Summary: In dire economic times, Bill Clinton and Ronald Reagan won the White House by painting their incumbent opponents as being out of touch. MIT historian Meg Jacobs examines the impact of economic issues during election years by looking at both the 1992 and 1980 contests. http://www.pbs.org/amex/presidents Voices: Meg Jacobs, historian Bill Clinton (archival), presidential candidate Richard Norton Smith, historian Ronald Reagan (archival), presidential candidate Edwin Meese, chief of staff to Governor Reagan, 1969-74 Jimmy Carter (archival), president Walter Mondale, vice-president Miles Neff, podcast narration Produced by: Ravi Jain Director of New Media: Maria Daniels American Experience is produced by WGBH Boston. Major funding for American Experience is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. Major corporate funding is provided by Liberty Mutual. Additional funding is provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and by public television viewers.
