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DetroitLegalBeagle

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25. Simple

Thu Apr 21, 2022, 02:22 PM

Apr 2022

Its a combination of 2 things. Mainly, this isn't an important issue for most of the voting public. They have an opinion on it but don't care enough about it for it to affect their vote. Secondly, for the handful of people who this IS important too, they skew more so on the side who support banning them and they make sure they vote for it. This is the similar issue to gun control. Much of the population agrees with some gun control proposals, but ultimately don't care about it enough about it to actually vote specifically for it. On the other side, pro gun people have a high propensity of being a single issue voter and a politicians stance on gun control will make or break their support of them. Therefore little gets done because the choice a politician has to make is support something that will not gain them much support but guarantees they will stoke a passionate group of voters against them.

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Kick dalton99a Apr 2022 #1

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Simple DetroitLegalBeagle Apr 2022 #25

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