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Old 11-02-2010, 11:20 AM   #11
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Originally Posted by GirlySports View Post
I find the independents interesting. They're generally unhappy and will vote for the party not in power. In Canada we don't really have independents. A person is usually Conservative, Liberal, NDP or Bloc and it's very difficult to change any of them.
You don't have independents in the States either. It's largely a myth. What you have is voter enthusiasm and people enjoying the label "independent." A huge number of the independents vote Republican or Democrat 90% of the time. American politics is extremely polarized, much more so than Canada.
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