What is Reagan Democrat?
[[File:Democrats for Reagan & Bush.jpg|thumb|right|[[Bumper sticker]] from Reagan's 1980 campaign]] '''Reagan Democrat''' is an [[United States|American]] political saying that was used by [[analysis|analysts]] showing how [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] voters would support [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] [[President of the United States|President]] [[Ronald Reagan]] rather than [[Jimmy Carter]] or [[Walter Mondale]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2010/11/08/jim_webb_why_reagan_dems_still_matter_107875.html|title=Jim Webb: Why Reagan Democrats still matters|publisher=Real Clear Politics.com|accessdate=September 27, 2014}}</ref> This was said during both the [[United States presidential election, 1980|1980]] and [[United States presidential election, 1984|1984 elections]]. It is also used for [[George H. W. Bush]] in the [[United States presidential election, 1988|1988 election]]. ==References== {{reflist}} ==Further reading== *{{cite book |title=The Democratic Trend Phenomena: The Predictability of the Democratic Vote for President |last=Fairfax |first=Anthony Edward |year=2005 |publisher=MediaChannel |location=Hampton, VA |isbn=0-9752546-1-8 }} *{{cite book |title=Fenced Off: The Suburbanization of American Politics |url=https://archive.org/details/fencedoffsuburba0000gain |last=Gainsborough |first=Juliet F. |year=2001 |publisher=Georgetown University Press |location=Washington, DC |isbn=0-87840-830-4 }} *{{cite book |title=Middle Class Dreams: Politics and Power of the New American Majority |url=https://archive.org/details/middleclassdream0000gree |last=Greenberg |first=Stanley B. |year=1996 |publisher=Times Books |location=New York |isbn=0-8129-2345-6 }} *{{cite book |title=The Two Americas: Our Current Political Deadlock and how to Break it |url=https://archive.org/details/twoamericasourcu00gree |last=Greenberg |first=Stanley B. |year=2004 |publisher=Thomas Dunne Books |location=New York |isbn=0-312-31838-3 }} *{{cite book |title=The Emerging