Because he went in as president as a republican.
Ronald Reagan was originally a member of the Democratic party but switched to the Republican party in 1962. He was never chairman of the Democratic party.
R.Reagan was a member of Democratic party until 1962. He switched to Republican party in 1962 and was a member until 2004. R.Reagan served as a President 1981-1989. So in that time he was Republican.
Reagan was initially a registered Democrat; he became a Republican in 1962 and was elected Governor of California and President of the US as a Republican
He was early in his career, but soon switched to Republican.
Ronald Regan was a member of the Republican Party
In 1932, Ronald Reagan was a Democratic supporter of Franklin Roosevelt and the New Deal. However, in the 1950s, the Democratic party had shifting platforms that led Ronald Reagan to become a Republican in 1962.
Reagan was a Republican when he ran for office. I believe he leaned toward the Democrats in his early years.
Power and money and to be a front-man for the Republican Party.
Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses Grant, Theodore Roosevelt, Dwight Eisenhower and Ronald Reagan are no doubt the most famous of the Republican Presidents.
He was originally a part of the Democratic Party, later in 1962 he changed to the Republican party. However he never ran for office as a Democrat.
Ronald Reagan began his political life in the Democratic Party, but as he became more and more conservative, he ultimately changed to the Republican Party in the early 1960s. That was where he spent the most successful years of his political career. He was elected Governor of California and later President of the United States as a Republican, and was closely aligned with Republican causes throughout his time in office.
In 1976, Reagan challenged incumbent President Gerald Ford in a bid to become the Republican Party's candidate for president. Gerald Ford won the nomination at the Republican convention.