Editing Reagan Democrat (section)

{{short description|Democratic voters who supported Republican president Ronald Reagan}}
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[[File:Democrats for Reagan & Bush.jpg|thumb|[[Bumper sticker]] from Reagan's successful 1980 presidential campaign reading "Democrats for Reagan & Bush"]]
A '''Reagan Democrat''' is a traditionally [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] voter in the United States, referring to [[working class]] residents who supported [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] presidential candidates [[Ronald Reagan]] in the [[1980 United States presidential election|1980]] and/or the [[1984 United States presidential election|1984]] United States presidential elections, and/or [[George H. W. Bush]] in the [[1988 United States presidential election]]. The term remains part of the lexicon in American political jargon because of Reagan's continued widespread popularity among a large segment of the electorate.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gallup.com/poll/146183/Americans-Say-Reagan-Greatest-President.aspx|title=Americans Say Reagan Is the Greatest U.S. President|publisher=Gallup|date=February 18, 2011|access-date=January 16, 2025}}</ref>