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Originally Posted by JohnR
So in order to be a republican you need to tirade about liberals? Really?
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Sorry, should have used an emoticon to indicate sarcasm. It's a good book, a quick read but very accessible...I gave my copy to some guy on an airplane.
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Most people are fairly moderate yet the 20% on the extreme ends are what define the parties. How convenient. So if that's the brush we paint with anyone that votes democratic is a Code Pink, ELF, PETA, Union Thug?
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I think the conservative punditry has done an excellent job of giving people that impression. Less so when you reverse the picture.
What's interesting is that some studies show less than 20% of Americans would actually self classify themselves as "liberal" while over 50% or would self classify themselves as "conservative". At the same time, voters probably tend to average out in the middle.
This non-linear distribution on the spectrum is often exploited to present a picture which doesn't map to reality.
-spence