1980 Vice Presidential Campaign
The John Anderson—Patrick Lucey presidential ticket received 5,719,850 vote for 6.6 percent of the total vote in the 1980 presidential election, despite a 25% showing in early polls by Anderson and a spirited televised debate between Anderson and Ronald Reagan.
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