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Jimmy Carter was swept into office because he was an outsider and an every man who promised to never lie to the American people, and he appealed to a public disgusted by the Watergate scandal. He offered hope and honesty and was the polar opposite to Nixon. His presidency was one of malaise, however, with things such as a continuing recession, rising crime rate and infrastructural decay in America, an energy crisis and the Iran hostage crisis. Carter also lost the evangelicals by refusing to overtly make religion influence government; a factor that cost him their support and lead them to go over to Ronald Reagan in 1980.

The challenge here is to salvage the Carter presidency and manage to get him elected in 1980.
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