Taught contestants from different democratic parties characterized the 1980 election during the start of the campaign season. The Iran crisis was on the rise. This made America experience a wrenching episode of decreased economic growth with high inflation. The interest rates were also on the rise.
This, therefore, led to discomfort both in foreign and domestic affairs. The nation was headed toward the wrong direction, and it was difficult to predict the winner president because carter was blamed of many problems specifically the hostage of Iran.