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sharedvalues

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55. Thanks. You're on DU.

Sun Sep 8, 2019, 08:51 PM

Sep 2019

I appreciate your post.
And your post makes the point of the article:
You call yourself an independent and you vote with Dems 90% of the time.

The point is important for political strategy. Should parties try to persuade independents or not? In your case, the GOP has almost no chance of persuading you to vote for them. That’s the point— we shouldn’t think about persuading independents at the expense of doing what the Dem base worked for in 2018. Because energy in the Dem base matters, and trying to persuade independents who are going to vote GOP is not worth it if it means avoiding what the base wants

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Thanks. You're on DU. sharedvalues Sep 2019 #55

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Yes apologies sharedvalues Sep 2019 #60

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