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wiggs

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6. Not just culture wars....their positions on nearly any of the major issues is NOT
Sun Mar 11, 2012, 01:43 PM
Mar 2012

favored by majority of americans. If you ask the public, issue by issue, how they stand you get huge majorities favoring the moderate or progressive position. This is despite round the clock pissing on anything except the Limbaugh/Hannity view of the world.

On the other hand, if you make the survey a question of party favorability then the result are more even. This is because of the last 30 years of polarization and misinformation.

It's been this way for a long time....dems have the issues but not the tactics, messaging, media infrastructure, and willingness to go low.

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