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Cavuto: Remember the history of presidential campaigns

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    What experts say doesn't always happen

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-- is crucial Florida two and Wisconsin would -- now I visited your gonna lose someplace else the pivotal electoral -- for the -- Not Romney -- when he twelve I'm talking Reagan in 1980.

32 years ago this very week that was the polling wisdom -- -- Reagan and Carter were -- in the popular vote polls but not nearly so died in what they called the swing state polls.

That is where Carter had a big advantage and Reagan aides were frantically -- -- together the states they would have to have to win.

Funny thing looking back how long not only the pollsters were -- but the poll assessing campaign's war.

If Reagan was worried at the time he apparently didn't seem to show it.

Bemused by his aides constantly.

Shuffling state strategies Reagan reportedly looked at all their color coded maps and famously blurted out.

They -- look winnable to me they laugh but you know Reagan wasn't getting turned out.

He would have the last laugh they were pretty much -- winnable to him or at least 44.

Of them want.

44 states that is how many states Reagan would go on to win in election this week.

32 years ago we didn't seem elect shortly at least have a chance.

But -- in politics funny thing conventional -- No wonder why Reagan liked to laugh about his aides.

He was the only guy who remembered history now I'm not saying -- repeats itself I am saying.

What the experts tell you will happen almost never ever -- I don't take it from me.

Take it from the --

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