Would most of America let a bunch of southern states tell them who to vote for?

[MADem]

40. People are individuals and I think most people don't see themselves as a "bloc" first and foremost

even as they realize they are part of group that is being courted. Who doesn't want their voice heard, their priorities recognized and pushed to the top of the list? I think there is the sense of that sort of power.

The right isn't our problem NOW, but they are pretty good at driving wedges if they stop and think about it, and adjust their message a tad. And they might do that if they're more interested in holding on to power than sticking to hard and fast principles. They'll "catapult the propaganda" sufficiently to rope in a few people who believe that they have their best interests at heart. I have old family friends in Houston who are decidedly UN-white and swirly, who have been voting for wingnuts for years. The only reason I can come up with is that they want to fit in at work, they buy the bullshit their boss tells them, and they have religious opposition to choice and marriage equality. You just can't talk to 'em about politics--they're completely voting against their interests yet they do it (or at least profess to--who knows--if they're secret liberals they won't tell us) over and over again.