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el_bryanto

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10. That's true- but they were often broken down by racial/religious groups rather than ideology

Reply to WinkyDink (Reply #5)

Fri Nov 15, 2013, 08:29 AM

Nov 2013

It just turned out that those blocs could be reliably relied on to vote along with their fellows. The Catholics would vote one way, the Germans another way and so on.

But then that raises another question - i suspect Tea Party folks and Green Party folks who choose to live near each other are probably more affluent, and can afford to slip into a bubble.

Bryant

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