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That's an odd thing to say given that republicans just flipped working-class cities like Passaic, NJ that voted 74% for Clinton in 2016: https://nypost.com/2024
by rayiner 2y ago
That's an odd thing to say given that republicans just flipped working-class cities like Passaic, NJ that voted 74% for Clinton in 2016: https://nypost.com/2024/11/06/us-news/nj-dems-scratch-their-heads-of-trump-win-in-passaic-county/ https://nypost.com/2024/11/06/us-news/nj-dems-scratch-their-.... Net swing in Little Bangladesh, Queens, where some of my family lives was over 50 points from 2020.
When I was growing up in the 1990s, there were about as many conservative democrats as liberal ones: https://news.gallup.com/poll/467888/democrats-identification-liberal-new-high.aspx https://news.gallup.com/poll/467888/democrats-identification.... In just the last 20 years, the party has become much more liberal, which has pushed many Democrats into the GOP. At the same time, educated professionals have left the GOP and become Democrats. Political alignments are actually quite fluid.
- turtlesdown11 2y ago> The Democrats in Congress have become 6.5% more liberal, while the Republicans have become 26.5% more conservative. https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2022/03/10/the-polarization-in-todays-congress-has-roots-that-go-back-decades/ https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2022/03/10/the-polar...