Which 2016 Republican Candidate Is Really the Most Like Ronald Reagan?

As 15 Republican presidential candidates head to the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Library in California for their second set of debates, you can bet many of them will be engaging in a favorite pastime: Comparing themselves to the Gipper. During the first debates, on Aug. 6, seven of those who will be on stage Wednesday night made reference to the 40th president, according to transcripts, as did former Texas Governor Rick Perry, who seemed to have a bit of a pronunciation problem when it came to Reagan and has now dropped out of the race.

That tally doesn't even include Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker, who likes to remind audiences he got married on Reagan's birthday, or former Florida Governor Jeb Bush, whose father was Reagan's vice president.