My only concern about comparing Trump to Reagan is Reagan had been in politics before the 1980 election, having run in 1976 and been governor of California. What I don’t know is if Trump has the type of behind-the-scenes political ground game to get out the vote on the national level. I guess we’re going to have to wait and find out.
Despite his experience, there was still a lot of uncertainty about and distrust of Reagan (of course, fueled by the MSM) in 1980.
I'm really comparing the election dynamics of this year to 1980. Personally, I'm not convinced at all that Trump is the second coming of Reagan in terms of politics or leadership. I hope Trump is elected and I'm pleasantly surprised. In terms of political leadership, the gap between Reagan and everyone that followed him is huge, so Trump has a big landing area to be an improvement over what we've had in the last 28 years.
I think it’s because he has never been an elected official that makes him appealing to a lot of voters.