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Yo_Mama

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13. You don't know that. If you get people hopeful about politics, maybe they will.

Reply to groundloop (Reply #4)

Tue Feb 9, 2016, 10:01 PM

Feb 2016

I don't think it's helpful to think or act that way. Many are turned off because they feel badly represented in government. If they feel that something is changing in their favor, the pattern will change.

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