The Republican Party's Conservative Shift Ronald Reagan's Legacy

Tonight's debate presents a perfect opportunity to ask about the influence of a celebrated Republican who will not be on the stage. Ted Kennedy while also campaigning against Republican opponent Ronald Reagan and third-party candidate John Anderson. Carter was also ... In his new biography, Max Boot reckons with the president who was once his hero and another who led him away from the Republican Party. Ronald Reagan, a conservative Republican, won the 1980 presidential election in a landslide. · Reagan's campaign brought together a “New Right” coalition of ... For nearly 30 years, the Republican Party has increasingly resembled a religion, with Ronald Reagan as its deity. Party leaders endlessly ... As a result, it was Nixon, not Reagan or Trump, who first triggered the flight of White working-class voters from the party of Franklin D. Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, noting that Reagan was the first national politician who opposed abortion and believed that a strong ... RONALD REAGAN | 1981-1989; GEORGE BUSH | 1989-1993; WILLIAM J. CLINTON | 1993-2001; GEORGE W. BUSH | 2001-2009; BARACK OBAMA | 2009-2017; DONALD J. TRUMP | 2017 ... Ronald Reagan switched from being a Democrat to Republican so that he could more effectively destroy democracy, eradicate the middle class and ... In recent years, a growing number of Reagan Republicans have sought to move the party away from its traditional stances and toward a more independent and reform ...