Rust Belt
A Reagan Democrat is a traditionally Democratic voter in the United States, referring initially to white working class Rust Belt and California residents, and later solely to white working-class Rust Belt, who left their party to support Republican presidents Ronald Reagan during either or both of the 1980 and 1984 presidential elections, George H. W. Bush during the 1988 presidential election, and George W. Bush during either or both of the 2000 and 2004 elections.