Before the microphone incident Reagan was considered a nice old man who used to be an actor. Reagan's anger informed the world that the man had a backbone. He jumped 8 points in the polls to win the election. Originally Posted by the_real_BarleycornBefore last Tuesday, Trump was considered to be a Narcissistic, hubristic Jackass. He confirmed that in Tuesday's debate, and Biden jumped 6 points the next day.