Say what you will about his impact in office - but I genuinely believe Carters' loss to Reagan is one of the defining moments of the country.

Landslide loss in electoral votes - modest loss of popular vote. In my opinion - largely because Carter angered his own party by taking relatively sane and nuanced stances on complex issues, with a very forward looking attitude. (TLDR - he was undermining the American Military-Indutrial complex, which is great for the American people, but bad for business)

Regardless of his impact in politics - Carter is one of the few presidents I find it very hard to not respect, even if for nothing but his efforts after his presidency.

Reagan deserves to rot in hell. What a trash pit of a man. He did basically entire the opposite of Carter - Cut non-military spending, increased military spending, undermined the EPA, led directly to the S&L crisis with cuts to regulation on finance, tried to enforce an anti-abortion federal law, tried to overturn desegregation laws, started the war on drugs, on and on and on.

The man should go down as literally one of the worst things to ever happen to the US (so far - the same group is angling to get back into power today in the republican party).