Ronald Reagan [Republican] 1984 Campaign Ad "Democrat Switch"

Item Number: P-293-14372
Reagan sits discussing why he switched from a Democrat to a Republican.
Creator: Tuesday Team, Inc.
Location: United States of America
Format: 2” film; video/mp4
Extent: 33 seconds
Subjects: Positive campaigning
Contact: The Carl Albert Congressional Research and Studies Center to purchase a non-watermarked high resolution digital file‪ www.ou.edu/carlalbertcenter/co... ‬‬‬‬‬‬‬
Category: Education; Politics; Campaign Advertisements

[@stestell7544]

Reagan's 1984 ad campaigns were the best in history

[@mackleswimbaits]

Fast forward to 2020 election night when Trump had a looping political ad saying "watch out for brain eating zombie biden!" That was insane lol

[@blipco5]

Give no credit to Regan or his advertisers. They were selling a product to the most brain dead Americans. And still are!

[@RS-tz2zn]

Well, those were good times for America and he was elected in 1984 with 49 of 50 states so not sure how you can say, as otherwise people wouldn’t have voted for him.

[@babyboy1971]

Hal Riney and partners.

[@MisterPolitical1]

Better than subsequent gop ones from bush snr.

[@cald1421]

If trump had done more of this and less tweeting, he’d still be President rn

[@ryan979_]

legit all he had to do was tell people to wear masks

[@djtforever1414]

"I started out as a Democrat" - we forgive you.

[@Officer239]

We need another President Reagan for 2024 make America the 80’s again 😎

[@lightningbolt2692]

how about we don't ?

[@captainbroady]

@@lightningbolt2692 I think he meant another Reagan who isn't Trump :))

[@DingleDangle66]

@@captainbroady But Trump was a good president, what are you smoking?

[@captainbroady]

@jamescallaghan7478 haha very funny If he's good why is he under indictment for multiple cases, losing support over the GOP, lost 2 midterms and 2 popular votes in 2 presidential elections? The only good thing he did was boost the military budget and focused US attention on China. Everything else either foreign or domestic was shit (especially after Covid).

[@mr.patriotjol]

@@DingleDangle66 Trump was a good president, yes. But he kind of had a Ego, that at times didnt play so well. He can do that in Campaign and public events yes, but while hes at the White House, he cant be doing that.

[@kasunex1772]

Reagan really claimed that it took him until 1962 to see that the party of FDR didn't want to shrink the federal government. Dude would have to be slow as shit.

[@Mark-yy2py]

At least he figured it out. Some still don’t to this day.

[@smokesakimbo6322]

He was a movie star, movies stars are not known for being exceptionally smart

[@wessexfox5197]

He actually voted for Nixon in 1960 and I imagine he probably voted Eisenhower twice. He made the switch because after JFK’s assassination the Democratic Party really only focused on growing government. I say all this, the Republicans over the last 40 years have hardly scaled back government either.

[@MisterPolitical1]

Not all politicians are one party loyals

[@modejro]

George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Ronald Reagan, need i say MOE?????? Because i can and will; these guys today play with the dollar like its MONOPOLY Bucks, no bueno no señor NO NO NO!!!

[@MisterPolitical1]

Reagan's a westie republican who's a Democrat first then he focused more on economy & national security

[@jaycorbin]

So will Donald Trump remake this ad for his 2024 campaign? Everything else he’s done he’s stolen from Reagan…..

[@Swift30x]

And now the two parties are indistinguishable from each other.

[@ianrastoski3346]

"I started out as a Democrat, then i found out how much money i can get making billionaire friends as president of the WGA, so naturally i would continue that pattern into the 80's."

[@ianrastoski3346]

@@Riorozen whataboutism

[@RS-tz2zn]

No, that isn’t what about ism, it is just addressing the assertion, that the only reason Reagan became a republican is that it is the party of the wealthy elites as opposed to the Democratic Party, which obviously isn’t true.

[@WestTNConfed]

If you want to know why the middle class is almost nonexistent today while the rich get richer, Reagan is your answer.

[@yaro1401]

Marcus aurelius was a very very smart man..a visionary..he could put 2 and 2 together..apparently you cant..in just 2 yrs we reached unfathomable inflation,car loans, mortgage loans are at imposible rates, people flocking to Dollar stores to buy groceries, gas prices,water,energy bills doubled, tripled,stock markets are catastrophically down, people are using their 401K plans to pay monthly bills, poverty is worse then ever,crime and homelessness went thru the roof..there is your answer about disappearing middle class..nothing visionary here..

[@arcanondrum6543]

@@yaro1401 You didn't include the George W., and Donald Tax Cuts. Bush did it 3 times because Republicans controlled both Houses. Republicans also have blocked a minimum wage increase since the last one in July, 2009. Ever seen my site? Ever ask yourself how much Taxes th Fortune 500 pay since those 3 Cut them? Their profits are high but NOT their Taxes (many; not at all). The working stiffs pick up the costs of War and Infrastructure while the rich just get richer.

[@jerrywoods4066]

​@@yaro1401lower unemployment numbers. More jobs . health care Improvements. Infrastructure is here , the whole world is suffering inflation and higher gas prices.

[@chosenwon5618]

No it’s called Obama, Biden, Harris radical left wing liberal criminal regimes funded by George Soros!!!! That’s the problem of today and no one will tell me different!!!

[@reaper411b]

Yup

[@py120]

Destroyed the economy

[@fr_T_T]

Actually not

[@MrBoriqua2000]

Started out as a Democrat but then finished as a Drug dealer.

[@thegrasswhistle5238]

Actually, Reagan switched parties because of the Democrat’s focus on civil rights. He actively opposed the Civil Rights act and endorsed Barry Goldwater, the Republican candidate in 1964 that supported segregation and voted against the civil rights act. Reagan is the third worst president we have ever had, and that’s saying something.

[@Thatonecopypasta]

Reagan joined the Democratic Party at the height of its liberalism, Reagan himself a member of the extremely powerful unions of the New Deal Era, you can scarcely claim that the democrats were somehow a remotely Conservative Party at any point after 1932, or that they had moved any further left than they had been at their height.

[@dadboi6708]

Barry goldwater never supported segregation what you're saying is false

[@inevitbleban7006]

@@dadboi6708 then why would he vote against the CRA

[@inevitbleban7006]

@@Thatonecopypasta By god you showed your ignorance plain and center. The democrats and the republicans back then had a lot of different factions, there were but just to simplify it, in BOTH parties they had a liberal and conservative wings back then. The democrats specifically had the Dixiecrats who were conservative southern democrats.

[@dadboi6708]

@Inevitbleban he voted against it because he thought it gave too much power to the federal government

[@Hatchbasic]

Awful president

[@appropriate-channelname3049]

Idk man dude won election and reelection in landslide victories. It's almost like people liked his presidency.

[@Tactical_Nuke0]

sure

[@SupremeRepublican]

I think bill clinton is worse

[@Tactical_Nuke0]

@@SupremeRepublican this guy was probably born in 2005, LoL

[@inevitbleban7006]

@@SupremeRepublican because he cheated? Reagan is responsible for 90% of the problems we face today