Challenge: Describe a Ford 76, Anderson 80, Reagan 84, and Dukakis 88 voter
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All Along The Watchtower
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« on: February 07, 2015, 04:02:28 PM »
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« Reply #1 on: February 07, 2015, 04:28:28 PM »
Pretty easy - a moderate-to-liberal Republican, likely in the Northeast. Or a Democrat who didn't like Carter/the Carter administration.
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« Reply #2 on: February 07, 2015, 05:00:30 PM »
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« Reply #3 on: February 07, 2015, 08:58:00 PM »
This is an easy one-a Massachusetts Republican
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« Reply #4 on: February 07, 2015, 10:37:54 PM »
Upper middle income voter with liberal sensibilities.

1976 - votes for Ford because Ford doesn't seem like he's going to rock the boat all that much, plus he isn't Ronald Reagan and he's not that hick Jimmy Carter, either
1980 - Carter flubbed, Reagan is a lunatic, so Anderson it is
1984 - Well, Reagan turned out to be better for the voter in question than he previously thought (i.e. his portfolio is doing very well!). Maybe a vote for him wouldn't hurt
1988 - Economic troubles in the mid-80s plus Dukakis being a 'New Democrat' helps him pull the lever there

My guess is that this voter would vote Clinton in '92 and '96, Gore in '00, Kerry in '04, Obama in '08, and Romney in '12.
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« Reply #5 on: February 07, 2015, 11:24:35 PM »
A Moderate Republican from New England. My dad would be this kind of voter but he couldn't vote in '76, he came to the US in 1979 with my mom.
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« Reply #6 on: February 15, 2015, 10:51:38 PM »
Northeastern republican and small business owner who was realizing that Big Business under Reagan was bad news for many smaller businesses. Corporate America as we know it today started it's drive in the Reagan years. 

The irony is, there were plenty of Reagan voters in '80 that voted for Mondale in '84.
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« Reply #7 on: April 30, 2015, 07:33:14 PM »
Lots of New England voters I'm sure did just that. College educated, liked Reagan's optimism in '84, but by '88 were tired of the religious right.
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