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In reply to the discussion: Can someone please explain to me why the Republican Party still enjoys [View all]KingCharlemagne
(7,908 posts)back to 1980.
But they so unabashedly advance the interests of the wealthy and hyper-wealthy that logic says only 5-10% of the country's population should support them. IOW, they should be that 'third party' of which you speak.
I actually think family tradition may have something to do with it. Case in point: my Dad was brought up among a bunch of conservative Kansas and Missouri farmers, such that he voted for Eisenhower in 1952. Took 4 years of Ike's recession and Dad's going to school on the GI Bill to wake him up such that, in 1956, he voted Stevenson and hasn't looked back since. (He now says his vote for Eisenhower in '52 was the worst vote he ever cast
In my case I was brought up in a Democratic (Socialist) household and have never once considered voting for any of these Republican whackjobs. But, knowing I'm no genius even if of slightly above-average intelligence, I have to wonder why so many of my peers support a party that DOES NOT AND NEVER WILL represent their interests.
Thanks for responding in such detail. Much appreciated.