Why didn't watergate sink the GOP long term, or even medium term? (user search)
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« on: May 15, 2017, 01:36:38 AM »
The Republicans were hurt in the 1974 midterms and the 1976 election by Watergate. However, Watergate ultimately blew a major hole through the idea of government as a force for good that could be trusted, and that enabled Ronald Reagan to be elected in 1980 promising to shrink government, which was no longer trusted by the American people, because of, among other factors, Watergate.
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