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Reagan democrat
Democratic voters who defected from their party to vote for Republican candidate Ronald Reagan in the 1980 and 1984 presidential elections, largely because of his social and fiscal policies.
The term is used these days to denote moderate Democrats who are more conservative than other Democrats on issues such as national security or immigration.
- Part of Speech: noun
- Industry/Domain: Government
- Category: U.S. election
- Company: BBC
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