re: #66 HappyWarrior

I remember Cruz saying that’s he’d get cross over votes from Democrats. The youngest Reagan Democrat will be 50 this year. Honestly a lot of the Reagan Democrats were Nixon Democrats first and a lot of them have either passed away or permanently become of the GOP’s base in the years since.

I am related to someone just left of center who voted to re-elect Reagan in 1984.

The GOP could have EASILY had his vote in almost every presidential election since, but they always found a way to drive him and his ilk away: from Quayle to W. to Palin. He was DESPERATE to vote against Obama 4 years ago and had no issue with Mitt…until an Ayn Rand loving ideologue was added to the ticket.

While he does not fit the typical profile of a so-called “Reagan Democrat”, here you have an example of someone who crossed party lines to vote for Reagan and did NOT stay around.