Counties you associate with "Reagan Democrats"

[Joe McCarthy Was Right]

Other than Macomb.


Luzerne/Lackawanna County PA

and... the Monroe counties in both MI and FL. They went from voting for Carter in 1976 to Reagan blowouts in 1984.

[TransfemmeGoreVidal]

Luzerne

"Joe McCarthy was right" you go to gulag

[Blow by blow, the passion dies]

Boston suburbs, but I cannot remember the names off the top of my head

[King of Kensington]

The Boston suburbs seem like a great example of the Reagan Democrat phenomenon as Mass. was the only state that did not back Nixon in '72 and of course it's been a Democratic stronghold from 1988 on.

[Mr. Smith]

Plumas, CA

[ReaganLimbaugh]

Most non urban southern counties and many Midwestern non urban counties.

[UWS]

There's also the Macomb County in Michigan where Ronald Reagan has won 51.88 % in 1980 and then 66 % of the vote in 1984.

Also in Rhode Island, a state that Ronald Reagan flipped in 1984, the Bristol County and the Kent County are good examples of counties associated with Reagan Democrats. The moreover that Reagan was 3 points away from winning Providence)

[UWS]

And even though President Reagan hadn't won MN, the Hennepin County is another example of county associated with the Reagan Democrats as it is home to Minneapolis and President Reagan improved his showing there by 10 percentage points in his 2 elections.

[JoeyJoeJoe]

There's also a county in West Texas I'd put in there, what was its name again . . . ?

[UWS]

It is the McLennan County;

[ReaganLimbaugh]

Most Southern Counties.  Most Southern Surburbs skyrockted for the GOP in the Reagan years,

[Cape Verde]

Not often mentioned, but I would associate Worcester County, MA with "Reagan Democrats."

1960: 60-39 Kennedy
1964: 77-23 Johnson
1968: 64-33 Humphrey
1972: 53-47 McGovern
1976: 60-37 Carter
1980: 43-42 Reagan
1984: 56-43 Reagan

[Republican Party Stalwart]

"Joe McCarthy was right" you go to gulag

With all due respect, that isn't quite the retort you think it is. If anything, you just proved right the notion, held by those like OP, that all those who disagree with the sentiment that "Joe McCarthy was right" are Stalinist Communists.

[TransfemmeGoreVidal]

"Joe McCarthy was right" you go to gulag

With all due respect, that isn't quite the retort you think it is. If anything, you just proved right the notion, held by those like OP, that all those who disagree with the sentiment that "Joe McCarthy was right" are Stalinist Communists.

Hehe fair point honestly

[It’s so Joever]

Seems that several posters are unfamiliar with what the word Reagan Democrat means.

[UWS]

There is also the Forest County in eastern Wisconsin that voted for Reagan in 84 after voting Democrat in previous elections that must be due notably to the local Polish Americans who voted for Ronald Reagan due to his strong stance against the Soviet Union in Cold War

[UWS]

Even Eastern Pennsylvania, including Scranton in the Lackawanna County voted for Reagan likely due to strong support from Polish Americans who saw Reagan as the stronger presidential candidate on the Cold War and the best to stand up to the Soviet Union due to the Reagan Doctrine

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1984_United_States_presidential_election_in_Pennsylvania

[UWS]

There are also surely most of Hawaii’s counties if not all counties that saw Democrats going massively to Reagan as 1984 was one of only two times in history that Hawaii voted for the GOP presidential candidate

[kwabbit]

The Boston suburbs seem like a great example of the Reagan Democrat phenomenon as Mass. was the only state that did not back Nixon in '72 and of course it's been a Democratic stronghold from 1988 on.

Reagan winning it in 1980 was weird and fluky, mostly a result of Democrats voting for Anderson. Only 9 points to the left of the nation. It then trended left in 1984, so not really a great example of Reagan Democrats.

Massachusetts just hated Nixon. It seems like being Kennedy's opponent permanently ruined the state for him.

[Vice President Christian Man]

The Boston suburbs seem like a great example of the Reagan Democrat phenomenon as Mass. was the only state that did not back Nixon in '72 and of course it's been a Democratic stronghold from 1988 on.

With the exception of Central Mass, I wouldn't classify the Boston suburbs as Reagan Democrats. They might've been better fits back in the day, but I highly doubt they'd vote for him in large numbers if the election were to be held today unlike some of the counties that were mentioned in this thread. I feel as though Reagan might've been a "last hurrah" of types for the GOP before it became solidly Dem.

[Thank you for being a friend...]

Boston suburbs, but I cannot remember the names off the top of my head

Maybe towns like Quincy and Saugus?