Reagan's Election
Short Term
THE MORAL MAJORITY- This was an organization that was politically organized to fulfill religious goals
They helped the republican candidate win by reaching out to Americans who didnt usually take part in the political process and convinced them to vote(usually for republicans)
Reagan's Qualities
-Supported strong military
-Opposed big government
-faith in traditional values
-Charismatic
-Optimistic
-Polished
-Friendly
-Even tempered
-Great communicator
Long Term
LIBERALS LOST APPEAL
Affirmative action created reverse discrimination
Welfare programs were bad - increased number of children born out of wedlock and encouraged the decline of traditional family
counterculture alienated midwesterners and white christians
Faith lost in government cause of iran hostage crisis, watergate and oil crisis
Vietnma and urban riots divided people
At fault for stagflation adn other economic problems
great society made poverty worse
businesses spent too much on the wrong programs
taxed citizens too much
Unfunded mandates- programs required but not paid forby the federal government
POPULATION TRENDS
Migration to suburbs, the Sunbelt, and the realignment of the deep south
Following the enactment of the civil rights legislation white southerners began to switch parties as well
Republicans focused on issues that would affect the people in these areas and got some of them to switch parties
