Democrats' Ronald Reagan

[(Still) muted by Kalwejt until March 31]

There will be none.  The Democrats embody the idea of anti-nationalism to the degree where it is not possible for them to put together the kind of landslide Reagan put together.

-You really expect the Solid South to return?

No. But if the Democrats ran candidates that ran on a similar platform as FDR they could make significant gains in The West and Midwest, and in a perfect scenario they could win nearly every state except the ones in the South.

-West, no. Utah, Arizona, and Idaho are far too economically conservative. The Midwest, absolutely.

[Cashew]

None. Several environmental disasters followed by doubling down on climate denial however...

[Figueira]

Any Democrat who beats Trump (if that ends up happening) will inevitably be compared to Ronald Reagan. I think Booker is the likely nominee and has a decent chance of beating Trump so I'll vote for him in this poll.

[tomhguy]

Sanders

[Fuzzy Says: "Abolish NPR!"]

There will be none.  The Democrats embody the idea of anti-nationalism to the degree where it is not possible for them to put together the kind of landslide Reagan put together.

-Look forward, not backward.

The Democratic Party was less ideological in 1964.  It was seen as more patriotic and less dovish.

[SCNCmod]

Sherrod Brown Maybe?

[JoshPA]

I don't think Democrats will ever have their Ronald Reagan. None of the Democrats that are considering a 2020 bid have the class or the respect that Reagan had and they never will. The tactics the Democrats now use (and Republicans... we have to hold them to the same standards) aren't the moral principles Reagan exuded in his lifetime.

they are ready had it in the form of of fdr. infact you can say reagan was the republican fdr.

[daveosupremo]

Howard Schultz would be a decent candidate to unite the parties, but the far left is so far out of the mainstream that it is unlikely that anyone with true mass appeal will get their votes. A Democrat is far less capable of winning 49 states than a Republican.

[The_Doctor]

I don't even think the Democratic Reagan is in a state-wide office (although we definitely have heard of him)

[mgop]

Heidi Heitkamp

[Since I'm the mad scientist proclaimed by myself]

I don't even think the Democratic Reagan is in a state-wide office (although we definitely have heard of him)

Who do you have in mind?

[GoTfan]

I don't even think the Democratic Reagan is in a state-wide office (although we definitely have heard of him)

Who do you have in mind?

I think its his "Between the Two Majorities"  President-elect

[Thunderbird is the word]

Would a Democratic Reagan win a 49-state landslide?

Yeah, Bernie wins every state except Indiana in his 2024 reelection bid over the Pence-Ernst ticket.

[BaldEagle1991]

There already was one: Barack Obama.

If anything I remember him being called the Ronald Reagan of the left when he ran in 2008. How true those commentators were.

[Thunderbird is the word]

A better analogy for Obama would be a JFK that got to serve two full terms while the Camelot mystique gradually faded.

[Hindsight was 2020]

Gavin Newsome

[Warren 4 Secretary of Everything]

There already was one: Barack Obama.

If anything I remember him being called the Ronald Reagan of the left when he ran in 2008. How true those commentators were.

[Mr. Smith]

There already was one: Barack Obama.

If anything I remember him being called the Ronald Reagan of the left when he ran in 2008. How true those commentators were.

If he were Reagan, that would've been enough to carry Hillary over the majority...just as Bush Sr was also an unpopular man with troubles staying in office, but still defeated the Outsider easily.

[RINO Tom]

There will be none.  The Democrats embody the idea of anti-nationalism to the degree where it is not possible for them to put together the kind of landslide Reagan put together.

-You really expect the Solid South to return?

No. But if the Democrats ran candidates that ran on a similar platform as FDR they could make significant gains in The West and Midwest, and in a perfect scenario they could win nearly every state except the ones in the South.

In the event that the Democrats are actually winning in that big of a landslide, it almost HAS to be on a largely economic platform, and I would be shocked if several Southern and Appalachian states didn't fall to the Democrats before the likes of Idaho, Wyoming, Utah, Kansas, Nebraska, the Dakotas, etc.

[(Still) muted by Kalwejt until March 31]

There will be none.  The Democrats embody the idea of anti-nationalism to the degree where it is not possible for them to put together the kind of landslide Reagan put together.

-You really expect the Solid South to return?

No. But if the Democrats ran candidates that ran on a similar platform as FDR they could make significant gains in The West and Midwest, and in a perfect scenario they could win nearly every state except the ones in the South.

In the event that the Democrats are actually winning in that big of a landslide, it almost HAS to be on a largely economic platform, and I would be shocked if several Southern and Appalachian states didn't fall to the Democrats before the likes of Idaho, Wyoming, Utah, Kansas, Nebraska, the Dakotas, etc.

-Bernie would probably win the states you mentioned before the southern and Appalachian states.

[President Johnson]

Honestly, I think that is Barack Obama already.

[(Still) muted by Kalwejt until March 31]

Honestly, I think that is Barack Obama already.

-Truman won. Bush I won. Where's Hillary?

[Blair]

Obama fits the bill in some elements- much like Reagan he was the most ideologically pure candidate to win, and did by by getting people who wouldn't naturally vote that way on side largely based on his rhetoric/vision.

Although they're also a lot of differences- Obama was more intellectual, and frankly smarter than Reagan but Reagan as noted was able to define conservatism more so than Obama has defined Liberalism for the democrats.