If he is to win, Mr Romney will need a bigger share of the white vote than Ronald Reagan or the Bushes ever won.

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In November of that year the unemployment rate was 14.5% and contributed to Ronald Reagan quietly receiving 14% of the Black vote.

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Ronald Reagan got 34 and 37 percent of the Latino vote in his two presidential campaigns and Bush's father, George H.

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Within the Liberals (seen as conservative, basically pro-business and largely sympathetic to the government) a split developed after its vice-chairman, Ronald Arculli, stalked out of the chamber in tears shortly before the vote.

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What I said -- and I will provide you with a quote -- what I said was is that Ronald Reagan was a transformative political figure because he was able to get Democrats to vote against their economic interests to form a majority to push through their agenda, an agenda that I objected to.

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