But as long as Mojave wants to keep harping on how L.A. was supposedly filled with "conservative" activists when Reagan lived there, and how Dixon was full of "liberals" that tried to indoctrinate Reagan to liberalism, here's the election results from 1980. Almost 30 years ago. Let's see how the people who knew him best voted back then.
PRESIDENT 1980
Lee County, Illinois
Reagan (R) 73.7% 11,373
Carter (D) 20.5% 3,170
Anderson (I) 5.1% 781
Other 0.7% 114
Los Angeles County, California
Reagan (R) 50.2% 1,224,533
Carter (D) 40.2% 979,830
Anderson (I) 7.2% 175,882
Other 2.5% 59,940
SOURCE: http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS
Reagan barely won over 50% in "home" county where he was living in 1980 (probably because overall the CITY of Los Angeles IS NOT CONSERVATIVE), but won his childhood home in a huge landslide.
Do you still think L.A. was "more conservative" than Dixon back in the Reagan era?
Mojave, when you're in a hole, you should learn when to stop digging.
*Strawmen.
The Ronald Reagan that emerged from Dixon wound up a liberal Democrat. Ronald Reagan developed into a conservative Republican in California.
You refuse to confront these facts, understandably preferring to dance around them.
Mojave, when you're in a hole, you should learn when to stop digging.
You would do well to take your own advice.