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kpete

(71,986 posts) Wed Nov 30, 2022, 03:21 PM Nov 2022

Yes, the GOP has moved much more to the right than the Dems have moved left

Your eyes do no deceive you
Published by digby on November 30, 2022
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This is all very obvious. But if you listen to the mainstream press you would be forced to conclude that both sides have become much more extreme. Of course it’s not true.
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Yes, the GOP has moved much more to the right than the Dems have moved left (Original Post) kpete Nov 2022 OP

The Democratic Party is still to the right of where it was rurallib Nov 2022 #1

yup. They have to pick a post Reagan start date or the overton window would be obvious. Voltaire2 Nov 2022 #2

Indeed. It's so frustrating. ananda Nov 2022 #3

Absolutely false. Just A Box Of Rain Nov 2022 #4

rurallib

(62,411 posts)

1. The Democratic Party is still to the right of where it was

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Wed Nov 30, 2022, 03:50 PM

Nov 2022

when I cast my first vote in 1972. At that time they were middle of the road.

The so-called center has moved drastically right thanks in large part to corporate media.