[muawiyah]

With a far leftwingtard like Mitt in there the union guys will just not vote at the top of the ticket this time.

There's nothing moderate about the left. They're all quite sociopathic.

[cripplecreek]

Wiki actually has a pretty decent description of Reagan democrats. I don't think you'll find the same in exactly that area but there are still a lot of union members around the state who feel the same. I know my neighbor voted for Santorum and believes as I do that Santorum's idea of eliminating the tax on manufacturing is an immediate job creator.

The work of Democratic pollster Stan Greenberg is a classic study of Reagan Democrats. Greenberg analyzed white ethnic voters (largely unionized auto workers) in Macomb County, Michigan, just north of Detroit. The county voted 63 percent for John F. Kennedy in 1960, but 66 percent for Reagan in 1980. He concluded that "Reagan Democrats" no longer saw Democrats as champions of their working class aspirations, but instead saw them as working primarily for the benefit of others: the very poor, feminists, the unemployed, African Americans, Latinos, and other groups. In addition, Reagan Democrats enjoyed gains during the period of economic prosperity that coincided with the Reagan administration following the "malaise" of the Carter administration. They also supported Reagan's strong stance on national security and opposed the 1980s Democratic Party on such issues as pornography, crime, and high taxes.