It’s been mentioned before in some of the other states before now. I remember them comparing a Trump HQ to a Cruz HQ just down the street in Iowa. The Trump HQ was closed at 7 pm and there were still around 40 people/volunteers at teh Cruz one.
Reagan was a big picture guy, as Trump seems to be, but Reagan also did the work long before he ran for office when he spent time with people all over the U.S. during speaking engagements and factory appearances.
But Reagan had been involved in politics, whereas Trump’s only involvement was to donate monies.
Reagan was knowledgeable and knew of what he spoke and wrote about. Reagan was emotionally stable and was not a drama queen. Reagan knew and understood how to treat people and work with them. Remember how it appeared fairly easy Reagan got Tip to go along or at least let the dems vote their conscience. That didn't happen by accident.
And speaking of hard work, you are absolutely correct, Reagan did the nitty gritty, day to day speaking, talking and meeting peoples and groups in ways that T***p appears to think is beneath him. But to take it further, Reagan worked hard in infiltrating the Republican apparatus on all levels, so the party worked for him and not against him. Reagan and his aides recruited supporters to not only run for local office, but they recruited supporters to run for the local republican committee and recruited supporters to vote for them. I recall entire slates of local republican party committee members losing en masse to Reagan supporters. Reagan supporters took over and they made the rules. These people, in turn, then took over the state party committees and then, finally, the Republican National Committee. This took much work over a period of several years before the 1980 primaries. I recall these establishment people screaming that the Reagan supporters forced them out and they did not go quietly, but in the end, Reagan was indeed a unifier and won them over.
This is why Reagan and T***p should never be in the same sentence. One took the high road and worked from within, much of it behind the scenes organizing and strategizing and winning. The other, decided to do it the cheap and lazy way, assuming his bullying, taunting and rancid intimidating was all he needed. The drama queen also thought he did not need to know much of anything to run. All he needed to do was spout his poll numbers as the answer to every question. T***p thought wrong.