So Reagan has almost beaten Ford four years earlier. So who wins Iowa? 80. I would assume he would have just owned it there. You would assume, but you would assume incorrectly. The winner of Iowa in 1980 was George Herbert Walker Bush with 32%. Reagan got 30. So it's still tight. It was tight. But again, so that's two elections in a row, 76 and 80. The more moderate candidate beat the more conservative candidate in Iowa. (05:16–05:24)
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Asserts that George H.W. Bush won the 1980 Iowa caucus with 32%, beating Ronald Reagan.
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