SingingAnalyst
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« on: May 04, 2015, 05:12:03 PM » |
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As I see it, the term "Reagan Democrat" usually means "socially conservative Democrat" (race, welfare, crime, abortion, etc.) It normally would not be used to describe someone who voted McGovern in '72 and Dukakis in '88. Even so, there were more Reagan Democrats in Massachusetts than that state's liberal reputation would suggest. Of course, Macomb County, MI is the capital of the Reagan Democrats (and with some justification, as Reagan did better in '84 than any other Republican including Nixon in '72). I think it also implies supporting Democrats at the state and local level, which Macomb County, MI generally does. (Today Macomb County has changed demographically from the 1980s; Obama carried Macomb twice).
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