That had nothing to do with it. At the end of the 70's we were a nation who had lost our way. There were gas lines, hostages in Iran, the pain & national wounds of Vietnam were still fresh, a pervasive fear that we were losing ground to the Soviets and our economy was in the s***ter.
Reagan got us back on our feet & made ALL Americans proud again regardless of what their ideology was or who they were. That's what made him great.