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President Reagan's Question

President Reagan's Question

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Julian Zelizer
Apr 10, 2025
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In October 1980, toward the end of his campaign against President Jimmy Carter, Republican Ronald Reagan asked the American people a simple but powerful question: “Are you better off today than you were four years ago?”

It’s safe to assume Democrats will start asking the same question just weeks into Donald Trump’s second term.

In President Carter’s case,…

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