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- CWA Leading the Way Mondale '84 Button, 1984 - Organized labor leaders strongly backed Walter Mondale's presidential run in 1984. The AFL-CIO endorsed Mondale before the primaries began, and Mondale eventually won the Democratic nomination. In the general election, Mondale won the votes of a majority of union members, but his Republican opponent, incumbent President Ronald Reagan, chipped away many rank-and-file members on the way to a landslide victory.
- 1984
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CWA Leading the Way Mondale '84 Button, 1984
Organized labor leaders strongly backed Walter Mondale's presidential run in 1984. The AFL-CIO endorsed Mondale before the primaries began, and Mondale eventually won the Democratic nomination. In the general election, Mondale won the votes of a majority of union members, but his Republican opponent, incumbent President Ronald Reagan, chipped away many rank-and-file members on the way to a landslide victory.
- CWA for Carter Mondale Button, 1980 - Inflation and an energy crisis had dogged President Jimmy Carter's years in office, and a year-long hostage crisis in Iran at the end of his term seemed irreconcilable. In the 1980 general election, Carter faced Ronald Reagan, the conservative Republican nominee. On election day, the public chose Reagan and his optimistic vision of America over the seemingly overwhelmed president.
- 1980
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CWA for Carter Mondale Button, 1980
Inflation and an energy crisis had dogged President Jimmy Carter's years in office, and a year-long hostage crisis in Iran at the end of his term seemed irreconcilable. In the 1980 general election, Carter faced Ronald Reagan, the conservative Republican nominee. On election day, the public chose Reagan and his optimistic vision of America over the seemingly overwhelmed president.