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May 26, 2015 · Finally, in 1962, at age 51, he made formal what had been simmering for years: he left the Democratic Party and became a Republican. He liked to say that he hadn’t left the Democratic Party, but it had left him and no longer reflected his opinions.
Nov 9, 2009 · In his younger years, Ronald Reagan was a member of the Democratic Party and campaigned for Democratic candidates; however, his views grew more conservative over time, and in the early...
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After challenging and losing to incumbent president Gerald Ford in the 1976 Republican presidential primaries, Reagan won the Republican nomination and then a landslide victory over incumbent Democratic president Jimmy Carter in the 1980 presidential election.
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- Ronald Wilson Reagan, February 6, 1911, Tampico, Illinois, U.S.
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Reagan's victory in the 1980 presidential campaign had united Republicans around his leadership, while conservative Democrats like Phil Gramm of Texas (who later became a Republican) were eager to back some of Reagan's conservative policies.
Apr 3, 2014 · Originally a liberal Democrat, Reagan ran for the U.S. presidency as a Republican and won two terms, beginning in 1980, ultimately becoming a conservative icon over the ensuing decades.
Evangelicals were beginning their journey into the Republican party, and Reagan was actively courting religious leaders like Falwell who, in 1979, would form the Moral Majority. But in 1978, Reagan took an enormous political risk by coming out strongly against the Briggs Initiative.
Dec 2, 2009 · By Louis Jacobson December 2, 2009. To enforce ideological purity, a proposal before the Republican National Committee would deny party funding to any GOP candidate who bucks the party's stance...
