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>Plus people rarely back a candidate for single issues. Tell that to all the black gun owners who vote R because they don't want wake up one day and find out t
by dsfyu404ed 8y ago
>Plus people rarely back a candidate for single issues.
Tell that to all the black gun owners who vote R because they don't want wake up one day and find out they're felons or all the fiscal conservatives who vote D because they believe healthcare and the climate are bigger short term issues.
I generally agree with you that people back whoever pushes policy they like most but people also have deal-breakers that will cause them to back the other guy even if they don't like his platform.
- heromal 8y agoYou do realize that black people don't have to be democrats yet?
- dsfyu404ed 8y agoI'm perfectly aware of that. Whether the policy crafters at the DNC realize that is a different story. A lot of people seem to take for granted that only whites vote R so I figured there was no harm in challenging that assumption for the point of my example.
- everdev 8y agoI think the point was that any cohort with a strong voting record for one party will still have members that vote for another party based on a single issue. It's not unreasonable to think that someone might agree with the bulk of a party's platform, but disagree on a single issue that's most important to them and can't bring themselves to vote for anyone in that party because of it. I can imagine guns, abortion, the military, taxes, etc. might fit that bill as someone's single most important issue.