Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - A 1980, Reagan ya lashe zaben shugaban kasa na Republican kuma ya kayar da shugaban kasa, Jimmy Carter. A lokacin da yake da shekaru a lokacin da ya fara zama
, Reagan shi ne mutum mafi tsufa da ya dauki shugabancin Amurka, bambancin da ya yi har zuwa 2017, lokacin da aka rantsar da Donald Trump a shekara ta. Reagan ya fuskanci tsohon mataimakin shugaban kasa Walter Mondale lokacin da ya sake yin zabe a 1984 kuma ya kayar da shi, ya lashe kuri'un kuri'un da aka zaɓa daga kowane shugaban Amurka, 525, ko 97.6% na kuri'u 538 a cikin Majalisa. Ya kasance na biyu mafi yawan zaɓen shugaban ƙasa a cikin tarihin Amurka na zamani bayan nasarar Franklin D. Roosevelt a 1936 a kan Alf Landon, wanda ya lashe kashi 98.5%, ko 523, na (a lokacin) 531 kuri'un zaɓe.