Arbitrage1980
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« on: August 18, 2020, 03:14:44 PM » |
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Reagan won CA by ~16 points in both 1980 and 1984, despite improving his national PV margin from +9.7 to +18.2. Reagan thus underperformed in CA in 1984. The state was still Republican back then, but it looks like we begin to see the seeds of its future evolution during the Reagan presidency. What happened? There weren't that many Latinos and Asians in the state in the 80s, and the aerospace & defense industry in southern California was still strong (most of its employees were Republican).
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