@article {article427, title = {October surprise: How Carter missed his 1981 re-election}, author = {Vappala Balachandran}, journal = {Foundation of The Billion Press}, date = 2023-03-30, year = 2023, url = https://www.thebillionpress.org/columns/international/october-surprise-how-carter-missed-his-1981-re-election-427, Abstract = {On March 18, 2023 The New York Times published a story “A Four Decade Secret: One man’s story of Carter’s re-election”. The story set off a flurry of reports all over America on the ninety nine-year-old former US President Jimmy Carter who had announced on February 18, 2023} }