I think we live in a more partisan America than we did in 1980 and 1984. Back then there were still a lot of Scoop Jackson Democrats. I’m not saying that a Republican can’t get the votes of moderate Dems. It sure is harder though.
No, I would not disagree with that at all. It's measures more partisan than it was. It's also considerably "darker" today, than it was back then, and that complicates things as well.