Statistics

Question 1

Electoral College votes

Answer 1

489

Question 2

How many air traffic controllers did Reagan fire?

Answer 2

13,000

Question 3

Deficit statistics

Answer 3

1980- $59 billion

1983- $208 billion

Question 4

How much did the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery and Enforcement Act cost?

Answer 4

$150 billion

Question 5

How much did the administration cut funding for low-cost housing?

Answer 5

1978- $30 billion

1988- $9 billion

Question 6

What happened to the average mortgage debt 1980-1987?

Answer 6

Increased by 30%

Question 7

What happened to rate of foreclosure 1980-87?

Answer 7

Quadrupled

Question 8

How did unemployment in California in 1987 compare to the national average?

Answer 8

5.6% compared to 7.8%

Question 9

What percentage of new businesses were in the Eastern states?

Answer 9

75%

Question 10

What percentage of new jobs were in the Eastern states?

Answer 10

60%

Question 11

Presidential debate viewing figures

Answer 11

1960- 70 million
1970s- 60 million
1980- 80 million
1984- 67.5 million
1988- 65 million
1992- 70 million
1996- 36.3 million 

Bear in mind that television ownership is increasingly all throughout this period, and yet viewing figures either stagnate or fall.

Question 12

How much did Reagan say government departments would have to reduce their travel expenses by when he first assumed office?

Answer 12

15%

Question 13

How much did Reagan aim to reduce the deficit by?

Answer 13

Reduce from 22% of GNP in 1981 to 19% in 1986

Question 14

Describe tax cuts in ERTA

Answer 14

Cut marginal income tax by 23%. Reduced top rate from 70% to 50%, and bottom rate from 14% to 11%

Question 15

How much spending did OBRA propose to cut by reducing tax?

Answer 15

$35 billion

Question 16

Unemployment figures

Answer 16

1980- 7%
1983- 10%
1988- 5.5%

Bear in mind misleading statistics

Question 17

Inflation figures

Answer 17

1979- 11%
1980- 14%
1982- 6%

Question 18

Increase in billionaires

Answer 18

1981- handful
1986- 26
1988- 52

Question 19

How much did defense spending increase by?

Answer 19

23 to 28% by 1987

Question 20

How many pages did Reagan remove from the Federal Register?

Answer 20

23,000

Question 21

How much money did Reagan’s strike force combating government fraud and waste save in the first six months?

Answer 21

$2 billion

Question 22

How much money had S&Ls lost by 1988?

Answer 22

$10 billion

Question 23

How many textile workers lost their jobs between 1980 and 1985?

Answer 23

300,000

Question 24

Low-income housing crisis

Answer 24

1970- 2.4 million low-income homes available

1985- 4 million that qualified, but couldn’t move in because there were none

Question 25

How much was the Reagan administration spending on low-income housing?

Answer 25

1978- $30 billion (Carter)

1988- $9 billion

Question 26

How did federal funding available to the homeless increase?

Answer 26

1984- $300 million

1988- $1.6 billion

Question 27

How much did leisure time decrease by?

Answer 27

1973- 26 hours
1987- 16 hours

Result of removal of regulations of working conditions

Question 28

How much funding did the administration withdraw from bilingual education?

Answer 28

40%

Question 29

Farmers and subsidies

Answer 29

1980- 17% of farmers receiving 60% of the subsidiary fund

Question 30

How many farms were sold a month in Iowa in 1983?

Answer 30

500

Question 31

What percentage of the populations of Baltimore and Cleveland were living under the poverty line?

Answer 31

Well over 20%

Question 32

How many Republicans were in the House and Senate in Reagan’s first term?

Answer 32

54 in the House, 189 in the Senate

Question 33

How many Republicans were in the House and Senate during Bush’s presidency?

Answer 33

45 in the House, 175 in the Senate