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What if Reagan wins the '76 Republican nomination and loses to Carter. Let's say in '80 the Republicans nominate GHWBush, blaming Reagan and the far-right for their loss in the general, who goes on to win the election. What happens to the far-right of the Republican Party if they are prevented from having their icon - Reagan - who moved the Party considerably rightward? Do they fade into oblivion - a forever ignored minority? Do they soon form a third party away from the Republican Party? Do they swap to the Democrats? Do they eventually get their rise, just not with Reagan?
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