Button, Presidential Debate, 1980
date: label: date made
content: 1980
label: Associated Date
content: September 21, 1980
name: label: referenced
content: Reagan, Ronald Wilson
label: referenced
content: Anderson, John B.
label: referenced
content: Baltimore Convention Center
label: referenced
content: League of Women Voters
notes: label: Description
content: The firstt presidential debate in 1980 included only Republican nominee Ronald Reagan and independent candidate John Anderson. (Anderson had met the 15% in the polls qualifying mark set by the League of Women Voters, the debate sponsor.) The empty chair on this button represented President Jimmy Carter, the Democratic nominee. Carter refused to participate saying an independent candidate didn’t deserve to share the national stage.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Associated Place
content: United States: Maryland, Baltimore
topic: label: general subject association
content: Elections
label: general subject association
content: Presidential Candidates
label: general subject association
content: Political Campaigns
label: general subject association
content: Women's History
label: general subject association
content: Republican Party
label: general subject association
content: Buttons, Badges, Ribbons
label: classified
content: Campaign Debates
label: related event
content: Presidential Campaign of 1980
setName: label: See more items in
content: Political History: Political History, Campaign Collection
label: See more items in
content: Government, Politics, and Reform
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2018.0134.01
label: accession number
content: 2018.0134
label: catalog number
content: 2018.0134.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: button, campaign
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: beige (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 in; 7.62 cm