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In the election, he finished third behind Republican nominee Ronald Reagan and Democratic President Jimmy Carter. He won support among Democrats who became disillusioned with Carter, as well as Rockefeller Republicans , independents, liberal intellectuals, and college students.
Dec 4, 2017 · Dec. 4, 2017. John B. Anderson, a former Republican congressman from Illinois who bolted his party to run as a plain-spoken independent candidate for president in 1980, drawing an...
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Dec 4, 2017 · In the end, Anderson won only 7 percent of the vote, and his National Unity Party vanished without a trace. By 1984, Anderson was endorsing Democratic presidential nominee Walter Mondale.
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Dec 5, 2017 · His break with the Republican party complete, in 1984 he endorsed Democrat Walter Mondale, who lost in a landslide that re-elected Reagan.
Dec 4, 2017 · By Reuters. December 4, 20172:58 PM PSTUpdated 6 years ago. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - John Anderson, a former Republican congressman who challenged the party's conservative drift by taking on...
The United States presidential election of 1980 featured a contest between incumbent Democrat Jimmy Carter and his Republican opponent, 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, won the election in a landslide.
Dec 4, 2017 · John B. Anderson, an Illinois Republican who cultivated a free-thinking reputation during his 20 years in the U.S. House of Representatives, and who mounted a serious third-party bid for the...
