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geek tragedy

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Tue Aug 1, 2017, 05:52 PM Aug 2017

One chart that explains the DCCC's willingness to fund anti-choice Democrats [View all]



https://www.voterstudygroup.org/reports/2016-elections/political-divisions-in-2016-and-beyond

Social conservatives/economic conservatives all vote Republican

Social liberals/social conservatives all vote Democratic.

Social liberals/economic conservatives are irrelevant because they barely exist

Social conservatives/economic liberals decide elections.

Yes, it sucks to have to include people with bad views on reproductive choice in the big tent. But, the alternative is to let Republicans govern the country with a free hand.

We must be clear-eyed about the country we actually live in, even while hoping for a country that looks better down the road. It won't look better down the road if we can't win elections.
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