Reagan Democrat

English

Noun

Reagan Democrat (plural Reagan Democrats)

1. (US politics, historical) A moderate and conservative Democrat, in the south and midwest, many of whom had previously supported conservative Democratic Alabama Governor George Wallace for President of the USA, who supported the presidential campaigns of Ronald Reagan in 1980 and 1984.
   • 2020, Theodore F. Sheckels, The Rhetoric of the American Political Party Conventions, 1948–2016, Lexington Books, →ISBN, page 103:

     Undoubtedly, there were some who thought that the party, once defined and consolidated, would appeal to “Reagan Democrats,” but there were also many who thought that the liberal groups dominating the party could easily splinter into diverse interest groups if not afforded the opportunity to come together as one.

See also

• Atari Democrat