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« Reply #25 on: June 16, 2020, 09:40:19 PM »

I would say the all time Republican low point for the GOP was 1932-1938 and second was 1964-1966

Depends on how you look at it, I suppose. In the early/mid 1960s, it was a low point for the GOP in the Senate for sure, but the House and states, it wasn't as bad as the 1970s, and early-mid 80s with the states:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Party_divisions_of_United_States_Congresses
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_party_strength_in_U.S._states

Democrats held large majorities in Congress for longer during the Nixon backlash right up to 1980. And the GOP's position in state legislatures was absolutely terrible from 1974 -> 1992. They got hit with two huge waves back to back because of Nixon. It takes time to undo that damage.

It's just a bit trickier because Reagan was undeniably a sign of the country moving towards Republican rule, but that would come later. While he was president, he was basically like a boot on the neck of state-level Republicans, who like Democrats under Obama would have a hard time clawing back power until Republicans stopped occupying the White House.
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« Reply #26 on: June 18, 2020, 11:26:04 AM »

Donald Trump isn't exactly Gerald Ford, a kindly, decent, smart man who respected protocol and precedent... but just didn't know how to run a Presidential campaign in 1976.

Agree with you on everything except ? on Ford's 1976 presidential campaign.  It may have been the best losing campaign in electoral history.  He fought off a furious charge from Ronald Reagan for the nomination, cut a 33 point deficit down to 2 in November, and came within 7,000 votes each in Ohio and Hawaii to win the whole thing.  He picked up significant independent support to make it very close, as the Republican Party was literally at a low point in 1976.

"The State of the Union is not good" remains one of the most memorable and powerful quotes in SOTU history, IMO.  Can't imagine the pressure on Ford to speak in front of an angry and disillusioned nation, still reeling from Vietnam, Watergate, and the oil crisis.  

Ford was a good man who was unexpectedly elevated to the Presidency during a difficult time, and did his best.  I quite liked him after getting over my initial anger at his pardon of Nixon (as a young Republican at the time, I felt that Nixon had betrayed both the country and the party, although I later came to believe Ford's decision was understandable).  I voted for him in '76 - my first Presidential vote.

My dad turned 18 in 1976 and he voted for Ford. Ford is the last Republican President I would have considered voting for. He then voted for Reagan in 1980 because of the economy and then flipped to Mondale in 1984 also because of the economy. He got out of the Air Force in 1982 and the economy was terrible here in the Midwest in the mid-80s.

Y'all old as hell by dad was 6 years old in 1976 and my mom was 2 years old.

My dad was born in 1958, my mom was born in 1960, and I was born in 1995.
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