What Are The Similarities Between 2016 And 1980 Presidential Elections

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As I read our textbook, I drew parallels between the 2016 and 1980 Presidential elections. Carter suffered an embarrassing loss with only forty-nine electoral votes compared to Reagan's 489. Likewise, Hillary Clinton suffered a similar embarrassing loss with 232 electoral votes compared the Donald Trump's 306 electoral votes. President Carter instituted a policy of extreme detente, denouncing America's "inordinate fear of communism" (Gingrich Haley 2016, 166). This redirection of policy was in stark contrast policy makers highlighting the criminal nature of Communism. Likewise, the Presidency of Barack Obama saw similar policies of ignoring the ill behavior of individual world leaders, bowing down to them and indulging their grievances (Gingrich