For 10 points, name this election in which Ronald Reagan defeated Jimmy Carter.
This is the election in which the Libertarian Party received the highest percentage of the popular vote in U.S. history. This was the first election in which Angela Davis ran as the vice-presidential candidate for the Communist Party. A candidate for the Democratic nomination in this election gave an incoherent response to Roger Mudd's question "Why do you want to be president?" That candidate was (*) Ted Kennedy. The winner of this election controversially gave a campaign speech near the site where three civil rights workers were murdered in 1964. John Anderson ran as an independent in this election. The loser of this election had recently given a speech saying America was facing a "crisis of confidence," and his popularity took a hit from the Iran hostage crisis. For 10 points, name this election in which Ronald Reagan defeated Jimmy Carter.
This is the election in which the Libertarian Party received the highest percentage of the popular vote in U.S. history.
1980 United States presidential election 