In the 1980 presidential election,Ronald Reagan
A) won a very slight popular vote margin over Carter.
B) captured an overwhelming majority of electoral votes.
C) won primarily as a result of third-party candidate John Anderson.
D) did all of these: captured an overwhelming majority of electoral votes; won a very slight popular vote margin over Carter; and won primarily as a result of third-party candidate John Anderson.
E) None of these answers is correct.

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Ronald Reagan won an overwhelming majority of electoral votes in the 1980 presidential election, capturing 489 electoral votes compared to Carter's 49. While the popular vote was not as decisive, Reagan still won by a clear margin of 9.7 percentage points, receiving 50.7% of the vote compared to Carter's 41% and third-party candidate John Anderson's 6.6%. Therefore, options A, C, and D are all incorrect.

In the 1980 Presidential Election,Ronald Reagan