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> I vote according to my pet wedge issue (usually guns or abortion), sorry. As much as I agree with the left on both these issues... I would rather give up on
by Eridrus 10y ago
> I vote according to my pet wedge issue (usually guns or abortion), sorry.
As much as I agree with the left on both these issues... I would rather give up on these as politically untenable rather than lose every other issue to Republicans.
I don't know if this would just lead to other wedge issues ad infinitum, and I don't know how you would get that idea through a democratic primary (though there are christian democrats), and then motivate the democratic base to vote for you...
But if there are wedge issues that could swing large chunks of the electorate, it might be worth just giving in on a few specific issues until public opinion changes.
- mikeash 10y agoI do think that the Democrats should give up on gun control. I generally agree with their stance on it, but it's just not that important. I see so many reasonable people who agree with Democrats on nearly everything, but love their guns. Some of them hold their noses and vote D. Many of them refuse to, because they really love their guns, even though they lean that way on almost everything else. I completely disagree on abortion, though. That's a serious health issue that will result in a lot of unnecessary innocent deaths if the "pro-life" side gets their way. That is an issue worth fighting for.
- spinlock 10y agodemocrats have given up on gun control. you'll notice Obama didn't really grab any of them