Were you a Reagan Democrat?

[Senior citizen]

Did you know any Reagan Democrats?

I've always wondered how people could vote a straight Democratic ticket except for the top slot.

And I've never felt comfortably certain that they did.


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[Bandit]

1. I must admit I was fooled the first time

Not the second time though. Inflation was through the roof and Carter just couldn't seem to get a handle on it. Reagan did manage to bring inflation in check.

[Momof1]

2. My mom is a registered Dem, but

She voted for Reagan because of the gas prices, and the hostages.

And she voted for * cause Clinton got a blowjob.

[NMDemDist2]

3. not on your life, i watched him destroy California b4 he went to DC eom

[Bunny]

4. Nope. At the time, I considered him the anti-Christ.

Little did I know Shrub was warming up in the bullpen.

[Waverley_Hills_Hiker]

5. My granddad voted for Anderson, my partner for Reagan, me for Commoner.

Yeppers...my first presidential vote was for a third party candidate, Barry Commoner.

For some odd reason my partner, who was druggy latino street queen at the time, voted for Reagan.

[David__77]

8. Yikes!

How strange. I have read about the Citizen's Party campaign. I really wish that Kennedy had defeated Carter in '80. I think he would have been president for two terms.

[Waverley_Hills_Hiker]

18. well, that was the LAST time I voted third party.

....had enough of that nonsense.

[charlie]

25. Heh. Me too.

My first vote, same election. Pulled the lever for...... Ed Clark, Libertarian. Crapped my pants when Reagan won.

[tabasco]

6. Hell no!

I handed out flyers for Hubert Humphrey when I was 12 years old and I would NEVER vote for the party of greed and selfishness.

[ScreamingMeemie]

7. Too young, too young, my first vote was 88, and it certainly wasn't

a Republican vote. ;)

No, I personally know no Reagan Democrats, unless friends are fibbing.

[wryter2000]

9. Hell no

And I don't know any Reagan Democrats, either. My husband voted for Raygun the first time, but he wasn't a Democrat. He wasn't even a liberal. He sure is now, though. On both counts.

[denverbill]

10. Actually, I was a Carter Republican.

I voted in the Republican primaries in 1980. When nutjob Reagan won the nomination, with his insane notion that cutting taxes would increase government revenue, I turned Democratic. I've voted for Democrats for President ever since.

[bossfish]

17. I really liked Carter...

He was prez when I was a teenager and interested in post-Nixon politics. He's an intelligent, hard-working, kind man.

He was honest. The nation faced big changes in energy. President Carter asked us to turn off the lights when we leave the room and to put a sweater on if you were cold.

Like having my Grandmother as President. She would have been a great one.

[RebelOne]

11. No, never voted for him.

I hated the SOB.

[CBHagman]

12. No, no, a thousand times no!

One of the things I'm proudest of is never having voted for Reagan. I did vote for Gerald Ford (but then again, I had just turned 18, and besides, Ford had a moderate image) but supported Carter the next time out.

By the way, when I was in Europe during the '80s, I got sick of having to respond to the Europeans' vociferous complaints about Reagan. I did not meet one person -- not even one -- who had a positive or even a neutral view of Ronald Reagan. So much for improving the U.S. image abroad, the pride being back, morning in America, and all that.

[displacedtexan]

13. No. Never. I thought he was an evil idiot.

Come to find out, he was an evil idiot with a terrible illness.

[spanone]

14. Hell No.

[bossfish]

15. Hell no

I'm a Californian. I was too young to vote in 1980. I was at the polling place about 7:30am in 1984 to vote against him.

[Wind Dancer]

16. No, couldn't stand the man!

[ElsewheresDaughter]

19. hell no!

[Jim Warren]

20. We never could understand that one.

But I grew up in a family where Gramps was a socialist, Dad a union organizer.

Not sure if many remember but he had a radio commentary program in the early '70s, sponsored by GE btw, that was a precurser to rabid RW talk radio and mouthed "conservative" talking points.

We thought then, correctly, he was pimping a following toward a run at politics and it was common in our house to refer to him as Ray-Guns.

[sandnsea]

21. oh god no

I actually thought Carter's energy ideas were exactly right, I wish we'd followed them. As well as his foreign policy and more peaceful approach to the world. But there were alot of dumb puppies in 1980 who didn't understand a Republican is a Republican, just like there's alot of dumb puppies who lapped it up in 2000. I don't know when this country will learn.

[Arugula Latte]

22. Reagan turned me into a proud liberal

I was 14 when that monstrosity became president. I was so revolted. That was my first political awakening. I used to fight with my Repub. friend on lunchtime freshman year. My second awakening came when chimp stole the election in 2000.

Reagan makes me vomit.

[union_maid]

23. Never!

I was amazed that he became a serious candidate. I thought he was the worst president we'd had and that he did incredible damage to the country. I didn't think it could get worse that Reagan in this nation. As it turns out, he wasn't anywhere near the bottom of the barrel.

[R3dD0g]

24. No.

The only time I've voted for a Repub presidential candidate was in the '76 primary. Voted for Ford 'cause I was scared shitless (rightly so) of Raygun.

My neighbor in '80, union shop steward, became a filthy Repuke because of Raygun.

I'll be dancing when that evil old bastard finally kicks off.

[bobbieinok]

26. in 1980 I helped get IA dems to vote - altho I knew most would for Reagan

it was really sick - hoped some would vote dem, but could tell most were for Raygun - also most were for repealing IA legislature's passage of agreement to an Equal Rights Amendment to the US constitution

[Speck Tater]

27. I voted for him for GOV but not for PRES.

I was young, impressionable, and politically indifferent when he came to my workplace a shook all our hands while campaigning for governor. So I voted for him because I didn't really know any better.

[Sporadicus]

28. I Didn't Vote for Reagan - Will Never Vote for a Repuke

I also stand by my assertion that Jimmy Carter was a good president. If not for the arms-for-hostages debacle, Carter could have been elected to a second term. I also refuse to give Reagan credit for singlehandedly whupping the 'Evil Empire.'