Mr Reagan who won 51% of the popular votes and 489 of the electors’ votes on November, 4 1980 was elected as the 40th President of the United States. In terms of the States voting for the candidates, Mr. Reagan carried a total of forty-four States, whereas Mr. Carter carried six States only. The Republican candidate, Mr. Regan, thus won a land-slide victory beyond the anticipation of previous forecasters. The consensus of opinion seem to indicate that Carter’s defeat could be attributable to his maladministration and his failure to provide an effective solution to problems pending at the time of election, essentially for (1) continuous inflation; (2)mounting unemployment; (3)fifty-two Americans held as hostages in Iran over a year. A slight relation over Mr. Cater’s political deeds during his term of office demonstrates that the tended towards idealism to inculcate, so to speck, a “new spirit” on the American people, and to promote morality to condemn secret democracy. He once endeavored to foster the so-called human rights diplomacy. Throughout his tenure as President, however, he failed most fatally in all his ideals as, for instances, he himself was later engaged in secret diplomacy, and did not deal squarely with violations of human rights among nations. As compared with Mr. Carter, Reagan was for more pragmatic to approach contemporary problems, with which a vast majority of the American voters are concerned. In domestic politics, he preferred a more liberal and yet traditional economic policy, to intervene the least with private enterprises. He was opposed to Carter’s setting up of the problem. As to inflation, Mr. Reagan voiced his opposition to Carter’s policy to increasingly levy taxes as the only means to meet the government needs. On the contrary, Reagan proposed more savings and more in vestment, coupled with an effective impetus to production. Above all, he took firm stand, designed to alleviate the tax burden of the people, and to reduce wastes whatever possible. These policy appeals prove effective, as attested by the general approval of the American people. His rosy promises were thought real, because Reagan once tried with success, when he wad Governor of the State of California. In foreign policy, he laid emphasis on his firm stand against the soviet Russia. He said that his foreign policy would be reinforced by adequate force. He scorned the Carter’s policy of d?tente, which served only to relax the vigilance of the free world at the expense of her allies. As a result, the Soviet Russia and the Communist countries had reaped the profit of the erroneous policy of the United States, ensuing in the aggrandizement of their power. The above was only some highlights of Mr. Reagan’s strategy. Suffice it here to say that his pragmatic approach far outweights Carter’s policy, whose stand was extremely feeble to such an extent as few would again lend him their confidence. Mr. Reagan scored his victory at a time when the prestige of the United States was at eh lowest ebb.