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It's been awhile since I looked at these stats but as of like 2008 more people identified as Republican than Democrat.
by dcftoapv 7y ago
It's been awhile since I looked at these stats but as of like 2008 more people identified as Republican than Democrat.
- Cyberdog 7y agoWhat does identifying as a Republican have to do with small government anymore?
- dcftoapv 7y agoFair
- arcticbull 7y agoWell, it has to do with running on an agenda of small government then making it bigger and less functional.
- Retric 7y agoIt’s been a while since that was true. Democrats have had a several percentage point lead for years. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2018/07/24/only-a-quarter-of-the-country-identifies-as-republican-there-are-two-reasons-the-party-keeps-winning-anyway/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2018/07/24/o... PS: It’s also irrelevant as many people identify as independents while actually voting overwhelmingly for a single party. Further, political power has nothing to do with the national popular vote let alone what the non voting public believes. For example Trump won with 46.1% of the popular vote and votes from about 19.5% of the total population. That’s simply how the system works and what shapes politics.
- dcftoapv 7y agoOkay sure, but to sit here and definitively say that a minority of US voters prefer limited government is patently untrue.
- Retric 7y agoThe willingness of both parties to constantly expand government despite it’s huge size suggests otherwise. A few state governments are actually significantly smaller, so there is significant wiggle room. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._state_budgets https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._state_budgets My guess is it’s a difference between stated preferences and actual preferences.