Election of Reagan

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Election of Reagan

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1940s and 50s

bipartisan foreign policy

blurred party dividing lines

Liberals

beleived federal gov. should be very active

picked up as civil right and activist issues began to appear on national stage

protect rights of minorities and women

cooperation with international organisations and UN

conservatives

not very popular at the time

agreed with liberals in some aspects but differed in many things too

few conservative pres. in last few years and lost many votes after Barry Goldwater lost

liberalism loses appeal

counter culture

distanced white conservative Christians

distanced southern Americans and mid westerns

democratic party unravels

polarizing issues= first priority

vietnam

urban riots

loss of trust in gov.

watergate

Iran hostage crisis

reasons Reagan won

electoral votes

electoral votes are given "winner takes all" basis

won 50.6% of pop. vote and 90.9% of electoral

time for choosing speech

won by landslide

motivated many conservatives

won over lots of admiration

religion became popular and widespread

moral majority: political organization working to fulfill religious goals

2 mil. more voters

reached to Americans who normally didn't participate in political process

personality

convinced Americans he would bring new era of prosperity and patriotism

optimistic

more charismatic and polished than Goldwater

even-temmpered communicator skills (showed before debate

ideas and goals of conservatism

types of conservatives

warned about leaving traditional values for new freedoms from counterculture

traditionalists

neoconservatives

Milton Friedman (conservative economist) and wife Rose Friedman wrote free to choose

state gov. over federal

criticized "throwing money" at social problems

reduce taxes and limit gov. regulation of industry for economic growth

anticommunism

fought SALT II

questioned detente

focused on dangers posed by USSR

rise of conservative movement

sagebrush rebels

thought federal gov. controlled too much land in west

want more power to states

reagan became spearhead of new conservative movement

population trands

migration from rust belt to sunbelt

more moved to suburbs and liberal idea support waned bc cities were very liberal

republicans became dominant political party in south

new right!!!!!

thought gov. taxed too heavily

resurgent conservative movement

criticized liberal programs

thought Great society made things worse

some thought welfare programs were rewared lack of effort