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Originally Posted by SebC
Then why do they elect Republicans?
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Because they pander to white Christians better. Lets just get the elephant in the room out of the way... It's not hard to tell that much of the republican voting block is based in the south and other rural areas. It is not hard to look at those areas that voted consistently democrat for decades until the 60's when the democratic party decided to embrace the civil rights movements. Then the areas all started turning republican. Not everyone switched at once of course. I think back to that Kentucky county clerk lady a couple years ago who refused to issue marriage licences to gay couples. I remember reading the lady still considered herself a democrat. Pretty sure she had done so just out of routine and that her ideals had long ago diverged with that of the democratic party.
As newera points out, much of the way they do this is by instilling fear in everyone and convincing the people that have been in power in this country since its inception are actually some sort of persecuted minority. They invent things like the war on Christmas, the war on coal, etc. So then they can demonize everyone they don't agree with.
We are dumb down here. We idolize people like Trump or the Kardashians. Our moral compass is simply broken. We refer to the POTUS as the 'leader of the free world' but on the issues facing our planet, we don't lead at all. We have to be dragged kicking and screaming to do whats right.