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As I said, your milage may vary. It was Reagan's fyscal conservatism that drew my family across. Reagan did a lot of reaching, I htink we're both focusing on the part that spoke to us the most. But notice Reagan didn't put into law any of his social conservatism (IMHO becuase most of it shouldn't be a matter of law, it's just how things should work in our society). The fyscal conservatism became a matter of law. From my seat the reason he almost beat Ford was because Ford schlumped through most of the primaries, and the election (until the last couple weeks, which was almost enough to beat Carter). Also Ford symbolized Viet Nam and Watergate, to episodes people really wanted to put behind them. I've long been of the opinion that the GOP threw the 76 election. Nixon era price controls were starting to have their impact on the economy, the press had quite effectively laid Viet Nam at Nixon's feet, everything was a mess. 1976 to 1980 were already staged to suck rocks, better to have it under a Democrat (who miraculously found a way to make things worse, Carter has hidden talents) and let a GOP pres ride in and save the day.

I think a demographic study would back up this article quite thuroughly. A quick perusal of FR shows it. There's a significant body of people on FR that watch South Park, listen to heavy metal, and might even purvey smut once in a while. Yet they're GOP all the way. It's a much bigger group than you think. It has to be.

There's a significant body of people on FR that watch South Park, listen to heavy metal, and might even purvey smut once in a while.

I could be the poster child!

And let us not forget that we are also Simpson's fans.