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To: LS
I’m pretty sure that Trump, as a share of population size at the time, got a higher % of primary votes than Reagan did.

Nope. Reagan 59.8% Trump 44.9%.

17 posted on 08/22/2016 4:37:06 PM PDT by x
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To: x

I’m pretty sure that Trump, as a share of population size at the time, got a higher % of primary votes than Reagan did.

Nope. Reagan 59.8% Trump 44.9%.

Reagan ran against 2 others, GHWB & John (a bad joke) Anderson.
Trump against 16? 17? That discrepancy would impact the difference in percentages towards Trump closing that gap and support the contention of the subject.


25 posted on 08/22/2016 5:23:07 PM PDT by Eagles Field
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No, you’re judging by Reagan’s total of the GOP primary.

I said, “as a percentage of population.” Reagan had 7.7m out of 226.5m for .34% of the US population, while Trump, at 13m out of a population of 324m had 4% of the US population.


26 posted on 08/22/2016 5:27:47 PM PDT by LS ("Castles Made of Sand, Fall in the Sea . . . Eventually" (Hendrix))
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