Democratic Party presidential primaries, 1980

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Democratic Party presidential primary United States presidential primary

The 1980 Democratic Party presidential primaries were the intraparty contests in which incumbent President Jimmy Carter faced a major challenge from Senator Edward M. Kennedy for the Democratic nomination.

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Label Occurrences
1980 Democratic National Convention 1
1980 Democratic Party presidential primaries 1
Democratic Party presidential primaries, 1976 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Democratic Party presidential primary ⓘ
United States presidential primary ⓘ
context took place during a period of high inflation in the United States ⓘ
took place during the Iran hostage crisis ⓘ
conventionCity New York City ⓘ
conventionState New York ⓘ
conventionYear 1980 ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
delegateCountWinner Jimmy Carter ⓘ
electoralProcessFor Democratic Party presidential primaries, 1980 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 1980 Democratic National Convention

1980 United States presidential election ⓘ
electsDelegatesTo Democratic National Convention ⓘ
followedBy Democratic Party presidential primaries, 1980 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Democratic Party presidential primaries, 1984
follows Democratic Party presidential primaries, 1980 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Democratic Party presidential primaries, 1976
hasCandidate Edward M. Kennedy ⓘ
Jerry Brown ⓘ
Jimmy Carter ⓘ
hasChallengerCandidate Edward M. Kennedy ⓘ
hasIncumbentPresidentCandidate Jimmy Carter ⓘ
historicalReputation often cited as a major example of an incumbent president facing a serious primary challenge ⓘ
ideologicalConflict pitted Carter’s more moderate stance against Kennedy’s more liberal platform ⓘ
incumbentPresident Jimmy Carter ⓘ
location various U.S. states and territories ⓘ
majorChallenger Edward M. Kennedy ⓘ
mediaCoverage received extensive national media attention ⓘ
nominated Jimmy Carter ⓘ
nominatedForOffice President of the United States ⓘ
nomineeOutcomeInGeneralElection Jimmy Carter lost to Ronald Reagan in the 1980 United States presidential election ⓘ
notableEvent Ted Kennedy’s concession speech at the 1980 Democratic National Convention ⓘ
notableOpponent Edward M. Kennedy ⓘ
Jerry Brown ⓘ
officeContested President of the United States ⓘ
opposedIncumbentFromSameParty true ⓘ
party Democratic Party ⓘ
surface form: Democratic Party (United States)
popularVoteWinner Jimmy Carter ⓘ
primarySeasonOf 1980 Democratic Party presidential campaign ⓘ
result Jimmy Carter won the Democratic nomination ⓘ
runningMateOfNominee Walter Mondale ⓘ
significance featured a strong intraparty challenge to an incumbent president ⓘ
startTime 1980 ⓘ
typeOfElection primary election ⓘ

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Edward M. Kennedy → ranForOffice → Democratic Party presidential primaries, 1980 ⓘ
Democratic Party presidential primaries, 1980 → follows → Democratic Party presidential primaries, 1980 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Democratic Party presidential primaries, 1976
Democratic Party presidential primaries, 1980 → followedBy → Democratic Party presidential primaries, 1980 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Democratic Party presidential primaries, 1984
Democratic Party presidential primaries, 1980 → electoralProcessFor → Democratic Party presidential primaries, 1980 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1980 Democratic National Convention
Jerry Brown → candidateInElection → Democratic Party presidential primaries, 1980 ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1980 Democratic Party presidential primaries