<<Dope1: So Reagan goes out and campaigns on the issues of economics and of national defense. The whole campaign was devoid of any kind of racism, any kind of reference.>>

LOL Reagan?
You mean this guy...

RONALD REAGAN: "To see those monkeys from those African countries. Damn them. They're still uncomfortable wearing shoes."
npr.org - Historian discusses recording of reagans racists comments made to nixon

"Reagan may have been blessed with a Hollywood smile and an avuncular delivery, but he was elbow deep in the same old race-baiting Southern strategy of Goldwater and Nixon."

Reagan repeatedly invoked a story of a "Chicago welfare queen" with "eighty names, thirty addresses, twelve Social Security cards
who is collecting veteran's benefits on four non-existing deceased husbands. She's got Medicaid, food stamps, and she is
collecting welfare under each of her names. Her tax-free cash income is over $150,000." Often, Reagan placed his mythical welfare
queen behind the wheel of a Cadillac, tooling around in flashy splendor. Beyond propagating the stereotypical image of a lazy,
larcenous black woman ripping off society's generosity without remorse.

salon.com - The racism at the heart of the reagan presidency

When you are voting for the same folks as the KKK you should ask why.