I was only 13 when that election occurred. I was in Connecticut and the area where I grew up was heavily Democratic, white and unionized. A good many of them voted for Reagan because they felt Carter and the Democrats took their vote for granted, and of course we had a lousy national economy too. All this sound familiar? The similiar events are happening today. I won’t predict a similiar election for Trump. The nation’s demographics have changed quite a bit since 1980 so states like Colorado and New Mexico are now Democratic leaning states because of the Latino vote, when they were in the past solidly Republican. It is white working class Americans mostly in the Rust Belt who will play a big part in this election. They are being ignored again by the Democratic Party and will vote in significant numbers for Trump.
Did you watch the Farage speech? Do it!
Trump introduces Farage at time: 1:08:00 into the clip. Don't miss Nigel, a great speaker.
Trump with Farage, Jackson, Miss., 24 Aug/16
TRUMP/Pence--2016
“Democratic Party”
It’s Democrat.
Democrat party.
I may have to revise it since I think Trump will end up taking NV and CO. I put VA and CT as a tossup but those may move into the Trump column as well by election day. It will be interesting to see if he can pull off a CA victory as well. I pretty well wrote it off but I've underestimated Trump before as have the media and his primary opponents.