claim: says ronald reagan "was behind in the polls in 1980 going into the debate with jimmy carter and then turned around 10 days later and won 40 states."
author: chris christie
evidence_1: oct 1, 2012 ... "ask ronald reagan if he were around, you know, who was behind in the polls in  1980 going into the debate with jimmy carter and then turned around 10 days  later and won 40 states," christie, a republican, said at a sept. ... jimmy carter in  the polls before their 1980 debate and later won 40 states.
evidence_2: sep 15, 2015 ... with tonight's debate at the ronald reagan library in simi valley, ca., we expect  his ... "(reagan) was behind in the polls in 1980 going into the debate with jimmy  carter and then turned around 10 days later and won 40 states," ... reagan won  44 states that year, but he wasn't behind carter in all the polls.
evidence_3: reagan said of carter's refusal to debate: "he [carter] knows that he ... and at the  time of the debate was over 10%, dropped to about 5% soon after. ... he started  off by criticizing carter: "governor reagan is not responsible for ... with two  weeks to go to the election, the reagan campaign decided ...
evidence_4: reagan's boys called jimmy carter a weanie and a wuss ... of cameras, went  begging like a coward cockroach to .... now you're going to pray in school ...  about him was much more respectful after reykjavik than before ... a very  conservative republican can't win in a national election.
evidence_5: the presidency of ronald reagan began on january 20, 1981, when ronald  reagan was inaugurated as the 40th president of the united states, and ended  on january 20, 1989. ... reagan's 1980 election resulted from a dramatic  conservative shift to the right in ... 10 evaluation and legacy; 11 see also; 12  references.