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Richard Nixon was actually younger than Ronald Reagan, but more politically successful. Ronald Reagan was older, but delayed his entry into political life. And then there are the matters of happenstance. So that's why Nixon was elected a political generation before Ronald Reagan was a sparkle in the electorate's eye.

Just for the heck of it, let us reverse (or strive to reverse) the roles, and have Ronald Reagan run in 1968 and Richard Nixon run in 1980.
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