Reagan was from Illinois and got his first job in Iowa. More importantly, the California of Reagan & Nixon was in many ways still culturally Midwestern & voted nationally like a Midwestern state for much of the 20th century.https://twitter.com/DrewSav/status/1102600224307068929 …
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The Democratic primary electorate in the Midwest & South has changed a lot since 1992, of course. But Brown's campaigns tell us more about the challenges of 2020 than Reagan or Nixon. A strong, successful California conservative would be a whole different thing.
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FWIW, New England and the West were also Ross Perot's strongest regions later that year. I wonder if there's a connection.
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