> The argument is roughly "incumbent, economy, sexism" in that order. Also personality? I wasn't even alive during that election, but I've seen videos of Reag

> The argument is roughly "incumbent, economy, sexism" in that order. Also personality? I wasn't even alive during that election, but I've seen videos of Reagan's (quite good) jokes during those debates. I've never seen anything from Mondale, so it's likely that he didn't leave nearly as good of an impression.