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pipoman

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5. It is the middle masses of voters who elect every president

Reply to OKNancy (Reply #1)

Wed Jun 18, 2014, 09:02 AM

Jun 2014

Not the base of either party. The base nominates.

Let a candidate emerge who is a populist from either party or neither party and watch her chances plummet. I can't remember a single non-incumbant race that was predicted accurately this far out. It is like trying to call the 2015 Super Bowl today and equally as futile.

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