Dancing in the Ashes

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7. The more I hear

The more I notice that the horseshoe hypothesis seems to be born out.

He's attracting some from the very far right as well as the very far left, but like any good bell curve, the extrema of both don't sum to more than 20% or so.

The remainder of the support seems to be slightly less far left Democrats, certainly few centrists.

Which is weird, I'm actually very far left on social issues (if you don't make me do it, use it to limit my right to do what I wish, and don't drive or operate machinery under the influence, I don't care what you do). I'm more moderate on monetary issues (I support everything you'd think I would, but don't believe in throwing cash at harebrained schemes without an excellent writeup beforehand and a way to back out).

And yet I'm an incredibly solid Hillary Clinton supporter. She's more moderate centrist than I am by far...but she's also expressed party loyalty, grace under fire, and vast skill at governance.

Philosophy ain't everything.