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From January 21 to June 3, 1980, voters of the Democratic Party chose its nominee for president in the 1980 United States presidential election.Incumbent President Jimmy Carter was again selected as the nominee through a series of primary elections and caucuses, culminating in the 1980 Democratic National Convention, held from August 11 to 14, 1980, in New York City.
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Jan 17, 2019 · Journalist Jon Ward talks about the chaos that led Kennedy to challenge Carter for the Democratic nomination — and the long-lasting damage it did to the party. Ward's new book is Camelot's...
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1980. 1984. 1988. 1992. 1996. 2000. 2004. 2008. 2012. 2016. 2020. 2024. See also. References. List of Democratic Party presidential primaries. This is a list of Democratic Party presidential primaries . 1912. This was the first time that candidates were chosen through primaries.
Eight states held Democratic presidential primaries on 6/3/1980. Altogether, 5.8 million ballots were cast, or 31% of the nationwide total for 1980. In a dramatic change, Sen. Kennedy placed first with a 45-42% win over Carter and an unusually high 10% for unpledged delegates.
The 1980 Democratic presidential primaries were how voters of the Democratic Party chose its nominee for President of the United States in the 1980 U.S. presidential election. During the primary race, the country of Iran was going through trouble and unrest.
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For the Democrats in 1980 a then-record of 37 primary races were held. Oops something went wrong: From January 21 to June 3, 1980, voters of the Democratic Party chose its nominee for president in the 1980 United States presidential election.
The 1980 United States presidential election was the 49th quadrennial presidential election, held on November 4, 1980. The Republican nominee, former California governor Ronald Reagan, defeated incumbent Democratic President Jimmy Carter in a landslide victory .
