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13. I grew up among them.

Reply to DET (Reply #12)

Mon Apr 21, 2025, 03:14 PM

Apr 2025

Very unusual beliefs. They didn't used to vote at all. George W. Bush got them to vote Republican. It's one reason that a number of previously blue or purple states are now deep red.

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