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To: Dale Baker who wrote (26960)	8/22/2006 11:36:09 AM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541944

A question off the top of my head - why didn't landslide Republican victories in 1972 and 1984 lead to permanent conservative majorities, Other than the possibility that the claims in the article are either wrong, or not sustained, another explanation would be that conservatives have grown a lot more powerful, but that non-conservatives are less likely to vote Republican than in the past. Perhaps "Reagan Democrats", are voting for Democrats more often, or maybe "Rockefeller Republicans", either left the party, or at least are willing to vote for Democrats some times.