Ka kammala wannan magana: A shekara ta 1980, Reagan ya lashe zaben shugaban kasa na Jam'iyyar Republican kuma ya kayar da shugaban kasa, Jimmy Carter. A lokacin da yake da shekaru
A farkon rantsar da shi, Reagan shi ne mutum mafi tsufa da ya hau kujerar shugabancin Amurka, bambancin da ya yi har zuwa 2017, lokacin da aka rantsar da Donald Trump yana da shekaru. 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.