Stevenson 1952/Reagan 1984 voter

[UWS]

Can you describe a voter like this?

[Independents for Nihilism]

Certainly not uncommon in the south

[Blow by blow, the passion dies]

Dixiecrat

[Podgy the Bear]

Plenty of Catholic, ethnic, union voters--basically the Reagan Democrats.

[darklordoftech]

The majority of segregationists who were still alive in 1984.

[Sumner 1868]

Plenty of Catholic, ethnic, union voters--basically the Reagan Democrats.

A few but not as many as people might think. Ike did really well with crossing over northeastern Catholic voters - especially in 1956 - and Ike-Mondale voters were almost certainly more common. Note Eisenhower remains the only two-term Republican to win Rhode Island both times since the Depression.