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There are many marginally employable swing voters who vote Republican when they have jobs and the Democrats in charge ask for taxes, then vote Democratic when t
by gok 8mo ago
There are many marginally employable swing voters who vote Republican when they have jobs and the Democrats in charge ask for taxes, then vote Democratic when they get put out of work and need a social safety net.
- steveBK123 8mo agoThis is largely the crux of it. GOP is the fun dad party and Dems are the mommy party. Republicans run economy hot until it blows, then Dems get voted in to clean up. People get annoyed about taxes and regulation when economy is ok again, fun dad promises ice cream and pizza for dinner forever.. rinse & repeat.
- jaybrendansmith 8mo agoWrong. What's also in the data is that Ds also create the most economic growth. Sorry. Rs just believe in things that are not true, as evidenced by the current admins wacky tariff theories that are disproved in Econ 101.
- orangecat 8mo agoRs just believe in things that are not true, as evidenced by the current admins wacky tariff theories that are disproved in Econ 101. I'm happy to see many Democrats now supporting free trade, but that's traditionally been a conservative position.
- steveBK123 8mo agoDems been largely on board since the 90s. Recall NAFTA was under Clinton admin.
- Hikikomori 8mo agoWhy are you pretending like no tariffs is the democratic plan.