Editing Jerry Brown (section)

===1980 presidential election===
{{Main|1980 Democratic Party presidential primaries}}
[[File:Jerry Brown, 1980.jpg|thumb|Brown in 1980|upright=1]]
In 1980, Brown challenged Carter for renomination. The press had anticipated his candidacy ever since he won re-election as governor in 1978 over the Republican [[Evelle Younger]] by 1.3 million votes, the largest margin in California history. But Brown had trouble gaining traction in both fundraising and polling for the presidential nomination. This was widely believed to be because of the more prominent candidate Senator [[Ted Kennedy]] of [[Massachusetts]]. Brown's 1980 platform, which he declared to be the natural result of combining [[Buckminster Fuller]]'s visions of the future and [[E. F. Schumacher]]'s theory of "[[Buddhist economics]]", was much expanded from 1976. His "era of limits" slogan was replaced by a promise to, in his words, "Protect the Earth, serve the people, and explore the universe".

Three main planks of his platform were a call for a [[constitutional convention (political meeting)|constitutional convention]] to ratify the [[Balanced Budget Amendment]]; a promise to increase funds for the [[space program]] as a "first step in bringing us toward a solar-powered space [[space-based solar power|satellite to provide solar energy]] for this planet";<ref>{{cite news|last=Rood|first=W.B.|date=September 26, 1979|title=Brown proposes $2 billion revival of space program|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|page=B9|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/651211032.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130411161506/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/651211032.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 11, 2013|quote=He called it the 'first step in bringing us toward a solar-powered space satellite to provide solar energy for this planet.'}}</ref> and, in the wake of the 1979 [[Three Mile Island accident]], opposition to [[nuclear power]]. On the subject of the [[1979 energy crisis]], Brown decried the "[[deal with the Devil|Faustian bargain]]" that he claimed Carter had entered into with the [[oil industry]], and declared that he would greatly increase federal funding of research into [[solar power]]. He endorsed the idea of mandatory non-military [[national service]] for the nation's youth. He suggested that the [[United States Defense Department|Defense Department]] cut back on support troops while beefing up the number of combat troops.

Brown opposed Kennedy's call for [[universal health care|universal]] [[national health insurance]] and opposed Carter's call for an employer mandate to provide catastrophic private health insurance labeling it socialist.<ref name="Brown health plan">{{cite news|last=Kempster|first=Norman|date=November 11, 1979|title=Brown calls opponents' health insurance programs part of a 'medical arms race'|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|page=A4|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/647930002.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI|quote=As an alternative, the governor suggested a program of tax credits as a 'wellness incentive' for people who do not smoke or otherwise damage their own health. He admitted that he had not worked out all of the details of such a plan, but he promised to offer the specifics later. Arguing that most illness is caused by occupational hazards, environmental pollution, and bad habits, Brown said 'Those who abuse their bodies should not abuse the rest of us by taking our tax dollars.'|access-date=July 6, 2017|archive-date=April 11, 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130411171108/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/647930002.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI|url-status=dead}}<br />{{cite news|last=Claffey|first=Charles E.|date=November 11, 1979|title=Brown's health plan outlined at Harvard|newspaper=The Boston Globe|page=1|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/boston/access/1994161312.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI|quote=He also would expand such unorthodox medical procedures as acupuncture and midwifery.|access-date=July 6, 2017|archive-date=April 11, 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130411161727/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/boston/access/1994161312.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI|url-status=dead}}</ref> As an alternative, he suggested a program of tax credits for those who do not smoke or otherwise damage their health, saying: "Those who abuse their bodies should not abuse the rest of us by taking our tax dollars."<ref name="Brown health plan"/> Brown also called for expanding the use of [[acupuncture]] and [[midwifery]].<ref name="Brown health plan"/>

As Brown's campaign began to attract more members of what some more conservative commentators described as "the fringe", including activists like [[Jane Fonda]], [[Tom Hayden]], and [[Jesse Jackson]], his polling numbers began to suffer. Brown received only 10 percent of the vote in the [[New Hampshire primary]], and he was soon forced to announce that his decision to remain in the race would depend on a good showing in the [[Wisconsin]] primary. Although he had polled well there throughout the primary season, an attempt to film a live speech in [[Madison, Wisconsin|Madison]], the state's capital, into a [[special effects]]-filled, 30-minute commercial (produced and directed by [[Francis Ford Coppola]]) was disastrous.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=LoQwAAAAIBAJ&pg=3829,2892425&dq=jerry-brown+francis-ford-coppola+commercial |title= Jerry Brown Francis Ford Coppola Comercial|format=Search Result|access-date=November 18, 2010}}</ref>