Honestly I was like 5 years old when Reagan took office, so I really don't remember much of anything about him; I was too young to follow politics. I really only know what I read about him now. But, I was raised in a (legal) immigrant household who voted (working class) democrat for as long as I could remember, and my elders couldn't stand Reagan, so I'm chalking that up to - he couldn't have been that bad.