Are we much better than the Republican-voting rednecks?

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46. The 30s 40s etc were a different time

Fox news was not part of the equation then nor was the rise of the evangelical vote. Also Congress had not reached the abuse of the philibuster they have mastered today ensuring no big ticket legislation passes.

The ACA however was passed and like SS can be built on to become every bit as historic. Part of the rise in power of the Republican party can be traced back directly to the times you talked about as well when Dems controlled everything many of the people that are the most dependable voters were born in that era and have voted Republican all of their lives in direct opposition to democrats of those times.

Despite all of the good legislation that you listed in many cases during those years the Democrats in power abused the control they had and people are still voting against them because of it.