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Originally Posted by ernie
I agree i was surprised as well but I think it is still a result of when the GOP explicitly pivoted to capture the, well i'll call it like it is, the racist vote in the southern strategy. While of course there are minorities in the GOP by and large the parties are separated on racial and economic grounds. And you have a very strong influence in many republican leaning states of parents quite literally telling their kids if they don't vote republican they aren't welcome in the house or family. I wish I could say that was a minority feeling but it really isn't. From what I can see it's pretty universal for anyone in the 50+ age range to tell kids that.
The democracy everywhere is broken but it really is in the US. When you teach democracy at home as "vote for who I vote for or else" rather than "vote who you feel represents you" this is what happens.
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This is absurd, kids lie about brushing their teeth and you think you can force them to vote a certain way in a private voting booth. If someone is old enough to vote, they are responsible for who they vote for and you cannot palm it off to an older generation.