The year was 1980, when one in four Democrats voted Republican. They soon became known as Reagan Democrats.
It was not until 1984, when Reagan won an even larger landslide victory against Walter Mondale and expanded Republican identification to 35 percent of the electorate from 28 percent in 1980, that one could say these disaffected Democrats became Reagan loyalists. They were voting for Reagan more than they were voting against Mondale.
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And then after Reagan's massive 1984 win, the 1988 election is far closer.
Many people who identified themselves as Democrats voted for Reagan and voted democrat again in 1988. To be shocked that Perry did the same as thousands of others is consistent with many conservative leaning democrats of that time.
An “aide” says. I don’t believe it. I state that it is an outright falsehood that is part of Perry’s attempts to misrepresent his past liberal affiliations. Willard did the same exact thing. We fully well know liberal/RINO politicians LIE when it suits them.
Again, how do you explain away this “Conservative”’s support for Socialist Al Gore, who opposed Reagan’s agenda ? Giuliani ? It doesn’t pass the smell test.