Joe McCarthy Was Right
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« on: May 04, 2021, 11:37:28 PM » |
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I know Reagan in 1984 outperformed Nixon in Michigan. That might have actually been because Gerald Ford prevented it from trending too Democratic in 1976, and the suburban growth that was happening was a positive demographic change for the GOP at the time.
Reagan was helped in Massachusetts by some white ethnic groups assimilating and no longer identifying with the Democratic party.
Reagan did better than Nixon in heavily Mormon Utah and Idaho because his social conservative side seemed more authentic.
Carter and Mondale notably alienated voters in the western United States over their water policies.
Other than that, I don't think there were a ton of McGovern-Reagan voters. Reagan seems to have mostly just won back Nixon voters.
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