At the same time, there have been a few murmurs among analysts that the election endgame could repeat that of 1980, when pollsters erroneously projected a close race between President Jimmy Carter ...
But he faced an even tougher test for re-election in 1980, a challenge from the most famous name in American politics, an epic showdown between Massachusetts Sen. Ted Kennedy and the incumbent ...
Edward Kennedy of Massachusetts for the 1980 Democratic presidential nomination, was crushed by GOP nominee Ronald Reagan in the general election, with the former California governor sweeping 44 ...