Reagan would have lost that election handily to Carter.
They thought that in 1980 too.
1980 was a different political environment than 1976.
LOL well Carter had like an 8 point lead going down the stretch with 30% approval ratings and then he agreed to a debate a week before the election and Reagan said are you better off than you were 4 years ago, and Carters cheif strategist said that weekend it all crashed his internal polls went from being up by 5 points to down by 6. Bottom line Carter doesnt have that debate hes reelected and we never hear of the Bush's and the so called moral majority again. And we have a huge surplus and a balanced budged and no illegal wars.
So that one sentence doomed America to suffer forever under Reagan/Bush/Obama policies?