“Funny how I was devastated when Reagan won in 1980, then ended up enthusiastically voting for him in 1984. “
You and me both!!
I had just turned 30. Looking back, I'm thinking it was a fulfillment of the Churchill aphorism that "If you're not a leftist at age 20, you have no heart ... if you're not conservative by age 30, you have no head."*
*Paraphrased - I don't know if Churchill actually said it. But if he didn't, he should have.