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egbertowillies

(4,058 posts)
Sun Aug 4, 2019, 11:50 PM Aug 2019

Beating Donald Trump requires understanding voter age polarization & progressivism

Did you watch the debate on CNN? Likely not, as people tune out of the sickening spectacle of two dozen candidates pulling each other down like crabs climbing out of a bucket.

Talk of “moderates” and centrists versus “progressives” and socialists and likely turns the audience off no matter how much they may hate the current incumbent in the White House. But unspoken on cable TV is a concerning trend I have noticed which may affect electoral decision-making far more than the pseudoscientific political babble masquerading as political analysis. Here’s a dirty secret that has kept popping up when I review election results.

The biggest political divide in the United States is age.

https://egbertowillies.com/2019/08/04/age-polarization-voter/

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Beating Donald Trump requires understanding voter age polarization & progressivism (Original Post) egbertowillies Aug 2019 OP
The Obama Coalition had all ages voting tirebiter Aug 2019 #1
Beating Donald requires a legitimate election system SHRED Aug 2019 #2
+ 1000 n/t MBS Aug 2019 #3

tirebiter

(2,537 posts)
1. The Obama Coalition had all ages voting
Sun Aug 4, 2019, 11:55 PM
Aug 2019

Any candidate who trashes Obama walks away from the Obama Coalition.

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