Alternate History 🇺🇸 November 2, 1976: President Nelson Rockefeller wins election to full 4-year term and the aftermath

[Sergeant Foley]

COMING SOON IN CHAPTER 11 OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLIC
Backstory on NBC's 'McMillan & Wife' with a twist in butterflying things!

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[Sergeant Foley]

US AIR FORCE AIRWOMAN SURVIVES FALL FROM PARACHUTE
*Sunday, October 5, 1980: Gail Tate, serving in the United States Air Force, survived a fall of 4,500 feet (1,400 km) after her parachute and reserve chute became tangled, causing her to strike the ground at 120 miles per hour (190 km/h), Tate sustained non-life-threatening injuries and later returned to work at Fort Fisher in Wilmington, North Carolina.

ANDERSON QUALIFIES AS THIRD-PARTY CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT IN ALL 51 STATES
*Monday, October 6, 1980: US Rep. John B. Anderson (I-IL) achieved his main goal as a third-party candidate for President of the United States in all 51 US States including the District of Columbia. The US Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals refused to abate a decision from a district court in requiring Anderson's name be placed on all ballots in the State of Georgia, which cleared the way for ballots to be sent to the printers the following day.

SPORTS: HOUSTON ASTROS WIN NATIONAL LEAGUE WEST PENNANT
*After both the Los Angeles Dodgers and Houston Astros both finished the regular season with (92-70) respective records each, the two teams played in a tiebreaker game which is only the seventh in MLB history: the Astros won of course, 7-1 and finished (93-70) including winning the NL West Pennant; the Astros would go on to lose in the National League Championship Series to the eventual World Series champion Philadephia Phillies in five games.

JENRETTE FOUND GUILTY IN FBI ASCAM SCANDAL
*Tuesday, October 7, 1980: US Rep. John Jenrette (D-SC) became the second member of Congress to be convicted of accepting an offer of bribe in the FBI's Abscam investigation.

POPE JOHN PAUL II: WEDDED LUST IS ADULTERY
*Wednesday, October 8, 1980: Pope John Paul II told his weekly general audience that "even if a man looks at a woman, who is his wife," with lust, he was committing the sin of adultery. The Pontiff based his reasoning on the New Testament statement that Jesus was speaking of looking at any woman with lustful desire, with no exception for marriage.

SPORTS: NHL'S CALGARY FLAMES PLAYING FIRST HOME GAME; BECOME FIRST NHL TEAM TO SELL MORE SEASON TICKETS
*Thursday, October 9, 1980: The National Hockey League's Calgary Flames played their first home game after having relocated from Atlanta, Georgia. The team was the first in NHL history to selling more season tickets to people who were fine with standing rather than sitting in any of the 6,388 seats inside the Stampede Coral Arena.

SUSPECT ARRESTED IN NASHVILLE AFTER TRYING TO BOARD AMERICAN AIRLINES FLIGHT
*John W. Hinckley, Jr., was arrested in Nashville, Tennessee after a handgun was found in his carry-on luggage while attempting to board an American Airlines flight. However, because he had no felony convictions in any state, Hinckley was released from custody once he paid a fine of $62.50 and pled guilty to misdemeanor. Hinckley had been following (or stalking) the campaign trail of New York State Governor Hugh L. Carey (D) , who had been campaigning in Nashville half an hour earlier. Earlier, he had gone to a Carey campaign stop in Dayton, Ohio (where he had gotten within six feet of the Governor, but didn't bring along a gun with him) and to Nashville, Tennessee.

 

[Sergeant Foley]

THATCHER DELIVERS FAMOUS SPEECH: "THE LADY'S NOT FOR TURNING"

*Friday, October 10, 1980: British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher delivered her famous "The Lady's Not For Turning" speech after opponents within the Conservative Party asked her to changing the government's economic policies. In response to critics, as well as former Prime Minister Edward Heath, not avoiding turning around on her policies, Thatcher said, "You turn if you want to. The lady's not for turning." The phrase, which earned her five-minute standing ovation, was a pun on the title of Christopher Fry's 1948 play 'The Lady's Not for Burning.'

SPORTS: MAVERICKS DEFEAT SPURS IN NBA DEBUT
*Saturday, October 11, 1980: The National Basketball Association (NBA)'s newest team, the Dallas Mavericks made their debut defeating the San Antonio Spurs (who originally started out as the ABA's Dallas Chaparrals) 103-92 before a crowd of 10,373 fans.

ELECTIONS HELD IN THE IVORY COAST
*Sunday, October 12, 1980: With voter turnout at 82.3% in the Ivory Coast, Ivorian President Felix Houphouet-Boigny was reelected unopposed garnering 2,795,150 votes (100.00%).

STAGGERS RAIL ACT SIGNED INTO LAW BY PRESIDENT HOLTON
*Tuesday, October 14, 1980: The Staggers Rail Act of 1980 was signed into law by President Linwood Holton, which deregulated the US railroad industry. Among the changes were that for the first time, railroads could enter into long-term contracts for shipping without federal approval, and could raise rates (upwards to 6%) without seeking approval from the Interstate Commerce Commission. "By stripping away needless and costly regulation in favor of marketplace forces wherever possible," Holton said, "this act will help assure a strong and healthy future for our nation's railroads and the men and women who work for them."

CALLAGHAN QUITS LABOUR PARTY POST; SETTING UP LEADERSHIP BATTLE
*Thursday, October 16, 1980: Former British Prime Minister James Callaghan announced his resignation as leader of the Labour Party, which set up a battle for the party leadership.

ARCE GOMEZ NAMED CHIEF OF THE BOLIVIAN INTERIOR MINISTRY
*Friday, October 17, 1980: Luis Arce Gomez, chosen by the military government of the Republic of Bolivia overseeing the South American nation's internal security as Chief of the Interior Ministry, announced that all of Bolivia's political prisoners would be released over the next three weeks. At the time, estimates of the number of prisoners since the July 1980 coup d'etat that brought General Luis Garcia Meza to power, ranged from 500 to 1,000. Arce qualified his remarks saying that "while most prisoners would be released without restrictions, others would be restricted to living and working in special areas and that those considered most dangerous would be expelled from Bolivia."

 

[Sergeant Foley]

COMING SOON IN THE AMERICAN REPUBLIC
Summer 1981: The Creepy Greek embalmer gets to work on his masterpiece: the late Mexican First Lady Fernanda Arizmendi

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[Sergeant Foley]

BREAKING NEWS: VICE PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE CANCELLED DUE TO NEGOTIATION SNAGS
*Tuesday, September 30, 1980: Due to bitter disagreements over debate scheduling and negotiation snags between the Reagan and Carey campaigns, the Vice Presidential Debate between former CIA Director George HW Bush and Georgia Governor George Busbee (D), which was scheduled for October 2nd being held at the Louisville Convention Center in Louisville, Kentucky was cancelled by the League of Women Voters.

According to news reports, both Bush and Busbee refused to attend, which left only former Wisconsin Governor Patrick J. Lucey (I) to attend the debate, which left no other choice by the League of Women Voters in cancelling the debate altogether. The Louisville chapter of the League of Women Voters decided to send debate tickets in the mail to those, who were supposed to be attending. "We thought it was best for everyone, who were disappointed about the cancellation of the Vice Presidential debate," according to Judy Marks, the president of the Louisville Chapter of the League of Women Voters.

They sent out about 1,000 pieces of mail, each being stamped with reminders to vote on November 4th.

 

[Sergeant Foley]

COMING SOON IN CHAPTER 12 OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLIC
Backstory on Philippine President Ferdinand Emmanuel Edralin Marcos, Sr.,

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[Sergeant Foley]

ELECTIONS HELD IN AUSTRALIA
*Saturday, October 18, 1980: In elections for the Australian House of Representatives, Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser's coalition of the Liberal Party and the National Country Party retained its majority, but lost a large number of seats. The coalition also lost control of the Australian Senate, with the Australian Democrats winning the balance of power in the upper chamber.

FORLANI BECOMES NEW PRIME MINISTER OF ITALY
*Former Italian Foreign Minister Arnaldo Forlani became the 43rd Prime Minister of Italy and formed a coalition government, which will be composed of 14 ministers from the Democrazia Cristiana government, seven Socialists, three Social Democrats and three Republicans. The formation of the coalition, whose political parties had combined for 405 out of the 630 members of the Chamber of Deputies, which finally resolved 22 days of a long political crisis.

95-CARAT GOLCONDA DIAMONDS STOLEN IN AUSTRALIA
*Sunday, October 19, 1980: The 95-carat Golconda Diamonds, which was considered one of the largest diamonds of the Commonwealth of Australia, was stolen in Sydney, Australia in front of a crowd of 80 people including a security guard, all of whom were unaware of what they had just witnessed. The Saint John Ambulance Brigade, a charitable organization, was displaying the borrowed diamond at the Lower Town Hall as part of their fundraiser, "The Exhibit of Treasured Possessions", when three people: two men and one woman walked inside, casually opened the locked case on the pretense that they were fixing the locking mechanism, then removed the gem, substituted a glass replica, and left the building.

GREECE REJOINS NATO
*Monday, October 20, 1980: Greece rejoined NATO after a six-year absence. The cabinet of Greek Prime Minister George Raflis voted unanimously in favor of the proposals of Raflis, Defense Minister Evangelos Averoff-Tostitas and Foreign Minister Constantine Mitsotakis. Greece had dropped out of the NATO military alliance in 1974 after going to war with fellow NATO member Turkey, and returned after the Turkish government was replaced by a military junta.

SPORTS: PHILLIES WIN FIRST WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONSHIP; DEFEAT ROYALS IN SIX GAMES

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*Tuesday, October 21, 1980: The National League champion Philadelphia Phillies by a score of 4-1 in Game 6 of the 1980 World Series; securing their first World Series championship in franchise history. With the bases loaded and the American League champion Kansas City Royals having the potential possibility of wining the game in their attempt of forcing a Game 7 with a grand-slam home run, Phillies relief pitcher Tug McGraw struck out Willie Wilson of the Royals to end the game and winning the series (4-2).

NEW CONSTITUTION IN CHILE GIVES PINOCHET LEGAL AUTHORITY AND BROAD POWERS
*Following the overwhelming approval of the nationwide referendum for the 1980 Constitution of Chile on September 11th, the new constitution was designed in giving legal authority and broad executive powers to Chilean President Captain General Augusto Pinochet.

AMENDMENTS TO NEW ROK CONSTITUTION OVERWHELMINGLY APPROVED BY VOTERS IN MASSIVE LARGE TURNOUT
*Wednesday, October 22, 1980: Voters in the Republic of Korea overwhelmingly approved amendments to creating a new constitution in the Northeast Asian country, which effectively replaced the 1972 Yushin Constitution. With a reported turnout of 95.5%, about 91.6% voted in favor while only 8.4% voted against the amendments.

DEADLY EXPLOSION OCCURS AT THE MARCELINO UGALDE PRIMARY SCHOOL
*Wednesday, October 23, 1980: There was a deadly explosion which took place at the Marcelino Ugalde Primary School in Ortuella, Spain, which resulted in the deaths of 50 schoolchildren and 14 adults; injuring an additional 128 people at the school. A plumber, who was working to replacing a water pipe beneath the school kitchen, admitted that he accidentally caused the explosion when he lit a match in order to warming the edges of the replacement pipe, completely unaware that there was a gas leak beneath the kitchen.

BROADCASTING DEBUT FOR THE SPECIAL BROADCASTING SERVICE IN AUSTRALIA
*Thursday, October 24, 1980: At 6:30 PM AEST (Australian Eastern Standard Time), broadcasting began for the Commonwealth of Australia's first public television network: the Special Broadcasting Service (SBS).

FOREST CONSERVATION ACT OF 1980 OFFICIALLY GOES INTO EFFECT IN INDIA
*Friday, October 25, 1980: India's legislation, which would curtail deforestation of the South Asian nation's woodland areas, known as the Forest Conservation Act, 1980, officially went into effect.

HOLYOAKE RETIRES FROM POST AS GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF NEW ZEALAND
*Sir Keith Holyoake officially retired from his post as the Governor-General of New Zealand following completion of a three-year term of office. He had previously served as Prime Minister for 12 years from 1960 to 1972, and was the first former New Zealander Prime Minister to serve as the nation's Governor-General.

 

[Sergeant Foley]

......"And following the explosive bombshells from the annoying tabloid company calling themselves a "newspaper publishing company", The Informer, who thrived off of controversy and scandal, it had become more obvious that our campaign got sidetracked in the last couple of weeks.

The polling surveys had shown Reagan surging ahead very quickly. It didn't help that the Vice Presidential debate got cancelled due to negotiation snags; bitter disagreements and constant snipping via the press.

With three days to go before the second and final presidential debate in Cleveland, Governor Carey was focused on preparing for this major critical debate. This debate pretty much was going to decide where the trends in this election would end up......"
Excerpt from "Presidential Campaigns Through the Years."

 

[Sergeant Foley]

......"Learning that Viola was going to be tapped as the 41st President of the Argentine Republic infuriated Galtieri, who thought the Junta would select him as the next in line.

Depending on whom you ask, Leopoldo Galtieri was outright crazy, nuts, psychotic and fucking BIPOLAR! And when I say bipolar, I meant it because you never knew whenever that dude might flip one day or the next, even during meetings or strategy sessions.

I mean, Galtieri freaked me the fuck out because of his mood swings when not on bipolar medication. One day, he told me that "killing those uppity British freaks will be the main priority if I have the opportunity of becoming President," it shocked me because I responded, "General Galtieri, with all due respect, we cannot do that because killing either the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom or anyone in the British Royal Family will be considered an act of war."

I explained to him that Pinochet kicked our asses in the Beagle Conflict of 1978. Galtieri listened to half of the story at the latter part of my detailed explanation (that lasted nearly half an hour): instead of backing off, he doubled down to the point of tripling-down, "Those fucking British sickos will get what's coming to them", while he was laughing, I knew that he was freaking lost and out of touch with reality, considering he was my superior and commanding officer, I kept my personal real thoughts to myself for fear that Galtieri or anyone else would have my family killed.

The topic then turned to incoming President Viola, whom Galtieri had little respect for. Galtieri called in me and five other additional junior commissioned officers, where he instructed us to study previous coups and specifically study it to very single detail including analyzing plans of neutralizing potential Viola supporters, etc.,

While I was taking notes and bringjng documents back to Galtieri's office for him to read, I had a gut feeling that Galtieri's predictions of Viola "not lasting long at the Quinta de Olivos" was slowly coming into fruition. This of course, would take awhile because nobody wanted to accuse us of having sour grapes because the Junta didn't originally tap my boss as the new President. Little did anyone else realize that Galtieri was scheming and plotting......"
Secret Diary
Major Miguel Fitzgerald
Argentine Republic Army
Fall 1980

 

[Sergeant Foley]

DISCLAIMER: This Personal PoV will be quite erotic. Viewer discretion is advised.

......"The secret lovers were engaging in a steamy sex escapade inside the private chambers of an extra large office in Brasilia, Brazil.

Carolina Dominguez was a young beautiful sexy woman, who was laying on her back on the floor as she waa moaning loudly "Don't stop, don't stop". She and her secret lover were naked and barefoot plus it was raining outside on a Tuesday night as the rain kept pouring all night long.

Thoroughly penetrating Carolina, was a muscular Brazilian man, who was caressing her body and kissing all over her while they engaged in their secret sex escapade. This lasted all night long non-stop: Carolina was looking up at some flags and grabbing her secret lover's buttocks as she was aggressively being penetrated.

The time was 10:30 PM when Carolina was lying on her back atop the bed naked and barefoot sleeping while her secret lover was lying on his stomach as the fans were blowing. Carolina was staring at the Vatican flag in her secret lover's office, enjoying herself and thinking more escapades will follow."
Excerpt from "Secret Life: The Last Days of Oliveira"

 

[Sergeant Foley]

REAGAN HOLDING STEADY LEAD IN NEW POLLING SURVEY:
*Saturday, October 26, 1980: DMI Polling Survey shows former California Governor Ronald Reagan (R) leading with 43% while New York State Governor Hugh L. Carey (D) had 38% and US Rep. John B. Anderson (I-IL) had just 10%.

With less than two days left before the final Presidential debate, Reagan and Carey are in a deadheat of what political observers expect to be a very close election.

 

[Sergeant Foley]

BREAKING NEWS: CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR JERRY BROWN TO RUN FOR THE UNITED STATES SENATE IN 1982
*Political observers aren't surprised that Brown is launching early campaign for the United States Senate in 1982.
*Brown's approval ratings holding steady for the moment.
*Polling surveys showing Brown trouncing Hayakawa in head-to-head matchups.

*Sunday, October 27, 1980: The Sacramento Bee reported California Governor Edmund Gerald "Jerry" Brown, Jr., (D) during an exclusive interview with NBC 3 KCRA-TV Sacramento declared he plans on running for the United States Senate in 1982 against incumbent United States Senator Sam Hayakawa (R-CA).

"After analyzing the pros and cons, I have decided to declare my intentions of running for the United States Senate in 1982 following the end of my second term as Governor. California needs a fresh face with executive experience and bringing new ideas to shaking up our nation's capitol." Brown said during the interview.

Polling surveys featuring potential head-to-head matchups have the popular two-term Democratic Governor leading somewhere between 13-25 percentage points.

COMING UP: THE SECOND AND FINAL PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE IN CLEVELAND

 

[Sergeant Foley]

******HIGHLIGHTS OF THE SECOND AND FINAL PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE******
GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN (R-CA) VS GOVERNOR HUGH CAREY (D-NY ST)
Monday, October 28, 1980
Convention Center Music Hall
Cleveland, Ohio

Panelists of the second and final Presidential Debate: Barbara Walters (ABC News); Harry Ellis (Christian Science Monitor); William Hilliard (Portland Oregonian); Marvin Stone (US News & World Report) along with the moderator of the debate: Howard K. Smith (ABC News). ​

In the second and final Presidential debate between former California Governor Ronald Reagan (R) and New York State Governor Hugh L. Carey (D), which was held just a week before the November 4th general election, this debate received much national and international attention.

The top issues being discussed included the following: inflation, the Energy Crisis; terrorism; the troubles with America's inner cities and defense policy (particular on the subject of nuclear weapons). Carey detailed specific constituencies that had benefitted from his policy initiatives as Governor, and tried depicting Reagan as "an irresponsible loose cannon on national security." He also closed out the debate with this: "If you liked the last twelve years with fewer jobs, political corruption, higher inflation and chaotic foreign policy blunders, you'll love the four years if Governor Reagna is elected President." In response to Carey's attacks, Reagan had all of the best lines of the debate: Responding to Carey's attacks that he would cut Medicare and Medicaid, Reagan quipped "There you go again." and closed the debate out with these remarks in his closing comments: "Next Tuesday is Election Day. Next Tuesday all of you will go to the polls, will stand there in polling place and make a decision. I think when you make that decision, it might be well if you would ask yourself, are your better off than you were four years ago? Is there more or less unemployment in the country than there was four years ago? Is America as respected throughout the world as it was?"

Reagan continued in his closing remarks: "....but I think in being Governor of California, the most populous state in the Union------if it were a nation, it would be the seventh-ranking economic power in the world------I, too, had some lonely moments and decisions to make. I know that the economic program that I have proposed for this nation in the next few years can resolve many of the problems that trouble us today. I know because we did it there. We cut the cost---increased the cost of government---in half over the eight years. We returned $5.7 billion in tax rebates, credits and cuts to our people. We, as I have said earlier, fell below the national average in inflation when we did that. And I know that we did give back authority and autonomy to the people. I would like to have a crusade today, and I would like to lead that crusade with your help. And it would be one to take Government off the backs of the great people of this country, and turn you loose again to do those things that I know you can do so well, because you did them and made this country great. Thank you."

COMING UP NEXT IN CHAPTER 10: ELECTION NIGHT 1980 COVERAGE!

 

[Sergeant Foley]

Chapter 10: Election Night Coverage: Campaign '80
Tuesday, November 4, 1980
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(Music blaring)

Voice-over: "This portion of Election Night is sponsored by General Motors: People building transportation to serve people, by the Bell System keeping your communication system the best in the world; and by Citicorp Travelers Checks: travel the world with us. Now from CBS News Election Headquarters in New York, here is Walter Cronkite."

Walter Cronkite: "Good evening Ladies and Gentlemen all over America! And also a warm welcome to our international viewers from all over the world. Welcome to CBS News' coverage of Election Night 1980. It's my great pleasure to guiding you through this long night of numbers, figures, exit polls and reports from all over the 51 states as we're eager to get in results. I am also delighted to be joined by my dear colleague, Dan Rather, who's here with me in our New York City studio."

Dan Rather: "Good evening and welcome from me as well. Thank you very much for tuning into our program for tonight. We're looking forward to providing you all of the information you need in the coming hours in this national election, the essence of American democracy."

Cronkite: "After months of long exhaustive campaigning, Election Day has finally arrived. America will elect a new President today, all 437 members of the House of Representatives, about a third of the United States Senate, couple of Governorships including several local citywide offices. But the main focus on tonight's coverage will be on the Presidential election between Republican Ronald Reagan, the former Governor of California and Democrat Hugh Carey, the two-term incumbent Governor of New York State. This is quite a unique battle between the two Governors of two of the respective largest populous states in the Union. Polling surveys are indicating this is a very close election with no clear favorite one way or another. In the Congress, the Democratic Party currently has the upper hand with a majority of seats in the House of Representatives and 61 Senators in the United States Senate. Now the outcomes of the congressional level will determine if and how many of the legislative priorities a President Reagan or President Carey can enact into law."

Rather: "That's correct Walter, America will indeed elect a new President today. However, in such a tight and close race, the questions remain how long will it take to counting all of the votes in all 51 states as there's potentially getting into a situation in which few thousands in bunch of states will determine the outcome. I want to advise caution that we could be in for a long night. For the first time since 1968, we won't have an incumbent President running for reelection as President Linwood Holton announced on June 25, 1979 that he wouldn't be seeking a full four-year term. That bombshell announcement came less than a month when Vice President Edward W. Brooke, III declared he wouldn't be seeking any political office in 1980 in May 1979; As a consequence, the Holton Presidency will remain a placeholder, as he had to step in for the late popular President Nelson Rockefeller, who passed away suddenly of a heart attack on January 26, 1979 last year."

Cronkite: "We do live in unique times indeed Dan. Let's show our blank map of the 51 states up for grabs tonight. Now the states to watch tonight: Pennsylvania, Ohio, New Jersey, Florida, Connecticut, Michigan, Georgia, Missouri, Illinois, Louisiana, North Carolina and Texas. We're going to a quick commercial break with the first polls closing because it's 5:50 PM and in ten minutes, the first polls will be closing, so stay tuned."

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Former Governor Ronald Reagan (R-CA)/Former Central Intelligence Agency Director George HW Bush (R-TX): 0 EV
Governor Hugh L. Carey (D-NY St)/Governor George Busbee (D-GA): 0 EV
US Rep. John B. Anderson (I-IL)/Former Governor Patrick J. Lucey (I-WI): 0 EV

 

[Sergeant Foley]

@The Immortal Watch Dog @Ibanez @bintananth @Buba
AUTHOR'S NOTE ON CHAPTER 10: Beginning tonight and sometime during the weekend, LONG dragged-out coverage of Election Night Coverage from 4 November 1980.

Spoiler Alert: It will be quite LONG! Plus details on the hotly-contested US Senate races and Gubernatorial elections.

 

[Sergeant Foley]

6:00 PM EST
CBS NEWS PROJECTION: REAGAN WINS INDIANA

Cronkite: "It is 6:00 PM and we've got the first projection of the 1980 Presidential election. CBS News can now project Governor Reagan has won the State of Indiana and their 13 Electoral Votes. I should also note there's a Gubernatorial race and US Senate race on the ballot as well."

President: Indiana (13 Electoral Votes)
Ronald Reagan (R): 56%✔
Hugh L. Carey (D): 29%
John Anderson (I): 13%

National Popular Vote: President (2% of the precincts reporting)
Former Governor Ronald Reagan (R-CA)/Former Central Intelligence Agency Director George HW Bush (R-TX): 614,203 (54%) 13 Electoral Votes
Governor Hugh L. Carey (D-NY St)/Governor George Busbee (D-GA): 474,492 (41%): 0 Electoral Votes
US Rep. John B. Anderson (I-IL)/Former Wisconsin Governor Patrick J. Lucey (I-WI): 47,079 (4%): 0 Electoral Votes

BREAKING NEWS: QUAYLE DEFEATS BAYH IN INDIANA US SENATE RACE: FIRST REPUBLICAN PICK-UP OF THE NIGHT.

Cronkite: "We've just gotten another projection out of Indiana, where US Rep. Dan Quayle (R-IN) has defeated three-term incumbent United States Senator Birch Bayh (D-IN) in the Indiana US Senate election: this will be the first Republican pick-up of the night in their path of regaining control of the United States Senate for the first time since 1952 when they last won the upper chamber.

Senator Bayh was seeking a fourth term, but the voters in the Hoosier State appear to have decided that 18 years was enough.".
Indiana: United States Senator (25% of the precincts reporting)
Dan Quayle (R): 773,003 (56.37%)✔
Birch Bayh (D-incumbent): 481,525 (43.00%)
*REPUBLICAN GAIN

BREAKING NEWS ALERT: ORR WINS INDIANA GUBERNATORIAL ELECTION
Rather: "Walter, in the open Indiana gubernatorial race, Republican Lieutenant Governor Robert Orr (R) has been declared the winner in that election which was an easy resounding landslide victory defeating his Democratic opponent, John Hillenbrand (D) by double digits, to succeed outgoing Governor Otis Bowen (R), who is term limited from succeeding himself, therefore keeping the Governorship in Republican hands for another four more years."
Indiana Governor (OPEN: 37% of the precincts reporting)
Robert Orr (R): 788,973 (60.13%)✔
John Hillenbrand, Jr., (D): 313,325 (36.72%)
*REPUBLICAN HOLD

 

[Sergeant Foley]

BREAKING NEWS ALERT: REAGAN WINS VIRGINIA
6:41 PM EST

Cronkite: "The time is 6:41 PM and the CBS News Decision Desk has made another projection. The Commonwealth of Virginia and its 12 Electoral Votes are going to Governor Reagan's column: increasing the number of overall Electoral Votes to 25 for the Reagan camp.

Virginia is also the home state of President Holton, so it's no surprise that the Old Dominion is trending into a deep Red State. Republicans have won the Commonwealth of Virginia for the fourth consecutive presidential election in a row since 1968 and you can bet that winning streak will continue into the future."

Virginia (12 Electoral Votes) President
Reagan (R): 54%✔
Carey (D): 37%
Anderson (I): 6%

7:00 PM EST
CBS NEWS BULLETIN: REAGAN PROJECTED TO WIN FLORIDA (17 ELECTORAL VOTES) AND OHIO (25 ELECTORAL VOTES)

Cronkite: "It's now seven o'clock and we've new projections from the CBS News Decision Desk. CBS News can project that Governor Reagan has won Florida and it's 17 Electoral Votes including the critical Swing State of Ohio with their 25 Electoral Votes, totaling 67 Electoral Votes for the former Governor of California while the Democratic Party presidential nominee, New York State Governor Hugh L. Carey has 0 Electoral Votes as of now while Congressman John Anderson of Illinois, the third party candidate also has no Electoral Votes as well."
*Florida-17 Electoral Votes (President)
Reagan (R): 55%✔
Carey (D): 38%
Anderson (I): 5%

Ohio-25 Electoral Votes (President)
Reagan (R): 51%✔
Carey (D): 40%
Anderson (I): 6%

President: National Popular Vote (4% of the precincts reporting)

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Former Governor Ronald Reagan (R-CA)/Former Central Intelligence Agency Director George HW Bush (R-TX): 908,857 (53%)
67 Electoral Votes
Governor Hugh L. Carey (D-NY St)/Governor George Busbee (D-GA): 727,835 (42%)
0 Electoral Votes
US Rep. John B. Anderson (I-IL)/Former Governor Patrick J. Lucey (I-WI): 63,992 (4%)
0 Electoral Votes

 

[Sergeant Foley]

7:13 PM EST

CBS NEWS PROJECTION: DEMOCRATS KEEP CONTROL OF THE US HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, BUT REPUBLICANS HAVE LARGE GAINS

Rather: "CBS News can project following tabulations and exit polling analysis that the US House of Representatives will remain in control of the Democratic Party, with a majority of 244 seats while Republicans will hold 191 seats.

The difference is what we're seeing across the country of a potential Reagan wave nationwide is Republicans have gained the largest number of seats in the lower chamber picking up 35 seats. And looking at the national popular vote for the House, Democrats are poised to narrowly win there."
Popular Vote: US House of Representatives
November 4, 1980
Democrats 39, 347,947 (50.5%)✔
Republicans 37,222,588 (47.8%)
*Overall Seats in the US House of Representatives commencing 3 January 1981
Democrats: 244 Seats
Republicans: 191 Seats (+35 seats won)

COMING UP THIS WEEK IN CHAPTER 10 OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLIC: Election Results on the United States Senate.

 

[Sergeant Foley]

UNITED STATES SENATE ELECTION RESULTS (PART I):
Tuesday, November 4, 1980

*ALABAMA (OPEN): In the Land of Dixie, outgoing incumbent United States Senator Donald Stewart (D-AL), who was elected in a 1978 special election that year, was defeated in his bid for a full six-year term to Alabama Public Service Commissioner Jim Folsom (D), the son of legendary former Alabama Governor James E. "Big Jim" Folsom, Sr., (D) in the Democratic primary. Due to the growing Republican trends in the state and benefiting from the coattails of the Reagan campaign, Jeremiah Denton (R), the Republican nominee for the United States Senate, defeated Folsom in the general election, making history as the Land of Dixie's first Republican United States Senator since Reconstruction.
Jeremiah Denton (R): 650,363 (50.2%)✔ Projected Winner
Jim Folsom (D): 610,175 (47.1%)
REPUBLICAN GAIN

*ALASKA (OPEN): In the Last Frontier State, two-term incumbent United States Senator Mike Gravel (D-AK) was unsuccessful in his reelection campaign for a third term, losing to former State Rep. Clark Gruening (D), the grandson of the late former United States Senator Ernest Gruening (D-AK) in the Democratic Party primary on 26 August. Benefiting from the split was Frank Murkowski (R), who won the general election defeating Gruening. He would go onto serving 21 years in the United States Senate winning reelection in 1986, 1992 and again in 1998 before his election to the Governorship in 2002.
Frank Murowski (R): 84,159 (53.7%)✔ Projected Winner
Clark Gruening (D): 72,007 (45.9%)
REPUBLICAN GAIN

*ARIZONA: Four-term incumbent United States Senator Barry Goldwater (R-AZ) faced a strong, surprising challenge from Bill Schultz (D) during the general election. Originally, Goldwater had considered retiring in 1980 after winning reelection in 1974, but decided to make one final statewide campaign; it was considerably a difficult reelection campaign for the legendary conservative incumbent because Goldwater was being perceived by critics as being "out of touch" due to several reasons: breaking his pledge of not seeking reelection in 1980, not visiting many areas across Arizona besides Tuscon and Phoenix; the changing population of Arizona also hurt Goldwater as well, forcing him to play defense throughout the entire campaign while Shultz's campaign slogan "Energy for the 80s" was resonating among many Arizonans. Due to a long dragged out counting of votes in Arizona's 15 counties during election night and beyond, it was revealed that absentee ballots saved Goldwater by the narrowest of margins including the coattails of Reagan's landslide victory in the Grand Canyon State, where he won 61% of the statewide vote there.
Barry Goldwater (R-incumbent): 432,371 (49.5%)✔ Projected Winner
Bill Schultz (D): 422,972 (48.4%)
REPUBLICAN HOLD

*ARKANSAS: Incumbent United States Senator Dale Bumpers (D-AR) won reelection defeating William Clark (R) in the Natural State, despite overcoming Reagan's narrow victory carrying Arkansas by 0.6 points including the defeat of incumbent Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton (D) in the Gubernatorial election.
Dale Bumpers (D-incumbent): 477,905 (59.1%)✔ Projected Winner
William Clark (R): 330,576 (40.9%)
DEMOCRATIC HOLD

*CALIFORNIA: Despite being targeted by the National Conservative Political Action Committee, two-term incumbent United States Senator Alan Cranston (D-CA) easily won reelection to a third term defeating Paul Gann (R) by double digits even though the Golden State's former Republican Governor, Ronald Reagan won a landslide victory in the concurrent presidential election in a rout (52% to 35%).
Alan Cranston (D-incumbent): 4,705,399 (56.5%)✔ Projected Winner
Paul Gann (R): 3,093,426 (37.2%)
DEMOCRATIC HOLD

*COLORADO: Incumbent United States Senator Gary Hart (D-CO) narrowly escaped a strong tough challenge from Colorado Secretary of State Mary Estill Buchanan (R) in the Centennial State's US Senate election.
Gary Hart (D-incumbent): 590,501 (50.3%)✔ Projected Winner
Mary Estill Buchanan (R): 571,295 (48.7%)
DEMOCRATIC HOLD

*CONNECTICUT (OPEN): Three-term incumbent United States Senator Abraham Ribicoff (D-CT) chose not to seek reelection to a fourth term after 18 years in the United States Senate; US Rep. Christopher J. Dodd (D-CT), the son of former United States Senator Thomas J. Dodd (D-CT) defeated former United States Senator James Buckley (R-NY St) very easily, keeping the Senate seat in Democratic hands.
Christopher J. Dodd (D): 763,969 (56.2%)✔ Projected Winner
James Buckley (R): 581,884 (42.98%)
DEMOCRATIC HOLD

*FLORIDA (OPEN): Incumbent United States Senator Richard Stone (D-FL) ran for a second term, but was defeated by Florida State Treasurer Bill Gunter (D) in the Democratic primary runoff election. However, due to backlash against the Democratic-controlled Congress and Reagan's victory in the Sunshine State, Gunter was defeated by Florida Public Service Commissioner Paula Hawkins (R), giving Republicans their third pick-up of the evening.
Paula Hawkins (R): 1,822,460 (51.7%)✔ Projected Winner
Bill Gunter (D): 1,705,409 (48.3%)
REPUBLICAN GAIN

*GEORGIA (OPEN): Georgians and Americans were shocked in the Fall of 1978 when incumbent United States Senator Jimmy Carter (D-GA), the Democratic Party nominee for Vice President in 1976, announced his retirement from politics following the 1978 Midterms, Democrats had an exciting and nasty primary between Georgia Lieutenant Governor Zell Miller (D) and former United States Senator Herman Talmadge (D-GA), who emerged victorious in the August 26, 1980 Democratic primary runoff election (58% to 41%), it caused chaos and anger inside the Georgia Democratic Party and among national Democrats. Former Georgia Republican Party chairman Mack Mattingly (R) edged out Talmadge's bid for a fourth term despite Democrats carrying the Peach State in the presidential election. Mattingly's victory made him the first Republican United States Senator in the Peach State since Reconstruction and would later set the stage for the resurgence of the Georgia Republican Party in statewide offices.
Mack Mattingly (R): 803,686 (50.87%)✔ Projected Winner
Herman Talmadge (D): 776,143 (49.13%)
REPUBLICAN GAIN

COMING UP IN CHAPTER 10 OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLIC: Part II of the 1980 election results on the United States Senate.

 

[Sergeant Foley]

7:37 PM EST
BREAKING NEWS: REAGAN MAINTAINING LEAD IN NATIONWIDE VOTE

Voice-over: "From CBS News Election Headquarters in New York. Here again is Walter Cronkite."

Cronkite: "The nation went to polling places today in this 49th presidential election in our history and with 6 percent of the precincts reporting, former California Governor Ronald Reagan, who is the Republican nominee for President, is holding onto about a 51 percent lead over the Democratic candidate, New York Governor Hugh Carey, who has 44 percent while John Anderson, the Independent candidate has about 4 percent of the nationwide vote. The states that Governor Reagan has won according to our CBS News estimate including the important ones of Florida and Ohio, as well as Indiana and Virginia for a total of 67 Electoral Votes for the 270 he needs. But indications are that more than half of the states, where the polls have closed indicate a Reagan sweep is likely going to happen, but there are still 94 percent of the precincts are remaining.

There is an unconfirmed report from the Associated Press that Governor Carey is ready to concede the election to Governor Reagan. According to the AP story, Jody Powell, the Carey campaign chief strategist has informed the Governor not to do that and wait until all of the votes have been counted. CBS News cannot confirm this report...

Voting groups where this vote has been piling up for Reagan in the East, but what about the overall numbers and in the case for Carey, Harry, what do we know so far?"

Harry Reasoner: "We've been sorting through our polls Walter and the figures are telling the story of what's happening: among Democrats, Governor Carey has 67 percent. In 1976, former Alabama Governor George Wallace had about 59 percent, there's a slight improvement among Democrats; among Moderates in 1976, Wallace had just 27 percent. This time, Carey had 43 percent; In 1976 among Conservatives, Wallace had 25 percent, this time Governor Carey got just 23 percent. However, there's going to be some improvements for Governor Carey, but not quite much at this point if the trends continue in the wrong direction for the Carey campaign."

Cronkite: "Dan, the Midwest. You think the same applies there?"

Rather: "Pretty much the same thing Walter. It's obvious as Bruce Morton has mentioned earlier and Harry touched upon earlier that one of the big stories tonight when you asked why is Ronald Reagan doing so well? For example in Ohio, which according to our CBS News estimate Ronald Reagan has won. Reagan has done better among men, he did not do better among women. The polls were wrong and frankly eyes a reporter was wrong because I felt that Ronald Reagan, you know.... the difference for Hugh Carey might very well be that women would go to Carey but in the Midwest at least, Carey is doing about as well among women unlike Wallace did in 1976 uh, while on a man-woman basis, it breaks down that where Carey is losing it in the Midwest is among men now and other ways to break it down: Carey's down 20 percent among blue-collar workers in the Midwest he's down 17 of among Union voters...."

BREAKING NEWS: REAGAN WINS COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA AND ITS 27 ELECTORAL VOTES!
Cronkite: "Dan, just let me interrupt you. Another major and big state has gone to Ronald Reagan according to our CBS News estimate that state is Pennsylvania. Now Pennsylvania and Ohio having gone for Governor Reagan, those are two of the major ones in the Midwest that Hugh Carey was hoping to upon winning at least one of uh to win, it would seem that Governor Carey is in serious, serious trouble now with Pennsylvania and Ohio both counted in this column, the margin at right now with two percent of the vote counted shows only 48-46, but our CBS News estimate is that when all the votes are counted, Ronald Reagan will be the winner in Pennsylvania adding its big block of votes now it's one of the Big Ten States on it to the previous total that Reagan had on his electoral votes gives him 101 Electoral Votes to none for Hugh Carey. Five states CBS News is able to say now are in the Reagan column definitely that's Indiana, Virginia and three big ones in the top 10 states: Florida, Ohio and Pennsylvania. Those are the top 10 states in their electoral count of course the ones that count toward that 270 electoral votes. So Reagan's lead widens and we now have seven percent of the national vote in, but the percentages do not change nationally....."
*Pennsylvania: President (2% of the precincts reporting)
Reagan (R): 33,543 (48%)✔ Projected Winner
Carey (D): 31,962 (46%)
Anderson (I): 4,145 (6%)

BREAKING NEWS: REAGAN WINS OKLAHOMA (8 ELECTORAL VOTES) KANSAS (7 ELECTORAL VOTES), CONNECTICUT (8 ELECTORAL VOTES) AND NEW JERSEY (17 ELECTORAL VOTES)

National Popular Vote: President (8% of the precincts reporting)

Former Governor Ronald Reagan (R-CA)/Former CIA Director George HW Bush (R-TX): 3,320,789 (51%) 134 Electoral Votes
Governor Hugh L. Carey (D-NY St)/Governor George Busbee (D-GA): 2,851,345 (44%) 0 Electoral Votes
US Rep. John B. Anderson (I-IL)/Former Governor Patrick J. Lucey (I-WI): 289,907 (4%) 0 Electoral Votes
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