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Reagan was not about Republicanism, he was about Conservatism. He ran against a moderate sitting Republican POTUS....it was all about conservatism.

After Reagan lost the primary fight to Ford, he publicly supported Ford and one would logically assume voted for him.

I don't recall Reagan having a pity party and voting for a single issue candidate.

I'm a conservative, not a republican. But I'm not going to throw away my vote on a general election candidate that enables the GREATER of two evils to prevail.

After Reagan lost the primary fight to Ford, he publicly supported Ford and one would logically assume voted for him. I don't recall Reagan having a pity party and voting for a single issue candidate.

Actually, Ford blamed Reagan right up to his recent death for failing to campaign for him in a couple of narrowly decided states. Ford thought that would have made the difference but he thought Reagan held back, not wanting him elected to his own term in the WH. Who knows how much this is true or not. But Ford was bitter about that and about the conservative wing of the party insisting that he dump Nelson Rockefeller as his VP. He said he regretted that the most.

Well, it's off-topic but these high-stakes politicians hold a lot of grudges and have a lot of personal issues between them. It's part of their nature but it is played out larger in their lives because they perceive the stakes as so high, given how it is covered on TV and written into history. So bitterness from pols is probably the rule, not the exception.