US election campaign trail

Title

US election campaign trail

Genre

News report; Interview; Speech; Election Broadcast

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1980

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Duration

00:06:12

Description

Andrew Manderstam reports on the 1980 US Presidential Election campaigns with Democratic candidate President Jimmy Carter losing ground to Republican, Ronald Reagan in recent opinion polls. Speakers include: Jimmy Carter; US Secretary of State, Edmund Muskie; Ronald Reagan; former president Gerald Ford; Kenneth Towery, Reagan’s assistant press spokesman; Carter’s campaign strategist Barbara Lett-Simmons.

Contributors

Jimmy Carter; Andrew Manderstam; Ronald Reagan; Gerald Ford; Kenneth Towery; Edmund Muskie; Barbara Lett-Simmons

Keywords

USA; Iran; Elections; Politics; Public opinion; Political leadership; Jimmy Carter; Hostages; Heads of state; Presidential candidates; Ronald Reagan; Public opinion polls; Election campaigns; Texas; Michigan

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