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In reply to the discussion: Today's NBC News poll. [View all]betsuni
(28,994 posts)43. No third party,. Republican/Independent/non-voters aren't secretly socialist/progressive populists yearning to rise
up in solidarity against old meanie out-of-touch wealthy elite Democrats ignoring us with things "not relating to the rest of society" like health care, Social Security, infrastructure, civil rights, voting rights, economic and environmental regulations and green technology, good relationships with other countries and diplomacy, reproductive freedom, support of unions and education and science, taxing the wealthy and corporations, student debt relief, etc. -- government that works.
The Democratic Party does make positive differences in people's lives, of course. Don't understand the point of this OP.
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And the same assortment of dumb ass lying ad campaigns to convince them they are smart to vote for the GOP.
mdbl
Sunday
#16
I still feel bad that your Browning takes precedent over lots of other issues
displacedvermoter
Yesterday
#36
I don't personally care how proficient you are with it....it should be illegal to own a weapon of mass
Ferrets are Cool
6 hrs ago
#54
We can stand up for your right to own a gun, at the same time that we stand up for transgender rights to be full citize
Walleye
5 hrs ago
#59
Is this the Gallop poll that stopped doing polls that unfavorable to Trump? Enough said. It's a new reality out there.
dem4decades
Sunday
#4
Democrats need to stop edging to the right every time an election doesn't go their way.
sboatcar
Yesterday
#29
I don't think that it is a problem of left or right. It is problem of connecting.
everyonematters
5 hrs ago
#65
I don't think it is a problem of right or left. It is a problem of connecting.
everyonematters
5 hrs ago
#66
That is because they are disgusted with Trump, not because they believe in us.
everyonematters
5 hrs ago
#62
No third party,. Republican/Independent/non-voters aren't secretly socialist/progressive populists yearning to rise
betsuni
23 hrs ago
#43
No they don't know it. When was the last time they even put it up for a vote?
everyonematters
8 min ago
#83
They are voting for us because they are disgusted with Trump, not because they believe in us.
everyonematters
5 hrs ago
#60
The big problem is wages. Too many people are struggling, and they don't see either party making a
everyonematters
5 hrs ago
#70
The number of "ammosexuals" that are in our society is just weird...and dangerous.
walkingman
6 hrs ago
#55
These independents are lying they are really repukes and are too embarrassed to admit it!
kimbutgar
3 hrs ago
#72
I'm skeptical of arguments which include throwing marginalized people under the bus
LuvLoogie
1 hr ago
#79