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Scuba

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7. Bingo. Certainly the very poor are not represented, but many others also feel ....

Reply to kentuck (Reply #3)

Wed Oct 30, 2013, 02:54 PM

Oct 2013

... that neither party support them. Still others have been sickened by what politics has become here and have simply turned off out of self-defense. I believe the negativism of late has caused a lot of this, in part intentionally.

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Which Party best represents the interests of their voters? [View all] kentuck Oct 2013 OP

The tea party is actually giving their voters what they want, they are willing to doc03 Oct 2013 #1

there is no such party as the tea party and republicans are divided. cali Oct 2013 #4

Profoundly true. kentuck Oct 2013 #6

Given that half the eligible voters don't vote... leftstreet Oct 2013 #2

They must not feel that either Party represents them?? kentuck Oct 2013 #3

Bingo. Certainly the very poor are not represented, but many others also feel .... Scuba Oct 2013 #7

Unfortunately. kentuck Oct 2013 #9

Republicans cater well to the needs of the millionaires who vote for them Jamiletto Oct 2013 #5

Sabotage or revenge seveneyes Oct 2013 #8

I really don't care much about the Republican's problem 1-Old-Man Oct 2013 #10

Republican voters hate taxes, racial minorities, and women's/GLBT rights. geek tragedy Oct 2013 #11