What a wonderful story. What were the reactions to your yelling? I am fascinated by the great Reagan story. I could not vote for him, but I love to hear such first person accounts of that night in 1980 and the one in 1984 from people like you.
I had just graduated from college in Dec. 1979 and went to work for Ronald Reagan's campaign as a volunteer. I worked at phone banks in the evening to get out the vote and attended many rallies around the area.
There was a feeling of despair in this great nation and I was proud to have registered many people who had never voted before so they could cast their first vote for Ronald Wilson Reagan.
On election night, I went to the GOP headquaters and there was a party like no other!!! The biggest cheers besides the Pres election, was when a lib Senator would get the boot!! When the networks would announce another lib going down people cheered like never before. What a great election and what a great victory!!!
I had a feeling all day on November 4, 1980 that we would have a big win, but never dreamed it would be the margin of victory that it was. IIRC, Carter conceded at 7:30 Central Time, before the West Coast polls had closed, and we went up with a whoop, it was so exciting.
I remember even better Inauguration Day, with Reagan at the lunch in the Capitol's Statuary Hall and announcing that he had received official word of the Iranian Hostages release. I have that on tape, and still break down to this day when I replay it.