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To: semperfidevildog

This campaign reminds me constantly of the 1980 Reagan/Carter campaign.

Reagan is a warmonger, he will start a world war, Carter is 20 points ahead of him, blah, blah, blah.

Then in October, Reagan was trailing Carter by 9 points.

The day before the election, the media declared the race was “too close to call.”

I lived in California back then, and the media called the election for Reagan at 3:00 PM Pacific time.....before my family and I had a chance to go to the polls.

I had a big smile on my face as we showed up at the polls, and I tried to stifle that smile when the lady at the polling station complained about the media calling the race before the polls closed.

Bottom line....Reagan carried 44 states.....a landslide victory.

I know the demographics have changed since then, and Reagan was facing an incumbent, but this race reminds me a lot of 1980.


14 posted on 08/13/2016 3:39:56 PM PDT by july4thfreedomfoundation (Hell No, DNC, We Won't Vote For Hillary!)
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To: july4thfreedomfoundation

Monday evening, Election Eve. Jummah and Roselyn finished campaigning on the west coast and climbed aboard AF-1 to fly back to Georgia to vote the next day. Just before takeoff, their advisors came onboard and informed them that it was already over. That the polls showed a landslide for Reagan.


40 posted on 08/13/2016 4:50:27 PM PDT by Tucker39 (Welcome to America! Now speak English; and keep to the right....In driving, in Faith, and politics.)
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