Jimmy Carter Must Go

Jimmy Carter Must Go Political Button Museum
Category
Political
Additional Images
Jimmy Carter Must Go button back Political Button Museum
Text on Button 1980 JIMMY CARTER MUST GO! GET IN LINE TO VOTE REPUBLICAN THE FOOL OF BIG OIL INFLATION IS KILLING US AMERICA'S 200th ANNIVERSARY PLUS 4 YRS. OF STUPIDITY UNEMPLOYMENT FOR MANY
Image Description

Yellow text on a green background.  Green text inside yellow ring.
Curl Text Created by Dutchess Advt. Spec. Rt. 376 Poughkeepsie, N.Y. 12603
Back Style
Locking pin
The Shape
Circle
The Size
2 1/2 inch
Year / Decade Made
1980
1980s
The Manufacturer
Dutchess Advertising
Additional Information

The 1980 United States presidential election was a race between front-runner Ronald Reagan and incumbent president Jimmy Carter. “Carter Must Go” was a phrase used in promoting the Republican party, and the button seen here blatantly expresses qualms republican's had with decisions made during Carter’s presidency. Many republican advertisements didn’t promote a republican candidate, but rather presented a vote of no confidence in the current leadership at the time. Reagan went on to win the presidency in a landslide. 
Sources

Hibbs, D. A. Jr. (1982). President Reagan's mandate from the 1980 elections: a shift to the right? American Politics Quarterly, 10, 387-420. Retrieved from http://web.csulb.edu/~astevens/posc420/files/hibbs.html
Catalog ID PO0849