Ronald Reagan: “This election is not a contest between Republicans and Democrats or…”

On the recordOctober 7, 1984

This election is not a contest between Republicans and Democrats or between left and right; it's a contest between the future and the past.

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Republican · California

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Remarks at a Reagan-Bush Rally in Charlotte, North Carolina

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