US Midterms - Predictions and Aftereffects
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useless
Social Justice Rogue
How could anyone vote for the GOP?
Zarn
Le Républicain Catholique
Have you seen the alternative?
Xanikk999
History junkie
Yes and it makes a whole lot more sense. The GOP's party platform is only nice if you are a rich person who is selfish and wants even more tax breaks. Poor people be damned lets cut some more social programs and pour more money into the military because thats what americans want!
Zarn
Le Républicain Catholique
You need to do more research. It's best to never rely on a party's talking points for objective analysis.
Tani Coyote
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I don't know, a different sense of ethics and values than people who vote for the Democrats?
Greed probably plays a factor, but it's not the arbiter, plenty of poor people vote GOP out of principle.
Are you serious?1. There are plenty of poor and middle class who vote Republican. Economics is NOT the sole factor when considering your vote.
2. A different sense of morals and values drives the Republican party. It goes beyond low taxes - it goes down to wanting less government intervention, at least in the economy.
3. Republicans believe we're better off with less government programs than the alternative.
4. Republicans have a more visible, more fierce patriotism on average, and they believe a large military protects the country they love.
It goes beyond "greed" and "selfishness" and "rich people." Most people aren't rich, but, the Republicans get a lot of votes. Odd isn't it?
Also. A lot of upper class people vote Democrat.
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Amen to that.
duckstab
Child of Noble Family
Insofar as being a Democrat is a liability, yes.
The Democrats could pick somebody as conservative as Ben Nelson and the right-wing noise machine would still make them out to be the next incarnation of Karl Marx.
ParkCungHee
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The Talking Heads as far as I can tell, only told you not to be afraid of the government.
Seven states to republican Governors including those states. Hello re-districting.
Hopefully so. It creates safe seats for the minority and not as safe seats for the majority. A lot of 2006 and 2008 can be explained by GOP-gerrymandering cutting districts to too close to survive a slight change in sentiment.
My district looks like Pinocchio's face. All for Danny Davis.
Xanikk999
History junkie
I don't know, a different sense of ethics and values than people who vote for the Democrats?
Greed probably plays a factor, but it's not the arbiter, plenty of poor people vote GOP out of principle.
1. There are plenty of poor and middle class who vote Republican. Economics is NOT the sole factor when considering your vote.
2. A different sense of morals and values drives the Republican party. It goes beyond low taxes - it goes down to wanting less government intervention, at least in the economy.
3. Republicans believe we're better off with less government programs than the alternative.
4. Republicans have a more visible, more fierce patriotism on average, and they believe a large military protects the country they love.
It goes beyond "greed" and "selfishness" and "rich people." Most people aren't rich, but, the Republicans get a lot of votes. Odd isn't it?
Also. A lot of upper class people vote Democrat.
Despite all those reasons to vote republican they still favor tax cuts for the wealthy and would cut social programs before cutting military spending. The republicans get alot of votes because they prey on peoples ignorance (Hey the bush era wasnt so bad!) and use straw-man campaigning to get votes.
Perfect example of this is something you said. They have in the past campaigned on peoples irrational fears, such as terrorism as an excuse to increase military spending and wage pointless wars. I have no pride in our military, it is not defending our country more like its trying to ferret out terrorists in foreign lands with the use of cowardly drone attacks that kill civilians. Of course the democrats arent so different in this regard as we can see Obama continuing the war effort in afghanistan.
As for the regards of social policies, if you think that republicans are looking our for the average American i got a bridge to sell you!
Insofar as being a Democrat is a liability, yes.
The Democrats could pick somebody as conservative as Ben Nelson and the right-wing noise machine would still make them out to be the next incarnation of Karl Marx.
Yea, but it wouldn't stick as much. Nelson wasn't leading the Senate democrats in voting for 2 very unpopular bills. Reid was.
I can't really say too much about Feingold, but I hate Grayson with a passion. If I could have, I would have voted for Webster a hundred times over.
What's gonna be depressing is watching the Repubs/Tea Party get ahold of the House committees and do all kinds of witch hunting.
That aside, Dems hold Senate around 51 seats. Repubs get most Governors.
That aside, Dems hold Senate around 51 seats. Repubs get most Governors.
The Repub's getting all the Governors and legislative seats in local election is really depressing... god I hate gerrymandering.
civver_764
Deity
Why do you hate Grayson? He's one of the only fighters in the democratic party?
