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« on: August 17, 2020, 11:37:24 PM » |
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A similar thing happened to Republicans in the 1980's.
Low commodity prices cause rural areas to look to the Government for support. Republicans at the time found their based with suburban ficons who opposed government intervention and wanted to cut gov't spending. This was true in the 1950s as much as it was in the 1980s, though the geography would shift some, the same dynamic was in play. At the same time Republicans campaign as a "western/cowboyish" Party with Westerners on the ticket and this meant that they would do relatively well in the West as both Ike and Reagan did, but down ballot they would get butchered, especially in the midterms.
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