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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%
One analysis of the election has suggested that "Both Carter and Reagan were perceived negatively by a majority of the electorate." [80] While the three leading candidates (Reagan, Anderson and Carter) were religious Christians, Carter had the most support of evangelical Christians according to a Gallup poll. [78]
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.
Carter suffered from a perceived lack of leadership in comparison to Reagan. In a CBS News Poll conducted a month before the election, registered voters were twice as likely to describe Ronald ...
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 ...
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]
Carter and Reagan were almost neck-and-neck in the polls. For all his flaws, the president had two major advantages: he was an incumbent and he was a moderate who could legitimately claim 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%