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1966 Mid Term Election Preview- California Governor's Race ABC News
eFan2011 ^ | 11/8/66 | ABC news

Posted on 01/14/2024 11:23:02 AM PST by DallasBiff

I found this great gem today and I just had to upload this. This is a short clip from ABC's Mid Term Election Preview special on Sunday November 6th 1966. This clip is about Reagan's quest to become Governor of California. At this point, the pollsters expected Reagan to win by 4 or 5 percent, but on Election Day it was not even close. Reagan won by 15% and won all but three counties.

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; History
KEYWORDS: 1966; ronaldreagan; trump
An interesting bit of history, love the bit where, the ABC commentator, says GOP will make modest "gains", when the GOP flipped over 47 seats, and 3 seats in the Senate.

It's funny watching the video, the liberal/radical left press was terrified of Reagan, as they are of Trump now.

1 posted on 01/14/2024 11:23:02 AM PST by DallasBiff
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Rumble version to avoid using woke censorship loving commie YouTube

1966 Mid Term Election Preview- California Governor’s Race ABC News
https://rumble.com/v46zohk-1966-mid-term-election-preview-california-governors-race-abc-news.html


2 posted on 01/14/2024 11:30:54 AM PST by janetjanet998 (Legacy media including youtube are the enemy of the people and must die)
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To: DallasBiff

Notice how unfrivolous the reporting was then.

News magazines were the same way, with almost no photos or celebrities, and in newspapers, the women’s stuff had its own section called the “women’s section” so that we did;t have to read the latest health tips, etc.


3 posted on 01/14/2024 11:36:47 AM PST by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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To: DallasBiff

I remember that year fondly. GF and I went to a Reagan campaign speech at the Oroville airport with a large, enthusiastic crowd. Graduated HS that June, too.


4 posted on 01/14/2024 1:05:22 PM PST by Rowdyone (Vigilence)
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Reagan would be lucky to hit 40% in California today.

65% of the state is non-white.

In the 1984 Reagan Landslide reelection, 66% of Hispanics and 91% of Blacks voted against Reagan.

In 2020, 66% of Asians voted against Trump.

5 posted on 01/14/2024 1:21:03 PM PST by zeestephen (Trump "Lost" By 43,000 Votes - Spread Across Three States - GA, WI, AZ)
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In 2020, 97% of dead people and made up people voted against Trump.


6 posted on 01/14/2024 3:23:27 PM PST by enumerated (81 million votes my ass)
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To: DallasBiff
the GOP flipped over 47 seats,

Not enough. Still the minority.

7 posted on 01/14/2024 3:28:48 PM PST by nwrep
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In the 1984 Reagan Landslide reelection, 66% of Hispanics and 91% of Blacks voted against Reagan.

Yes but the state was 80% white back then. Today, it is 30% white.

8 posted on 01/14/2024 3:30:12 PM PST by nwrep
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