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Trajan

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30. This is the disconnect

Reply to Phlem (Reply #16)

Mon Nov 9, 2015, 12:22 AM

Nov 2015

When people's vote, they vote close to 50/50 conservative versus liberal ... But, when polled about specific policies, most of those polled favored liberal policies, like Social Security and Medicare, at far greater numbers than presidential voting patterns would suggest ...

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uh huh. OK. Phlem Nov 2015 #16

This is the disconnect Trajan Nov 2015 #30

Exactly right. The populace tends to favor liberal policies, as long as they aren't termed liberal. Bubzer Nov 2015 #31

OK I get it. Phlem Nov 2015 #35

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I see it a bit differently, but I can see where you're comming from. Bubzer Nov 2015 #39

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