Reagan Democrats? How About 'Trump Democrats?'

[TrollBuster9090]

So, there is no longer a single Republican House seat in New England, or Orange County California? For thirty years we've been talking about 'Reagan Democrats.' That's over now. Let's start talking about 'Trump Democrats.'

Trump Democrats: Moderate, suburban Republicans who used to vote Republican for their (false) platform of national security, low taxes, and 'small' government. They moved to the Democratic Party in 2018 after observing the Republican Party going bat-shit crazy, and becoming a xenophobic, reactionary, Luddite cult of personality.

[bearsfootball516]

1. Weren't Reagan Democrats people who were traditionally Democratic, but voted for Reagan?

By that definition, Trump Democrats would be people who traditionally vote Democratic, but are voting for Trump now.

[safeinOhio]

2. How about

Blue Wave Republicans?

[NewJeffCT]

3. Reagan Democrats

were white working class voters that switched to voting for the GOP with Reagan and have generally stayed with the GOP, though did defect a few times to Clinton and then to Obama in 2008.

My (white) dad always voted Democrat growing up, but strongly disliked Carter (Carter was too religious for him) and didn't trust Reagan because the GOP is for the rich, so he ended up voting for John Anderson in 1980. I'm sure many others like him - white men without college degrees - voted for Reagan. He was in the union at his job at a large factory in Connecticut. Back in the late 70s and early 80s, it wasn't him worried about his job being outsourced to Mexico or China, it was worry that it would be outsourced to Florida or Georgia.

[pecosbob]

4. Reagan Democrats were Democrats that drank that trickle down economics Kool-aid

and liked it. Some of them are still here on this very forum today. They were sold the concept that corporations are our friends and that they are responsible members of the community and that what was good for GM was still good for America.

[Jokerman]

5. The "Reagan Democrats" I knew were racists.

They never forgave LBJ and the democratic party for the civil rights act.