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In reply to the discussion: I don't like conservatives. [View all]JohnnyRingo
(18,581 posts)A lot of democrats are middle of the road types who perhaps even voted for Reagan his first term then realized the republican party was too far right for their liking. They are moderates, after all.
There are many, many more democrats in the country, but the problem is they don't vote. They complain their vote doesn't matter, or they had something to do that day. Republicans, on the other hand, vote as a rite delivered at birth.
Demanding that all those to the right of Michael Moore find refuge in the GOP doesn't help much. I've always seen the country as about one third far right, and an equal percentage on the far left, and they vote a consistant straight ticket. It's that one third in the middle that elect all our presidents. Alienating them spells doom for either party. Howard Dean's 50 state strategy worked to seek those who could go either way with a little nudge.
Those in the Tea Party feel the same way you do about moderate Republicans like Romney, Meghan McCain, and Joe Scarborough. They call them traitors to the party even though they deliver votes.