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Poll source Date(s) administered Ronald Reagan (R) Jimmy Carter (D) John Anderson (I) Other Undecided Margin Gallup [1]: March 31 – April 3, 1978 46%
Reagan and Carter met in one head-to-head debate, convened in Cleveland a week before the election. Such timing would be unthinkable today; after all, Trump and Harris convened their only face-to ...
Reagan, the former Governor of California and GE spokesman, passed Carter in the polls after the primaries, winning over voters dissatisfied with Carter's handling of the economy, the energy crisis, and the Iran hostage crisis. As the race neared its finish, Carter had apparently closed the gap with Reagan; some outlets gave him the lead.
Immediately after the conclusion of the primaries, [date missing] a Gallup poll held that Reagan was ahead, with 58% of voters upset by Carter's handling of the presidency. [78] One analysis of the election has suggested that "Both Carter and Reagan were perceived negatively by a majority of the electorate."
Economic concerns also played a role in Carter's victory in 1976. In a national poll conducted by CBS just after the 1976 election, Americans cited unemployment and the high cost of living as the ...
Poll source Date(s) administered Jimmy Carter (D) Ronald Reagan (R) Eugene McCarthy (I) Other Undecided Margin Harris [1]: January 5–14, 1976 33% 50%
Although some pollsters reported a slight Reagan lead, ABC–Harris surveys consistently gave Reagan a lead of a few points until the last week of October. Thereafter, Reagan trailed Carter in most polls. In the Gallup poll on October 26, Jimmy Carter was at 47 percent and Ronald Reagan at 39 percent. [105]
Similarly, an ABC News poll showed Reagan's highest approval rating at 73%. [3] His ratings by CBS remained above 50% until the United States experienced a recession and high unemployment in 1982. [2] According to a Gallup poll, his lowest rating was 35% in early 1983.