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Many people vote republican not because of their fiscal policies, but because of the social ones like abortion.

• WalterSear 13y ago
  Abortion, Homosexual Marriage, these are manufactured controversy. They were created so that that poor masses can be convinced to vote for them.
  • hnal943 13y ago
    How are they "manufactured controversy?" Do you think that there is a secret universal agreement on these issues? Seems unlikely.
    • binxbolling 13y ago
      Among the Religious Right in the US, it's very largely manufactured. Meaning: groups of people very deliberately chose two key issues (abortion and gay marriage) and created opposition movements where there weren't any before. A number of authors trace this, but you could try Randall Balmer for starters.
    • WalterSear 13y ago
      It's a mostly tacit agreement between a relatively small group of career rabble rousers and carpet-bagging politicians, building 'issues' to root their respective industries in.