswatermelon7639]

You're a special kind of fool if you think that Jimmy Carter is a saved born again Christian.

[@getlost3346]

Good for you. I was too young to vote

[@joeblog2672]

Reagan also started out as a democrat before turning right. It is wise people, both candidates and voters, who value the political realities of the day more than long time party allegiances .

[@malcolmmarshall5946]

I remember asking a Latina lady I knew "Did you vote for Reagan?" She chuckled and said "Oh no, if I was going to vote for an actor, I'd pick Ricardo Montalban"

[@mws755]

lmao

[@stupendous1068]

This was only 34 days before John Lennon was assassinated.

[@sce2aux464]

"John, basically, made it very clear that if he were an American he would vote for Reagan because he was really sour on Jimmy Carter..." - New York Daily News

[@stupendous1068]

Apparently he was also delighted that Reagan won.

[@guillermogutierrez-santana4446]

Guy made the most socialist song of all time just to support the biggest anti-socialist of all time.

[@paulgrieshop5024]

Both men meet each other during a Monday night football game in 1974 Los Angeles Rams vs Washington Redskins. Howard Cosell interview John Lennon at halftime.

[@user-ne8uj5ux7g]

3 days before Steve McQueen pass away

[@chickenandwaffles09]

“Good evening…. Carter is pretty much toast…”. 😉

[@davidmirzaei7254]

Shout out to the people who actually stayed here for six hours

[@DcD240]

lmao

[@slipknot54095]

😂

[@briggscharleton6139]

I put it on to put me to sleep. Always does the trick

[@lisadiconti]

You actually watched for six hours?

[@davidmirzaei7254]

@@lisadiconti lol no

[@philliphancock6992]

I noticed that myself. I voted for Ronald Reagan I do believe. A lot of people couldn't believe that myself a movie star would be voted in as president of the United States, couldn't grasp a hold on it, but he was one of the best presidents ever

[@kpz1234]

To those who haven't seen it, I recommend Reagan's "A Time For Choosing", his speech supporting Barry Goldwater (I think it's from '68). Possibly one of the best speeches of all time.

[@ebf1957]

That was 1964 when Reagan did his speech for Goldwater.

[@donkraemer50]

It still rings true today on so many issues

[@tixximmi1]

Goldwater was 64.

[@jameshogan1738]

Producers: How many ads do you want on Election Night? NBC President: Yes

[@wandaperi]

Normie shit!

[@adriannejunites9001]

Who’s watching for a reminder of what journalism used to look like?

[@aba192]

I am, Adrianne.

[@spectralthundr9525]

It's amazing that they're so civil here, but you can tell they're pissed that Reagan one.

[@rkornilo]

Oh wow, I grew up in Columbia, MD. This was like a time capsule. Love the commercials. :-)

[@bartolomeestebanmurillo4459]

When the media wasn't saturated with activists pretending to be journalists.

[@withlessAsbestos]

Back when dumb people listened to the coolest mom on the Cul-de-sac for what to believe in.

[@hcn6708]

Fox News ruined everything

[@bartolomeestebanmurillo4459]

@@hcn6708 and CNN and MSNBC.

[@withlessAsbestos]

@@hcn6708 And CNN and everyone else clearly had no part what so ever. No they didn’t. They couldn’t because they’re extremely moderate. Hail Biden. Biden is love Biden is life.

[@beachbum111111]

@@withlessAsbestos Imagine being brain damaged enough to believe this.

[@erikrichards5072]

I vaguely remember this, as I was 7 yrs. old. I recall that we did a mock election in 1st grade, but don't recall the winner. I remember 1984, though, just like it was yesterday. You take the good with the bad, but Reagan definitely projected patriotism and optimism and for an 11 yr. old (1984) that was what I felt was the right thing for a president to do and be. I miss the simplicity of the 80s, but I'm sure that is a sentiment that most people have about their teen years, regardless of the decade.

[@isaiahparis]

No my teenage years were insane. Just graduated high school worst time ever

[@CRAZYHORSE19682003]

Seeing Jim Vance brings back so many memories of growing up in Maryland watching him on the nightly news.

[@mikewazowski350]

When news was news and not 24 hours of suggestive, repetitive, force fed, narratives pushing political and social ideologies of the owner's of the stations

[@raygordonteacheschess5501]

CNN actually hit the airwaves in 1980! Mom's transcriuption service used to do the MoneyLine show on CNN and I'd deliver it on my skates into the CNN offices in the basement of the WTC, right to Lou Dobbs himself.

[@thedemonhater7748]

Well not necessarily the owners of the stations. MSNBC criticizes trump, but Comcast donated 170k to his campaign.

[@spintriae]

Yeah, that's when the FCC had a rule called The Fairness Doctrine. Reagan and the GOP abolished it. You're literally watching the beginning of the end lol.

[@harryking5636]

@@thedemonhater7748 Disagree 94% of Comcast executives’ and vice presidents’ contributions to Democratic presidential candidates have gone to Joe Biden, a Sludge review of FEC records finds.

[@TralfazConstruction]

Wow! Made me recall _exactly_ what I was doing that evening at work. Good grief, forty years ago.

[@zeroconsequences]

So glad stuff like this exists.

[@mosespray4510]

I remember watching this in 1980 with my parents. I was 16, and they were big Carter supporters, so of course I was too. It's so wonderful to see these old journalists who valued their reputation for fairness more than their own personal politics. On the one hand I love seeing John Chancellor, a young Tom Brokaw, and others, but on the other hand it makes me sad that we've fallen so far since then. The old advertisements are awesome. Who remembers Juan Valdez? He picked no bean before its time.

[@paulwhite7924]

On the other hand Jimmy Carter was a piece of crap as a President.

[@guitarplayer8918]

@@paulwhite7924 fuck that. Can I let you in on a little secret? outside of hardcore CONservatives, reagan isnt considered that great.

[@notajedimaster2489]

@@guitarplayer8918 right, that’s why he won in a landslide in 84.

[@guitarplayer8918]

@@notajedimaster2489 anyone was going to win in 84, unfortunately. I for one dont like cowards who keep out citizens hostage like reagan did, but thats just me. and the only reason he was relected is because they felt sorry for him after his asassination atempt.

[@Mark-yy2py]

I remember Jessica Savitch - RIP.

[@mistervacation23]

My name is George, I am unemployed and live at home with my parents.

[@mws755]

and you watched the entire 6 hours lmao

[@anthonymaddox6515]

The first election I voted in and the greatest election I can remember. America had been in real trouble for over a decade. The election in 1980 was a turning point and the downward spiral was halted.

[@ke11yke11z]

2 million illegal immigrants given amnesty 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 And you wonder why america is slowly but surely turning into a third world nation. Those illegals reproduce and vote

[@ke11yke11z]

Though the beginning of the end began with Wilson's federal reserve and lbj destroying the family unit. Let's throw illegals into that mix. Thanks Regan 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Hope that cheap labour around the white house was worth it Regan Destroying that shining city on the hill

[@teller1290]

Briefly halted. Billary double pluralities in '92, '96, followed by silver spoon village idiot GW disastrous nation bldg fiasco, leading to Obama. Country is finished...but most of us don't realize it yet. Also...Reagan had neither House nor Senate and the left marched on with their welfare empire, their poison social issues (paying HUGE dividends for years now), big spending.

[@alwillk]

Load of shit. Reaganomics has destroyed the middle class in America. Excise taxes up the ass. Taxes on Social security. He cut corporate taxes and the highest tax brackets. Corporatism now runs rampant because of Reagan. 1980 was the decline of America but it didn’t happen overnight.

[@TacoStacks]

the nostalgia look

[@majidwahid7793]

Why do u have a tick next to ur name?

[@majidwahid7793]

@Roleplex cool

[@randycamacho7332]

I wasn't even born at the time of the 1980 Presidential election

[@hotdogflavouredmilkshake]

Ohh and yeahh u even kept the commercials in too lol haha. Thnx for that too 👊🏽

[@stylishdoctor9169]

Everytime they mention Ronald Reagen i always shout «The actor?!» right afterwards

[@MM22966]

Look at that beautiful analog resolution! I thought that was quality imagery as a kid!

[@JONPIAASU98]

My right ear really enjoyed this.

[@dstorm7752]

Back when they had paper ballots, and you could see results by 1 am, and back when you could go back and recount the paper ballots to make sure the totals were fair and accuate

[@iceman_210]

I am a young D.C. area person. I for one was so happy to see a young Jim Vance here. As someone who grew up watching him on the news for so many years. It felt like reconnecting with an old friend.

[@jalil1017]

Patrick Leahy is still a senator today. 40 YEARS LATER. We need term limits asap!

[@saibot7824]

So is Chuck grassley!

[@j.franklin21]

Hmmmm.... Maybe a term limit, but these guys have experience now, and they are less likely to be corrupted becacuse they have money now.

[@Adyman182]

To be fair he's good

[@Adyman182]

Oh well, that is America in a nutshell. As a non-American I see it's rare to find a truly decent and honest senator. Bernie should have really won the presidency....

[@j.franklin21]

@@Adyman182 As a foreignor, you're a Communist 😂

[@holyromanracist5759]

Hello fellow people who found this in their recommendations. Have a cookie🍪.

[@tigervalley62]

Thanks

[@TheKonga88]

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[@TheKonga88]

@C B S 😀😀😀😀😀😀🙌🙌🙌🙌

[@markjohnson9402]

High inflation, high energy costs, failed foreign policies. All this costs Jimmy the presidency. We have the same and worse now. Let's pray history repeats itself and we get a true conservative in the office again.

[@T85204]

Biden is definitely worse than Carter was...

[@stephen8176]

Biden is proving himself to be more incompetent that both Carter and Obama. If he wins next election, nobody could deny with a staight face it was stolen (again).

[@SquareNoggin]

Word

[@RaidingJaguarX]

Iran hostage crisis didn’t help either.

[@joeomalley2835]

Imagine Reagan winning California. Back when California was semi-normal.

[@Venim85]

Only way to save California is for it to flip red, but these people are too ignorant to get it done.

[@TheSSUltimateGoku]

@@WatchingUntiltheEnd No it wasn’t it went for Reagan and 84 only Minnesota and the district of Columbia didn’t go for Reagan and 84

[@mrg8581]

When the entire country was semi-normal at least.

[@danteardenz2670]

Back when the Republican Party was not an extremist insane asylum! They had moderates, liberal & sane conservatives. Democrats voted for RR & powerful ones leven endorsed him.! The modern Republican Party threw millions of voters away, including myself, who was AT RRS inauguration, with seating tickets !

[@JohnAsmith-rw6uo]

@@danteardenz2670The democrat party today is party of loons.The Democrat party hasn't changed still the corrupt racist party that it has always been.

[@likeclockwork6473]

lol where's the talk of white lash in this? Modern media is a joke

[@marcosjuarez7809]

Modern media is never a joke. The pro-Trump media is a joke. It goes to show that Reagan was smarter than Donald J. Trump.

[@notjhoan]

@@marcosjuarez7809 gonna cry this November too or what?

[@marcosjuarez7809]

@@notjhoan Are you going to cry when Donald J. Trump loses his reelection?

[@marcosjuarez7809]

@@notjhoan This was not an Orwellian utopia back in 1980. So, there was no Facebook nor KZbin when Reagan won the Presidency. People like you who are living in this Orwellian utopia have put Donald J. Trump in the White House. Why? It is because you are listening to those conspiracy theorists on Facebook and KZbin!

[@likeclockwork6473]

@@marcosjuarez7809 Lol all that's left on youtube and facebook is the conspiracy theorists. They booted off every other unfiltered entity. What's inarguable about last election, the thing the left cannot back down on, is that they want to flood this country with cheap foreign labor while the people of this country have lost their purpose to automation and slave labor overseas. This is a fatal contradiction and they will not back down an inch on it. They use every negative term in the book to vilify those that understand and want to actually fix this dilemma, but the left continue to run into the same wall. When pushed they just call you racist which gets more preposterous every day since the group of people that opposes them gets more diverse by the minute. What holds these patriots together is American nationalism. All the liberals have left to counter with is calling everybody nazis which at this point has lost all the power it ever had.

[@angelrogo]

A painful night for NBC, a wonderful night for America.

[@anthonyjenkins2001]

i love seeing these old commercials

[@nojustno1216]

Hard to believe that the commercial interruptions that once annoyed me now bring back fond memories. Life is strange that way I guess...

[@freakyfornash]

That's what nostalgia does to you. That, and literally everything was better back then, including commercials for that matter too!

[@chrislynch7165]

I was 9 years old. I miss the 80's. Every decade since is just a more twisted version of the previous one.

[@mick5137]

"Every decade since is just a more twisted version of the previous one" - the inevitable process of Neoliberalism.

[@franciscoguerra8984]

I was 3

[@akzebraminer]

You people are overreacting. The modern decades are fine.

[@mesofius]

nice, I was still dead in 1980. I'm not even sure if it existed.

[@Veritas.0]

@Nicole Watkins You're going to be really upset when your CCP SAR rep tells you that very thing when you get old.

[@jacquesmertens3369]

Graceful, respectful television. Where have you gone?

[@raymond6646]

I may be a Democrat and not particularly fond of Reagan, but his large victory and the seismic shift in American politics that largely influenced today makes me admire the man

[@BlakeWheelersBurnerAccount]

And now you support Biden

[@teller1290]

Admire instead the generation that had their last organized spasm of dominance with 12 yrs of Reagan and Bush. Then the '60s took over... disastrously as my old daddy predicted. The WWII generation wasn't perfect by any means and they were fooled by lies often (Johnson calling Goldwater a war monger (!!), Vietnam, Great Society, "Jimmy Carter is a moderate" nonsense), but the country had a fighting chance and a sort of equilibrium in the hands of that generation.

[@metroplex3k]

@@teller1290 yes, and the entire country wasn’t lazy either.

[@theb4122]

So you are fond of Clinton a womanizing draft dodging glad handler who is “Married” to a criminal. You sure know how to pick them.

[@keithk8275]

How?

[@IronPiedmont]

Politics aside, I really like the look of television in the late 70's/early 80's. It has this feel that can't be replicated today.

[@danieldaniels7571]

I like the low resolution full screen graphics used and the complete absence of graphics the rest of the time.

[@RESIST_THE_GREAT_REPLACEMENT]

Yeah the old look of television feels so much more cozy

[@aquillafleetwood4209]

Back when just the news was reported!

[@wespenn7243]

Love the commercials on these old videos!

[@RADIUMGLASS]

Yes, back then a lot of people still had black and white TV.

[@robinsss]

you thought Kennedy won

[@rogjerr]

Because TVs were segregated. Glad that racism ended.

[@ryantoomey611]

I thought color TV's were available in the 70's?

[@RADIUMGLASS]

@@ryantoomey611 Color was available in the 50s but was very expensive. In the 60s it was becoming more common and by the 70s most TVs were color, but B&W could still be bought. Many people especially senior citizens didn't upgrade back then the way they do now. I had relatives that didn't get color until 1986, and that tv though new, didn't have a remote, had the rabbit ear antenna's and still had the rotating dials but it was new in 1986. I remember in 1996 going into an elderly woman's house and she had a TV from 1955-56 that she was still watching and didn't buy a new one until the tubes burned out.

[@znentitan4032]

@@RADIUMGLASS It used to be when the tubes malfunctioned you went to your local drug store, used the "tube tester" and were back in business thereafter.

[@chrisauten2039]

The beginning of what I now fondly remember as my favorite decade. I was a freshman in HS when Reagan won in 1980.

[@3NewDay]

Those were the days...

[@r_b5951]

I guarantee every one of these anchors had a personal opinion about what they were reporting on. And most, if not all, were not happy about these results. But can you tell what their personal view was? No. It's called professionalism.

[@Leenapanther]

I feel like I have to be greatful for how they present the news where I come from (Switzerland). I feel like the moderators are shown way too long and are treated like stars in the US. Why do they have to split the screen (2 or 4) when they interview one or more people? Just show the person talking. The worst: BREAKING NEWS text and these titles. It covers half of the screen. That's so annoying and it looks very cheap. For more infos we have teletext. If you want to know what it looks like in Switzerland watch this (you don't have to understand just see how they present it): kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z6mZeYuriryMr9E or this kzbin.info/www/bejne/bKfLgIVte6mEp5I

[@Karl_95]

Yes they had class and dignity.

[@ThorkilKowalski]

There is an advertisement for email and the Internet at 1:17:50

[@Georges_IV]

Thorkil Værge it was a thing - barely - but it was developing by then

[@raygordonteacheschess5501]

We knew what Compuserve was but it was $5.00 an hour and 300 bps text with few others to send stuff to. Mostly academia at that point. I worked on a Wang word processor in 1988 a few times and made bank.

[@sextuspompeius1266]

Wang

[@dsmtoday]

Wang wasn't using Ethernet at the time, it was IPX. At 5:47:23 there is a Xerox commercial about Ethernet.

[@BradTheThird]

How big was this Wang? I haven't heard of them so they must've flopped out of the market at some point.

[@realvolteon]

My right ear really enjoyed this video.

[@hotdogflavouredmilkshake]

Wow omggg this is old lol. Wasn't even born yet lol but I learned about Regans presidential win in history class 😂😂 appreciate ya so much for uploading this.

[@BabySonicGT]

Bruh

[@VoiceUnder]

Imagine them saying "you're awake right now. You didn't die and go to hell and this isn't some crazy nightmare. Ronald Reagan is now the president."

[@josephmackela8466]

From what I hear the late 70s were a nightmare. You got that right.

[@richardpatrick2852]

Those people were too classy and professional to say stuff like that. Today, on legacy media, we are subjected one nasty leftist dem after another, so we have to find alternative sources on election night. Thankfully they are available now.

[@inwalters]

@@josephmackela8466 I was there and no, the 80's after Reagan got elected were the nightmare.

[@richardpatrick2852]

@@inwalters Really, hmmm, wonder how, if that's true, RR won 49 of 50 states in the next election. Weird......

[@donkraemer50]

​@@inwaltersI guess you preferred stagflation, 20% interest rates, gas lines, and the USSR still expanding?

[@brandonk3035]

The commercials totally make this coverage that much better!

[@Farrah300]

Those are so much fun. I know this came from a channel from Maryland and the D.C area, but it's still very interesting.

[@schnuurtchke]

This was Jessica Savitch’s last time in the broadcast of Presidential election, she died just over 3 years later at quite a young age

[@duncanholding7636]

Yep, drowned in a tragic car accident

[@dan-ol9fe]

Just imagine how strong the USA would be now had we stayed on this course.

[@loungejay8555]

My right ear is enjoying this.

[@garrybroadbent8297]

😂

[@robertjohnson4246]

Back when mainstream news coverage was tolerable.

[@commiecat6105]

My right ear enjoyed this coverage

[@leestewart72]

2:46:00 No crying, no screaming at the sky, no rioting, and no unhinged tantrums. The differences in society between then and now are incredible.

[@ravenID429]

I miss the 80s and I wasn’t even alive yet lol

[@BishopWalters12]

Very true

[@richardpatrick2852]

America was a decent, civilized society back then. Look at what we got know, a country in decline and unrecognizable from even 10 years ago.

[@henrystowe6217]

This was culturally more like the late 70s than it was the 80s. The Reagan years changed a lot of things. Some good. Some not so good.

[@leestewart72]

@@henrystowe6217 The Reagan years were a golden age. He was not only a great President, but the culture was in a very good place as well.

[@daphix]

my right ear really enjoyed this

[@userac-xpg]

Wow, the media actually just reported the results without showing obvious disdain or bias. Let's get back to this!

[@JL-ox5qv]

Still the same

[@andrewtaylor940]

Fascinating how the representative colors were not always fixed Dem Blue, GOP Red. It's also worth noting how strikingly honest the reporters were back then. The polling was real, correct and accurate. The reporters did not inject their opinion into it. They accepted what the story was and did not seek to change or control a narrative. Nobody melted down in tears.

[@dingers5days]

What? The polling was way off in 1980. It (in)famously showed a “close race that never happened”.

[@timvandenbrink4461]

@@dingers5daysI think he meant “manipulated “.

[@teller1290]

It was so obvious early on. The south flipped early and Carter being a southerner had no chance after that. Remember, "everyone knew" Reagan would sweep the west coast back then!! This one was the first election that really solidified the south as a conservative bastion for decades to come. After '64 Goldwater loss, Nixon got two big wins, but then the foolish Ford nomination put things back in doubt until double hammer shots by Reagan and weak sister GHW Bush rode in on his coattails for one term...before Perot / Dole mismanaged fiascos.

[@teller1290]

One big biased moment toward the end was when Chancellor boldly stated that Carter "won the debate on points." Ridiculous. Carter looked and sounded weak. He'd looked and sounded that way for yrs and we were sick of his hesitant, weak, lecturing about how we'd had our best days. The only way to believe Carter won on the text would have to believe in Carter's failed policies that he spent the whole debate defending.

[@ManuelFlores-oe2wf]

We also didn’t have assholes who claimed they won when they lost(causing a riot and the most embarrassing day in US history), the loser graciously accepted defeat

[@neguys]

Classy night. Unlike today’s biased embarrassing media freaks

[@johnroberts7170]

No Pooper and Lemmon.

[@bighands69]

Fox News are honest about their bias as they are a conservative organisation and do not hide that fact. Everybody knows it. The other networks are not open and their members try to pretend they are unbiased and they hide this from the public. How long can they carry this on for is the question.

[@siggyretburns7523]

@@bighands69 14:15 Chris Wallace reporting from outside Reagans house. His lip white as flour from a mustache recently shaved off.

[@bighands69]

@@siggyretburns7523 Wallace is one individual at Fox who by the way employ liberals as well as conservatives but Fox never hide any of this. Wallace does not pretend to be a conservative.

[@bighands69]

@Parthiv Rajesh They have been fooling the vast majority of the public and they still get 20 million viewers.

[@mlehky]

OMG, the anticipation is killing me.