Thanks. MSM polls had Jimmy Carter with a big summer lead over Ronald Reagan in 1980. Polls at this point are totally a reflection of media influence over the minds of the voters. (Even good polls, and this one isn’t.)
30 point lead, in fact. After the conventions. And like today, back then the spineless Republican establishment didn’t think Reagan had a chance against a sitting president. That Howard Baker or George HW Bush would’ve been the safer pick. Man, how history repeats itself!