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Even between two people of similar ideologies, they can vary in the degree of "hardness" or "softness." Take two Reagan Republicans that I know.

One is right wing, and "tea party" down the line. The other has a way of occasionally "running left," e.g. by going on a radio show in 1988 as a "Republican for Dukakis."

One will accuse the other of "leaving the reservation." The other will respond by citing allegiance to "cloth coat" Republicans like Nixon and Reagan, and being uncomfortable with the aristocratic Bush.

There is another dynamic: The "true blue" Republican is a WASP. The Dukakis person is an "ethnic" and was swayed in part of by Dukakis' ethnicity (and reassured by the presence of Lloyd Bentsen on the ticket.

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