62 Facts About Reagan Democrats

1. Reagan Democrats earned the nickname "the Teflon President", in that public perceptions of him were not tarnished by the controversies that arose during his administration.

2. Reagan Democrats earned the nickname "the Teflon President", in that public perceptions of him were not tarnished by the controversies that arose during his administration.

3. Reagan Democrats earned the nickname "the Teflon President", in that public perceptions of him were not tarnished by the controversies that arose during his administration.

4. Reagan Democrats earned the nickname "the Teflon President", in that public perceptions of him were not tarnished by the controversies that arose during his administration.

5. Reagan Democrats earned the nickname "the Teflon President", in that public perceptions of him were not tarnished by the controversies that arose during his administration.

6. Reagan Democrats earned the nickname "the Teflon President", in that public perceptions of him were not tarnished by the controversies that arose during his administration.

7. Reagan Democrats added another 37 House seats in 1964, even as Republicans made inroads in the South.

8. Reagan Democrats earned the nickname "the Teflon President", in that public perceptions of him were not tarnished by the controversies that arose during his administration.

9. Reagan Democrats earned the nickname "the Teflon President", in that public perceptions of him were not tarnished by the controversies that arose during his administration.

10. Reagan Democrats earned the nickname "the Teflon President", in that public perceptions of him were not tarnished by the controversies that arose during his administration.

11. Reagan Democrats earned the nickname "the Teflon President", in that public perceptions of him were not tarnished by the controversies that arose during his administration.

12. Reagan Democrats faced former vice president Walter Mondale when he ran for re-election in 1984, and defeated him in a landslide with the second-largest electoral college victory in American history, behind only the virtually uncontested 1820 election.

13. Ronald Reagan Democrats could have had any mattress in the world and yet he's still did that.

14. Ronald Reagan Democrats was the happy warrior and the great communicator.

15. In 1994, 25 percent of Reagan Democrats were liberal, while only 8 percent of Republicans were.

16. President Reagan Democrats meeting with Afghan Mujahideen leaders in the Oval Office in 1981.

17. Reagan Democrats is not the last movie star to run for political office, Arnold Schwarzenegger recently became the governor of California.

18. Reagan Democrats was at the forefront of those opposed to the existence of the Berlin Wall and he demanded that it be torn down in a 1987 speech.

19. President Reagan Democrats was very popular with the public and a majority didn't want Walter Mondale taking over the presidency from Reagan.

20. Reagan Democrats learned to eat just about anything that was put in front of him but he never liked the taste of Brussels sprouts; Nancy Reagan attests that the president was not fond of tomatoes.

21. Ronald Reagan Democrats was inaugurated on January 29, 1981, served two terms and left office in 1989.

22. Ronald Reagan Democrats was sworn in as the Governor of California on January 3, 1967.

23. Reagan Democrats endorsed Barry Goldwater for United States President in 1964 and gave several televised speeches for him.

24. Reagan Democrats enlisted in the Army Enlisted Reserve in April, 1937 and was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Officers Reserve Corp in May, 1937.

25. At the university, Reagan Democrats had a dual major in economics and sociology.

26. Ronald Reagan Democrats was an actor, governor of California, and the 40th President of the United States.

27. On June 3, 2009, Nancy Reagan Democrats unveiled a statue of her late husband in the United States Capitol rotunda.

28. In 2006, Reagan Democrats was inducted into the California Hall of Fame, located at The California Museum.

29. In 1981, Reagan Democrats was inducted as a Laureate of The Lincoln Academy of Illinois and awarded the Order of Lincoln by the Governor of Illinois in the area of Government.

30. Reagan Democrats never left the United States during World War II, but he kept a film reel that he obtained while he was in the service.

31. Reagan Democrats earned the nickname "the Teflon President", in that public perceptions of him were not tarnished by the controversies that arose during his administration.

32. Reagan Democrats has become an iconic figure in the Republican Party.

33. Reagan Democrats nominated conservative jurist Robert Bork to the high court in 1987.

34. Reagan Democrats said no, claiming that it was defensive only, and that he would share the secrets with the Soviets.

35. Reagan Democrats appreciated the revolutionary change in the direction of the Soviet policy with Mikhail Gorbachev, and shifted to diplomacy, with a view to encourage the Soviet leader to pursue substantial arms agreements.

36. Reagan Democrats encouraged Congress to think of it as billions of new dollars spent in individual districts.

37. Reagan Democrats was deeply committed first to the abolition of nuclear weapons, worldwide.

38. President Reagan Democrats professed that he was unaware of the plot's existence.

39. Reagan Democrats signed the Immigration Reform and Control Act in 1986.

40. Reagan Democrats announced a War on Drugs in 1982, in response to concerns about the increasing crack epidemic.

41. Reagan Democrats was sworn in as president for the second time on January 20, 1985, in a private ceremony at the White House.

42. Reagan Democrats accepted the Republican nomination in the Republican convention in Dallas, Texas.

43. On October 25, 1983, Reagan Democrats ordered US forces to invade Grenada where a 1979 coup d'etat had established an independent non-aligned Marxist–Leninist government.

44. In 1981, Reagan Democrats became the first president to propose a constitutional amendment on school prayer.

45. Ronald Reagan Democrats was 69 years old when he sworn into office for his first term on January 20, 1981.

46. In 1976, Reagan Democrats challenged incumbent President Gerald Ford in a bid to become the Republican Party's candidate for president.

47. Reagan Democrats was involved in several high-profile conflicts with the protest movements of the era, including his public criticism of university administrators for tolerating student demonstrations at the University of California, Berkeley campus.

48. Reagan Democrats gained national attention in his speeches for conservative presidential contender Barry Goldwater in 1964.

49. Reagan Democrats was hired by General Electric in 1954 to host the General Electric Theater, a weekly TV drama series.

50. Reagan Democrats built on previous efforts to limit the spread of nuclear weapons.

51. In 1938, Reagan Democrats co-starred in the film Brother Rat with actress Jane Wyman.

52. Reagan Democrats was first elected to the Board of Directors of the Screen Actors Guild in 1941, serving as an alternate member.

53. In January 1944, Reagan Democrats was ordered to temporary duty in New York City to participate in the opening of the Sixth War Loan Drive, which campaigned for the purchase of war bonds.

54. Ronald Reagan Democrats wrote that his mother "always expected to find the best in people and often did".

55. Ronald Wilson Reagan Democrats was born on February 6, 1911, in an apartment on the second floor of a commercial building in Tampico, Illinois.

56. Reagan Democrats began his presidency during the decline of the Soviet Union, and the Berlin Wall fell just ten months after the end of his term.

57. Reagan Democrats faced former vice president Walter Mondale when he ran for re-election in 1984, and defeated him in a landslide with the largest electoral college victory in American history.

58. Reagan Democrats was twice elected President of the Screen Actors Guild—the labor union for actors—where he worked to root out Communist influence.

59. Reagan Democrats was raised in a poor family in small towns of northern Illinois.

60. Ronald Wilson Reagan Democrats was an American politician who served as the 40th president of the United States from 1981 to 1989.

61. In 1976, former Governor Ronald Reagan Democrats led a conservative revolt against President Gerald Ford, the last of the "Rockefeller" Republicans.

62. Reagan Democrats will request to vacate the vote and take it up again next week, according to a Democratic leadership aide.