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James Cooper, Associate Professor of History and American Studies, York St John University

Forty years after Ronald Reagan was re-elected, Republicans want Reaganism back

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With everything else that is going on in US politics, it would be easy to forget the 40th anniversary of Ronald Reagan’s landslide re-election in 1984.

But Donald Trump and his supporters seem keen on keeping the memory of Reagan alive, and building on his foundations. Project 2025 – the 920-page blueprint for a second Trump term from conservative thinktank the Heritage Foundation – mentions Reagan 71 times. These references include those who worked for him and have also contributed to the report, and examples of how the think tank successfully influenced the Reagan administration.

The Heritage Foundation claims it had massive influence in the 1980s, with 60% of its policy recommendations introduced by Reagan, and hopes for the same under Trump with its “bold and courageous plan”.

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