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angrychair

(12,296 posts)
15. Im not the one
Wed Nov 4, 2015, 04:28 PM
Nov 2015

You have to convince. I was one of the 11% in my town that voted.
It isn't about the "perfect" candidate. It is about a candidate that people can believe in enough to come out and vote.
I agree that, for the most part, the two sides are not the same. The problem is that many Dem candidates are more and more often self-identifying as moderate or moderate-centerist and a lot of teapublicans are becoming more radicalized and far-right. As those policies move more to the right, the differences become shades of grey or to complicated and who you vote for matters less and less. Not to mention, the more it sound like "politics as usual" the less people care.

I think we should start focusing on town, county and state elections and then the federal elections will fix themselves.

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