Reagan’s base was Mormon.
Well, let's see...back then Mormons claimed about 6 million adherents...about 40% of what they claim now (15 million...LOTS of those are "Jack Mormons" ... inactive)...
So if Lds are 2% of the population now...and were less in Reagan's day...what kind of a "base" is it "based" upon about 1% of the population?
Since Reagan won in two real landslides and mormons maybe 2% (maybe 6M at that time, also included children - maybe 2M voting adults) of the US population, how are they his base?