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This is silly, because Gun laws are a central part of the platform and can't be abandoned. This is like saying if Republicans just dropped anti-immigration fro
by bananabreakfast 5y ago
This is silly, because Gun laws are a central part of the platform and can't be abandoned.
This is like saying if Republicans just dropped anti-immigration from their platform they'd gain a ton of people who don't vote for them because they're Mexican.
Any move like this fundamentally alienates the base.
- oaktrout 5y agoWhat keeps a party's platform from changing? Would former republicans vote democrat if the republican party dropped its anti-immigration stance? Surely not, as there is still abortion, taxes, guns, etc.
- zepto 5y agoIt seems highly unlikely to me that many people would switch from D to R if the democrats stopped pursuing gun control. On the other hand I know many people who will hold their nose and vote R only because they don’t want to lose their gun rights.