Reagan won by a landslide both times because he was against abortion, against gun control, against big government. He had a democratic majority congress the whole time. Even after he was shot, he was against gun control and didn't implement any. He was also pro american. He was against illegal immigration, but had to compromise with congress to get anything done. He was able to build up our military to the point it brought down the Soviet Union. He won by uniting Christians who were against abortion and gun control, and fiscal conservative old line republicans and using a lot of common sense. The Republican party can win again, BUT it will have to adopt true conservative values, limited abortion, no gun control, fair trade, not free trade, stop illegal immigration. One of the main reasons for LEGAL immigration is to check for criminals and diseases. America has not been against immigration, but diseases like TB are back and drug gangs don't need to be in the US. Also if children are born to legal or illegal immigrants, they should not automatically become citizens, only if the parents want to. We don't need anchor babies. I did better financially under Reagan than any other president. Clintons so called good economy was only a continuation of the policies the Reagan put in place and he had Newt Gingrich running the congress who was a true conservative to keep him at bay. Without Newt and conservative republicans in power while Bush was in office, the republicans became complacent and very much like democrats. Rino's they were.