Magnus did not live in the demographic winter we live in
3-4 times as many Latinos now as then and 75% vote lib
A hipster youth that votes more lib than ever although it did decline a bit in 2012
And the Reagan democrats much like Dixiecrats who went his way too ...all long dead now
It takes 62-65% of the white vote to win now....53% was a landslide in 80
A tall order given how northerners in key big electoral states vote