That was a different Democratic Party in many ways.
That was a different Minnesota then. They are now on the verge of elevating a local Muslim into running the DNC.
Probably, most of us old Deplorables had good friends we grew up with, went to college with, served in the military with and socialized with until Ronald Reagan became president.
Reagan scared the crap out of the new rats, as their goal became to minimize America and us for their benefit.
The mediots and DC rat attacks on Reagan filtered down to our former democrat friends. During Reagan's second term, we started removing those rats from our social lists.
During the Clinton era, my wife and I removed any remaining democrats from any contact with us. That action has been replicated by our adult children, nieces and nephews. Our grandchildren and great nieces/nephews have been early adopters of this no democrats in our private/social life.