My History Can Beat Up Your Politics

My History Can Beat Up Your Politics


The Asterisk: Bush vs. Reagan in Iowa 1980

December 11, 2023

In 1980, George Bush did the impossible. He went from three percent in the polls, an asterisk in the polls, as he called himself, to defeating front-runner Ronald Reagan in the Iowa caucuses. The issue: electability, moderation, and age. The event upse