<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Reagan" id="mw9g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Ronald Reagan">Ronald Reagan</a> is <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1980_United_States_presidential_election" id="mw9w" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="1980 United States presidential election">elected</a> as the 40th <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" id="mw-A" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="President of the United States">President of the United States</a>, defeating incumbent <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Carter" id="mw-Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Jimmy Carter">Jimmy Carter</a>.