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To: governsleastgovernsbest

The republican establishment today would not allow a “Reagan” to get the nomination. Has nothing to do with voters.


19 posted on 02/12/2013 7:28:36 AM PST by ryan71
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To: ryan71

Yes and no. He might not get the nomination - the determining factor would be how many other Conservative candidates there were diluting the vote. This highlights the inability of Conservatives to quickly coalesce around a single candidate, allowing a GOPe candidate to get the nomination via plurality.

However there’s no way that Reagan could win a general election. Just apply current demographic numbers to the voting stats of Reagans winning coalition. There are a lot less members of the groups that voted for Reagan, and a lot MORE of the ones that voted for Carter.


24 posted on 02/12/2013 7:36:21 AM PST by tanknetter
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