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6. Then Langdon (GOP) won 36.7% of the vote in 1936.

Reply to sandensea (Reply #5)

Thu Mar 18, 2021, 12:43 PM

Mar 2021

I'm not excusing the 25% of the population who would be partial to 'owning the libs' by marching them into a gas chamber, but at times of utmost partisan rancor, it is worth remembering that American politics is tribal.

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Wow. This is a FDR/1933 level turn around speak easy Mar 2021 #1

It's amazing how history repeats itself. sandensea Mar 2021 #3

Often forgotten: 40% voted Hoover in 1932 speak easy Mar 2021 #4

True. Many in the (then-pauperized) middle class bought into the 'FDR is a socialist' tropes sandensea Mar 2021 #5

Then Langdon (GOP) won 36.7% of the vote in 1936. speak easy Mar 2021 #6

No doubt about it. You see that senseless tribalism in many democracies. sandensea Mar 2021 #8

40% for Macri. Woe & Wow. speak easy Mar 2021 #9

Sure. They've got their deplorables too. sandensea Mar 2021 #12

I wonder if there has been any Teutonic influence filtering down over the last 7 or 8 decades. BobTheSubgenius Mar 2021 #13

A little - but it's mostly grandchildren of Spanish and Italian immigrants sandensea Mar 2021 #16

I guess if your foreign currency reverses are going up in smoke speak easy Mar 2021 #14

Exactly. Macrinomics was a lot like Bushonomics - and turned out the same way. sandensea Mar 2021 #17

Oh lord speak easy Mar 2021 #18

K&R onetexan Mar 2021 #2

But let's go interview some more Trump supporters and appease them. lagomorph777 Mar 2021 #7

This message was self-deleted by its author LetMyPeopleVote Mar 2021 #10

K&R LetMyPeopleVote Mar 2021 #11

absolutely wonderful demtenjeep Mar 2021 #15

TY! Cha Mar 2021 #19