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kwassa

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9. It would have been nice if Pew included independents.

Reply to Warren Stupidity (Reply #7)

Sat Feb 28, 2015, 07:02 PM

Feb 2015

Many claim to be independent, don't necessarily identify with a party, but in actuality lean one way or the other in party preference.

and while there tend to be more religious folk voting Republican versus Democratic, it isn't a huge difference. More Catholics vote Democratic, a fact I pointed out before. There are a lot of religious Democrats.

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yawn. Warren Stupidity Feb 2015 #7

It would have been nice if Pew included independents. kwassa Feb 2015 #9

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