While only about half of the voters feel they know very much about Reagan or what he stands for, the Republicans who do have a very positive perception of him.
The President has not created any Ford constituency, unique from that of any Republican President. The one exception to this is that he does show unique strength with young voters for a Republican.
Detente is a particularly unpopular idea with most Republican primary voters and the word is worse. We ought to stop using the word whenever possible.
Research has shown that the perceived style of leadership is by far the most important thing to most voters in evaluating officeholders and candidates.