Bloomington High School North, Nikean, 1981, Page 49

Description:	AElection80Election year 1980 brought some surprises along with it.John Anderson, running as an Independent, joined Democrat JimmyCarter and Republican Ronald Reagan in the race for President. IncumbentCarter and former California Governor Reagan debated each other in thedebate sponsored by the League of Women Voters.Even as late as Monday night, before election day, the election was calleda toss-up between President Carter and Ronald Reagan. On Election Day,Reagan broke loose and won by a landslide. President Carter conceded evenbefore the polls had closed on the West Coast.In another race dubbed too close to call, Dan Quayle beat incumbentBirch Bayh by a hefty margin in the Indiana Senatorial race. Quayle, aRepublican, joined fellow Republican Robert Orr in victory as Orr wonthe governatorial race over Democrat John Hillenbrand.Social Studies teachers at North taught their students about the electionin many interesting ways. The Herald-Telephone distributed an electionpacket containing many election related articles, maps, charts, etc. Also thedebate between Carter and Reagan was taped and shown to students the dayafter it was held.Perhaps the most exciting and interesting of the events was when someof the candidates themselves visited North, and talked to the students. Students themselves were even able to ask the candidates questions.Even if one was not old enough to vote in this election, that was noexcuse not to know what was going on. The media, anc North teachers aswell, saw to it that we all were well informed about this years elections.1. A voter receives some last minute campaign material before entering the polls.1 42,3,4. Campaigning plays a big role in elections. Above are some examples of how candidatesget their names known.49
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