The election eye...The polls discredited by election results Item Info
- Title:
- The election eye...The polls discredited by election results
- Creator:
- Plastino, Ben
- Date Created (ISO Standard):
- 1980-12-03
- Description:
- A newspaper article discussing: Ronald Reagan won the 1980 U.S. election with 51% of the vote and 489 electoral votes, while Jimmy Carter only got 41%. Many polls failed to predict such a big win for Reagan, despite using advanced methods. Voter turnout was low, with just 52.3% of eligible voters voting, though turnout was higher in Idaho because of the close Senate race.
- Subjects:
- voters public opinion polls legislative districts senate elections
- Politicians:
- Ronald Reagan Jimmy Carter
- Location:
- Idaho Falls, Idaho
- Idaho County:
- Bonneville County
- Source:
- Ben J. Plastino Papers, 1947-1998, MG 632, University of Idaho Library Special Collections and Archives, https://www.lib.uidaho.edu/special-collections/
- Source Identifier:
- mg632-f06_016
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Language:
- eng
Source
- Preferred Citation:
- "The election eye...The polls discredited by election results", Ben J. Plastino Papers Collection, University of Idaho Library Digital Collections, https://www.lib.uidaho.edu/digital/plastino/items/plastino0237.html
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- In copyright, educational use permitted. Educational use includes non-commercial reproduction of text and images in materials for teaching and research purposes. For other contexts beyond fair use, including digital reproduction, please contact the University of Idaho Library Special Collections and Archives Department at libspec@uidaho.edu. The University of Idaho Library is not liable for any violations of the law by users.
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