Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Kukakavadzana kuviri kwemutungamiri wenyika kwakaitwa, asi Carter akaramba kutora chikamu kana Anderson aibatanidzwa, saka gakava rokutanga raive pakati paReagan naAnderson chete. Vhiki rimwe zuva resarudzo risati rasvika, imwe nhaurirano yakarongwa pakati paPurezidhendi Carter naReagan; Anderson haana kukokwa. Pazuva resarudzo, Ronald Reagan akahwina sarudzo nechisarudzo chakakunda 51% muzana yemavhoti akakurumbira nemavhoti 489 evavhoti kuna mavhoti 49 evavhoti vaCarter. Pazera remakore 69, Reagan akanga ari iye munhu mukuru pane vose vakambokwikwidza musarudzo yemutungamiri wenyika asi vasati vava musarudzo iyi. Purezidhendi Carter akamugamuchira muWhite House pana November 20, 1980. Akagadzwa
musi waJanuary 20, 1981.