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« on: October 29, 2012, 04:09:28 PM »
I love all of you, but there is clearly a liberal lean on this forum. If we were all on Atlas discussing the Carter/Reagan race at this exact point in the 1980 election, how would us liberals be rationalizing Reagan's rise in the polls. Would we still be thinking that Carter could win or would we have given up by now?

Some pics to get us in the time frame
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« Reply #1 on: October 29, 2012, 04:12:33 PM »
i'd say this forum is more centrist economically. probably libertarian socially though.

there's still usenet discussions from the 1984 elections iirc, but i don't think there's any from before that.
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« Reply #2 on: October 29, 2012, 04:12:56 PM »
Considering this forum's demographics, there would have been many more Reagan supporters than there are Romney supporters now.
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« Reply #3 on: October 29, 2012, 04:13:12 PM »
Its the day after the Presidential debate so I'd probably already be voting for Anderson or more likely Reagan.
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« Reply #4 on: October 29, 2012, 04:21:23 PM »
I'll prob be saying


Carter has this in the bag! Reagan is too old and weak to be president.
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« Reply #5 on: October 29, 2012, 04:22:06 PM »
The left didn't care much for Carter, which was one of his many issues going into the 1980 election.
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« Reply #6 on: October 29, 2012, 04:23:35 PM »
J.J would be ignoring everything that isn't Gallup and thinking that Reagan is going to eke out a win.
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« Reply #7 on: October 29, 2012, 04:25:27 PM »
Bombshell

Carter - 45%
Reagan - 39%

bedtime for bonzo! "CARTER SURGING" - Lief
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« Reply #8 on: October 29, 2012, 04:29:13 PM »
Quote from: dirks on October 29, 2012, 04:25:27 PM
Bombshell

Carter - 45%
Reagan - 39%

bedtime for bonzo! "CARTER SURGING" - Lief

I would have probably supported Anderson so...
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« Reply #9 on: October 29, 2012, 04:32:05 PM »
Quote from: cope1989 on October 29, 2012, 04:09:28 PM
I love all of you, but there is clearly a liberal lean on this forum. If we were all on Atlas discussing the Carter/Reagan race at this exact point in the 1980 election, how would us liberals be rationalizing Reagan's rise in the polls. Would we still be thinking that Carter could win or would we have given up by now?

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As many of the above replies have insinuated, I suspect this forum would actually have been a hotbed of John Anderson support.
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« Reply #10 on: October 29, 2012, 04:32:15 PM »
I'd probably be saying, "Don't worry guys, Carter will hold the south. There's no way southerners will abandon one of their own and vote for some washed up Hollywood B movie actor.
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« Reply #11 on: October 29, 2012, 04:35:21 PM »
How would the debate performance be looked at?
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« Reply #12 on: October 29, 2012, 04:39:21 PM »
Quote from: dirks on October 29, 2012, 04:35:21 PM
How would the debate performance be looked at?
Reagan 89- Carter 6- Tie 5
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« Reply #13 on: October 29, 2012, 04:42:38 PM »
Carter would be to 1980, as Obama is to 2012, they both lose - badly!
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« Reply #14 on: October 29, 2012, 04:44:05 PM »
Guys, of course we'll say now, with hindsight, that we would have been balanced... Fact is, there is no answer. This is not testable. All we have is wishful thinking.
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« Reply #15 on: October 29, 2012, 04:54:01 PM »
I have no idea... I loved Clinton, Gore, Edwards before all the crap came out about him.  Seems to me that I tend to favor Southern Dems with national appeal, have to guess I would've backed Carter.  Certainly not Reagan... I would've seen right through what that candidacy was all about. 
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« Reply #16 on: October 29, 2012, 05:03:17 PM »
I remember that People magazine cover. My mom loved 'Dallas', and about the only thing my parents ever talked about back then was the "Who Shot J.R." episode.
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« Reply #17 on: October 29, 2012, 07:17:22 PM »
I would most likely have been really excited, and counting down the days until Election Day, eagerly awaiting to mark the box with Reagan and Bush's names on it!
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« Reply #18 on: October 29, 2012, 09:20:57 PM »
1976 would have been more interesting, with all the big states being close.  Imagine having an election like that today, in which California, New York, and Texas are all swing states.
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« Reply #19 on: October 29, 2012, 09:26:05 PM »
Quote from: Mr. Morden on October 29, 2012, 09:20:57 PM
1976 would have been more interesting, with all the big states being close.  Imagine having an election like that today, in which California, New York, and Texas are all swing states.


Would certainly be fun. 
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« Reply #20 on: October 29, 2012, 09:29:24 PM »
"Whoa, Reagan might win this. Dammit. There goes my 1984 speculation." (to model the mood I'd be in now if Romney were likely to win)
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« Reply #21 on: October 31, 2012, 03:58:50 PM »
Where was Reagan in Ohio at this time in 1980?
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« Reply #22 on: October 31, 2012, 07:53:54 PM »
In the community discussion forum...

"Is anybody seeing John Lennon on his 1981 tour?"
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« Reply #23 on: November 01, 2012, 11:02:39 AM »
I was rooting for Reagan, but I was only 7.
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« Reply #24 on: November 01, 2012, 01:41:44 PM »
Quote from: afleitch on October 29, 2012, 04:23:35 PM
J.J would be ignoring everything that isn't Gallup and thinking that Reagan is going to eke out a win.

In 1980, we didn't have much more than Gallup.

The last polling was actually 3-4 point lead, and, at the time, I thought Reagan had peaked. 

CA was not a swing state in 1980. 
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