{"id":2262660,"date":"2024-06-07T20:30:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-08T00:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-is-echoing-reagans-genius-new-york-strategy-and-the-results-could-be-similar-prominent-historian-says\/"},"modified":"2024-06-07T20:30:50","modified_gmt":"2024-06-08T00:30:50","slug":"trump-is-echoing-reagans-genius-new-york-strategy-and-the-results-could-be-similar-prominent-historian-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-is-echoing-reagans-genius-new-york-strategy-and-the-results-could-be-similar-prominent-historian-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Historian Notes Trump Mirrors Reagan&#8217;s Successful NY Tactics, Anticipates Comparable Outcomes"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-is-echoing-reagans-genius-new-york-strategy-and-the-results-could-be-similar-prominent-historian-says%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2262660&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>This \u200carticle discusses the parallels between the 1980\u200d presidential election \u2062and the upcoming 2024 election. Historian Craig Shirley, author of &#8220;Rendezvous with Destiny: Ronald Reagan\u200c and the Campaign That Changed America,&#8221; has\u2063 credited former President Donald Trump with following the same\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lets-do-the-math-debunking-joe-bidens-outrageous-vaccine-claims\/\" title=\"Let\u2019s Do The Math: Debunking Joe Biden\u2019s Outrageous Vaccine Claims\">successful strategy<\/a> that helped Reagan win the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/indiana-health-department-nurse-claims-fourth-graders-experiment-with-anal-sex\/\" title=\"Indiana Health Department Nurse Claims Fourth Graders Experiment with Anal Sex\">traditionally blue state<\/a> of New York. Recent polls have shown a close race \u2063between Trump\u2063 and Biden in New York, with Trump&#8217;s South Bronx rally demonstrating\u2064 his growing support among black and Hispanic voters. The\u2064 author also points out similarities in the\u200d candidates&#8217; backgrounds and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/backlash-against-disney-grows-after-liberal-actor-in-show-with-gina-carano-made-similar-posts-still-has-job\/\" title=\"Backlash Against Disney Grows After Liberal Actor In Show With Gina Carano Made Similar Posts, Still Has Job\">current political climate<\/a>, suggesting that Trump has a chance to repeat Reagan&#8217;s historic victory.\u2063 The article also includes a message from the publisher, \u2064urging readers to support the \u200bfight\u2063 against so-called &#8220;Big Tech&#8221; and \u2062the &#8220;America-hating elites&#8221;\u200d who may try to influence the election.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/commentary\/\">  Commentary <\/a>   <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/michael-schwarz\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/michael-schwarz\/%20\"><span>Michael Schwarz<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   June 7, 2024 at 1:34pm <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>History never actually repeats itself, but it sure does reveal some interesting patterns.<\/p>\n<p>In an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nyts-op-ed-these-attacks-on-jews-are-especially-bad-because-it-makes-republicans-look-right\/\" title=\"NYT\u2019s Op-Ed: These Attacks On Jews Are Especially Bad Because It Makes Republicans Look Right\">opinion piece published<\/a> on Friday by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/opinion\/reagans-new-york-strategy-genius-trump-track-make-lightning-strike-again\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox News<\/a>, historian Craig Shirley, author of \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Rendezvous-Destiny-Campaign-Changed-America\/dp\/1935191934\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rendezvous with Destiny: Ronald Reagan and the Campaign That Changed America<\/a>,\u201d credited former President Donald Trump with following the same \u201cgenius\u201d strategy that helped Reagan win New York state en route to a resounding victory over President Jimmy Carter in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.presidency.ucsb.edu\/statistics\/elections\/1980\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">1980 presidential election<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, Shirley described deep-blue New York as \u201cripe for picking by Trump in this fall\u2019s election.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.simonandschuster.com\/authors\/Craig-Shirley\/217055459\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">prolific author<\/a> who once worked for Reagan, Shirley based his conclusion on recent polling. He cited, for instance, an Emerson College <a href=\"https:\/\/emersoncollegepolling.com\/new-york-2024-poll-biden-48-trump-41\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">poll<\/a> last week showing Biden with only a 7-point lead over Trump in New York.<\/p>\n<p>And that revelation came on the heels of a Siena College <a href=\"https:\/\/scri.siena.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/SNY0524-Crosstabs.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">poll<\/a> in which Biden held only a 9-point lead.<\/p>\n<p>For context, in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.presidency.ucsb.edu\/statistics\/elections\/2020\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2020 presidential election<\/a>, Biden scored a 23-point victory over Trump in New York.<\/p>\n<p>No Republican has won that state since Reagan\u2019s historic <a href=\"https:\/\/www.presidency.ucsb.edu\/statistics\/elections\/1984\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">landslide re-election<\/a> victory over Democratic challenger Walter Mondale in 1984. Reagan won New York by 8 points that year. He also won California by 16 points and Connecticut by 22 points.<\/p>\n<p>In other words, the country has changed in 40 years.<\/p>\n<p>Nonetheless, as the Biden-led establishment works to transform the United States into a \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-versus-biden-revisited-75th-anniversary-orwells-1984\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">1984<\/a>\u201c-style Orwellian dystopia \u2014 complete with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/biden-feds-possess-secret-ai-tool-censor-indoctrinate-scale-ahead-election-need-know\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">censorship<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/biden-official-hints-american-support-helping-ukraine-attack-russia-shocking-policy-shift\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">perpetual war<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-matt-gaetz-torches-biden-ag-judge-merchans-daughter-profiting-off-trump-prosecution\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">persecution<\/a> of political enemies \u2014 Shirley sees a tremendous opportunity for the presumptive GOP nominee.<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\">\n<p>Do you think Trump will win New York in November?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>In fact, the historian identified meaningful parallels between Reagan\u2019s 1980 presidential bid and Trump\u2019s current campaign.<\/p>\n<p>For instance, Reagan viewed New York as a chance to \u201cexpand the [electoral] map to achieve a mandate,\u201d Shirley wrote. In light of polls coming from New York and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trumps-good-news-deep-blue-new-england-state-creates-9-swing-states-now-play-polls-show\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">other blue states<\/a>, Trump has this same chance ahead of him.<\/p>\n<p>Likewise, in 1980, the liberal Republican John Anderson ran as an independent. In New York, Anderson earned nearly 468,000 votes. Reagan, meanwhile, won the state by a relatively narrow 165,000-vote margin.<\/p>\n<p>Anderson, therefore, played the spoiler role that could go to independent candidate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/rfk-jr-sends-democrats-warning-trump-verdict-conviction-going-backfire\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Robert F. Kennedy Jr.<\/a> this fall.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, as a former Democrat with a strong anti-Communist message, Reagan appealed to millions of Americans regardless of party affiliation. Trump, also a former Democrat, has denounced <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/vs-u-s-study-exposes-profound-threat-authoritarian-elites-pose-ordinary-americans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">authoritarian elites<\/a> and led a successful working-class insurgency from within the Republican Party.<\/p>\n<p>One can hardly imagine any president this side of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/about-the-white-house\/presidents\/james-buchanan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">James Buchanan<\/a> sowing more disastrous chaos than Biden has, but by 1980, Carter had come close. Inflation, American hostages in Iran and a Soviet invasion of Afghanistan all testified to the failure of the sitting Democratic president, Shirley observed.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, Reagan actively campaigned in New York City, including the South Bronx. Last month, Trump held his own <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/cnn-reporter-admits-truth-trumps-bronx-rally-not-democrats-want-see\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">South Bronx rally<\/a> that helped illustrate his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-expands-lead-biden-new-poll-women-blacks-hispanics-jump-off-sinking-ship\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">growing support<\/a> among black and Hispanic voters.<\/p>\n<p>In sum, Shirley found meaningful parallels that bode well for Trump in November.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow Trump is wisely taking a page out of the Reagan playbook,\u201d the historian wrote, \u201ccampaigning in non-traditional areas, staying on offense, keeping Biden on defense, making new news, raising the morale of his campaign, lowering the morale of Biden\u2019s campaign and paving the way to an historic win in this fall\u2019s election.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">1980 ALL OVER AGAIN? \u201cThe people empathize with Trump and are lining up against Biden.\u201d Read Craig Shirley\u2019s full piece on the parallels between Reagan\u2019s historic victory and the 2024 election: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UGM41bVA6L\">https:\/\/t.co\/UGM41bVA6L<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0vpseAiJcj\">pic.twitter.com\/0vpseAiJcj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Fox News (@FoxNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FoxNews\/status\/1799154425027588466?\">June 7, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>History might never actually repeat itself, but for the purposes of prediction we have nothing else to guide us.<\/p>\n<p>Let us pray, therefore, that Shirley knows the future as well as he knows the past.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<p><b><i>An Important Message from Our Staff:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span>We who work here at The Western Journal have fought for years against Big Tech and the elites who want to shut us down and then shut America down. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Make no mistake \u2014 nothing will be the same after November 2024. 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Kennedy Jr.<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/tag\/ronald-reagan\/\" rel=\"tag\">Ronald Reagan<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/tag\/us-news\/\" rel=\"tag\">U.S. News<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div id=\"author-info-45760\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/michael-schwarz\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<div>\n<p><label for=\"summary-tab-radio-45760\">Summary<\/label><label for=\"more-info-tab-radio-45760\">More<span> Biographical Information<\/span><\/label><label for=\"posts-tab-radio-45760\">Recent<span> Posts<\/span><\/label><label for=\"contact-tab-radio-45760\" onclick=\"if( typeof grecaptcha=='undefined' ) { let cap_s=document.createElement( 'script' ); cap_s.src='https:\/\/www.google.com\/recaptcha\/api.js?render=6LeJFcsUAAAAAPsIEqvB1EebWbZfqRUe6ebMpGy7'; document.body.appendChild( cap_s ); }\">Contact<\/label><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Michael Schwarz holds a Ph.D. in History and has taught at multiple colleges and universities. He has published one book and numerous essays on Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and the Early U.S. Republic. He loves dogs, baseball, and freedom. After meandering spiritually through most of early adulthood, he has rediscovered his faith in midlife and is eager to continue learning about it from the great Christian thinkers.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>  Michael Schwarz holds a Ph.D. in History and has taught at multiple colleges and universities. He has published one book and numerous essays on Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and the Early U.S. Republic. He loves dogs, baseball, and freedom. After meandering spiritually through most of early adulthood, he has rediscovered his faith in midlife and is eager to continue learning about it from the great Christian thinkers. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a Fox News opinion piece, historian Craig Shirley, author of &#8220;Rendezvous with Destiny,&#8221; credits former President Donald Trump with emulating patterns from history, echoing the notion that while history doesn&#8217;t repeat, it often rhymes<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2056,"featured_media":2262661,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Reagan-Trump.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2262660","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Reagan-Trump.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2262660","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2056"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2262660"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2262660\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2262661"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2262660"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2262660"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2262660"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}