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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
John Bowden

How Jimmy Carter lost his second term to Ronald Reagan

US President Jimmy Carter and his wife Rosalynn greet Ronald Reagan and wife Nancy at the 40th president’s inauguration. - (AFP/Getty)

The death of Jimmy Carter on Sunday is causing many Americans to look back at the political legacy of the nation’s 39th president.

And what is now known about how that legacy was shaped angers many in his party to this day.

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