I just started college when he was elected, he was the first President I ever voted for and I was totally into conservatism and had Reagan stickers all over my first car. I would drive it to the campus parking lot, matter of fact I even had a Reagan tee shirt, and I would wear that and I never ever ever had any problem from anybody, and this was leftist New York. Today though? Without question my car would have been destroyed by vandals and I would have been attacked. Back in 1980 though, the WW2/Korean war era professors were still teaching and the left didn’t completely take over the universities yet so communist indoctrination wasn’t going on full speed ahead like it is today, plus Reagan did the country a huge favor by constantly speaking out against communism which would counter-act the few leftists who were beginning to indoctrinate students. Today though it’s a nightmare, you get a-holes like this guy everywhere......https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abHDtSz9Dog
I DO remember my teacher even in ‘88 being WWII vets.
And mildly conservative.
The older ones.
The younger ones were d...s