Describe a Republican who voted for Walter Mondale in 1984

[Blow by blow, the passion dies]

I'd say a northeastern Yankee moderate

[Pivaru]

A Rockefeller republican type from New England who voted for Anderson in 1980 and followed his endorsement in 1984.

[darklordoftech]

Someone who switched parties in 1980 but forgot to change their registration.

[TransfemmeGoreVidal]

Jacob Javitz probably, also a single issue isolationist perhaps.

[US Politics Fanatic]

Someone who was a minor actor in Hollywood in the 1950s. Had big ambitions. He was told he would get a major role in a movie but at the last moment they went for another actor named Ronald Reagan. Then, he never made it, left Hollywood and became a republican small business owner. Couldn't bring himself to vote for Reagan because he blamed Reagan for his failures in acting. Voted for Anderson in 1980 because he was less liberal than Carter and then Mondale in 1984.

[Vice President Christian Man]

America First Populist who later went for Perot

[OSR stands with Israel]

Jacob Javitz probably, also a single issue isolationist perhaps.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1986/03/08/former-senator-jacob-javits-is-dead-at-81/f86e8a21-6461-431c-b766-f20dcc942401/

He supported Reagan twice

But he continued to think and make his views known on politics and public affairs. He organized his library at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. He spoke out in favor of a nuclear freeze and a nonmilitary solution to the problems of Central America. He supported Ronald Reagan in 1980 and again in 1984.

[TransfemmeGoreVidal]

Jacob Javitz probably, also a single issue isolationist perhaps.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1986/03/08/former-senator-jacob-javits-is-dead-at-81/f86e8a21-6461-431c-b766-f20dcc942401/

He supported Reagan twice

But he continued to think and make his views known on politics and public affairs. He organized his library at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. He spoke out in favor of a nuclear freeze and a nonmilitary solution to the problems of Central America. He supported Ronald Reagan in 1980 and again in 1984.

I stand corrected then, I guess party loyalty trumped ideology for him.

[OSR stands with Israel]

Jacob Javitz probably, also a single issue isolationist perhaps.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1986/03/08/former-senator-jacob-javits-is-dead-at-81/f86e8a21-6461-431c-b766-f20dcc942401/

He supported Reagan twice

But he continued to think and make his views known on politics and public affairs. He organized his library at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. He spoke out in favor of a nuclear freeze and a nonmilitary solution to the problems of Central America. He supported Ronald Reagan in 1980 and again in 1984.

I stand corrected then, I guess party loyalty trumped ideology for him.

Reagan still did really good with North Eastern Republicans in 1984 as other than 1972 it was the best Republican performance there since Eisenhower so it’s not really that surprising .

1988 is really when they started shifting and 1992 is when it became really evident

[President Johnson]

Pete McCloskey maybe? He didn't officially become a Democrat until 2007.

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A Rockefeller republican type from New England

You sort of have this one backwards. I had a relative who voted Republican except if they were divorced. So she didn't vote for Rockefeller, and probably wouldn't have voted for Reagan.

[All Along The Watchtower]

A Minnesota moderate.

[Schiff for Senate]

A Rockefeller republican type from New England who voted for Anderson in 1980 and followed his endorsement in 1984.

This. The counties that flipped blue in 1984 help show what kind of person this could be - if they’re in, say, suburban NorCal, they’re probably a typical “Rockefeller Republican.” Whereas if they’re in rural IA - a tremendous number of counties there flipped Democratic in 1984 - they’re angry about the farm crisis.