The 10% or so undecided voters are the stupidest voters, and paradoxically they are generally who all the millions of campaign dollars are meant to sway. Because they are swayable and decide elections. Have to think there has probably never been a candidate who would seem to have such a leg up with all the image recognition on reality TV and things like pro wrestling.
Freegards
Reagan had widespread recognition because of movies and TV besides being President of the Screen Actor’s Guild and twice governor of California. I’d say regarding the times of each man that they probably had about the same “leg up” when it comes to name recognition. IMHO