The presidency of Ronald Reagan began at noon EST on January 20, 1981, when Ronald Reagan was inaugurated as the 40th President of the United States, and ended on January 20, 1989. Reagan, a Republican from California, took office following a landslide victory over Democratic incumbent President Jimmy Carter in the 1980 presidential election. Reagan was succeeded by his Vice President, George H. W. Bush, who won the 1988 presidential election with Reagan's support. Reagan delivered an effective performance, asking voters, 'Are you better off than you were four years ago?...Is America as respected throughout the world as it was?' Though the race had been widely regarded as a close contest, Reagan won over the large majority of undecided voters.
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