re: #124 abolitionist

Actually, Ronald Reagan wasn’t all that religious. It’s true he included religious social conservatives in his coalition, but that’s because he had to. The South (except for Georgia) was very much ‘in play’ in 1980, most southern states having gone for Jimmy Carter 4 years before. In order to win the presidency, Ronald Reagan had to pry the evangelical vote away from Carter; otherwise he didn’t have a chance.