See Carter, Jimmy for further clarification
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Were they bussing thousands and thousands of illegals to battleground states in 1979?
No, but we were in line to get gas, inflation was at 12%, mortgage rates were damn near 18%,our nation was being held hostage by Iran, and our military could not find a dozen helicopters, there was no money to fix our warships and military hardware, let alone put gas in them, unemployment was in the double digits... do I need to continue?
Reagan took 49 states in the election.