What contributed to carter's defeat in 1980? excessive inflation and the iran hostage crisis. the camp david accord and egypt-israel situation. how he handled the draft evaders of the vietnam war. the way he handled the cold war was ineffective?

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excessive inflation and the iran hostage crisis.

Carter was criticised for showing lack of expertise in dealing with the problem of stagflation that had bedevilled the USA during the 1970's. He was also criticised for failing in foreign policy and especially the Iran hostage crisis.