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2. I'm surprised it is that low.

Reply to grahamhgreen (Original post)

Thu Nov 6, 2014, 10:59 AM

Nov 2014

We are well propagandized.

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53% Think Neither Political Party Represents the American People [View all] grahamhgreen Nov 2014 OP

And they are right. People are only represented as an aside. djean111 Nov 2014 #1

I'm surprised it is that low. woo me with science Nov 2014 #2

47% are deluded. Fuddnik Nov 2014 #10

That 47%... Dopers_Greed Nov 2014 #13

How? Money. We let the Plutocrats take over. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Nov 2014 #3

And 100% of those people are 85% correct. n/t Orsino Nov 2014 #4

but what are those people going to do about it? hfojvt Nov 2014 #5

Oh yes they have a plan marions ghost Nov 2014 #22

by living in an echo chamber Puzzledtraveller Nov 2014 #6

That is an unreasonable demand treestar Nov 2014 #7

Message auto-removed Name removed Nov 2014 #8

Oh, they have a plan alright, Dems and Repugs. Actually, it's more of a script I think though. NorthCarolina Nov 2014 #9

This is the reality we have to deal with whatchamacallit Nov 2014 #11

Why not change our elections to a "Vote of Confidence?" Island Deac Nov 2014 #12

Trouble is that the office-holders aren't making their own decisions FiveGoodMen Nov 2014 #18

Out of a survey of 1000 people - TBF Nov 2014 #14

The agenda is to do only enough to keep the people from getting pitchforks. n/t Bonhomme Richard Nov 2014 #15

Well, gee, 1% of the population controls 40% of the wealth and 10% controls KingCharlemagne Nov 2014 #16

We can blame the corporate whore Third Way/New Democrats/DLC/Blue Dogs for this... Zorra Nov 2014 #17

Even here on this site FiveGoodMen Nov 2014 #19

I must agree. grahamhgreen Nov 2014 #25

Misinformation Rules DallasNE Nov 2014 #20

It's because the young people stayed home. Obama voters who see him as a sell out to Big War, and grahamhgreen Nov 2014 #21

The youth are the key, what has to happen to make politics as important to them as tweeting randys1 Nov 2014 #26

Well when you have corporate Dems acting like Republicans and Phlem Nov 2014 #23

I'd like to ask that same crowd just who they believe "the American people" are Blue_Tires Nov 2014 #24

That's 53% of VOTERS Man from Pickens Nov 2014 #27

What am I missing? CrispyQ Nov 2014 #28

that means the Dems have to redouble their efforts to highlight how many GOP programs they've passed MisterP Nov 2014 #29

I would point out that those 53% likely include a range of Skidmore Nov 2014 #30

Both parties represent the Capitalist Class, not the Working Class. Odin2005 Nov 2014 #31

+ 1,000 swilton Nov 2014 #32

This bigwillq Nov 2014 #33

but but but LiberalElite Nov 2014 #35

To be honest I haven't LiberalElite Nov 2014 #34

K&R The political system has been changed, woo me with science Nov 2014 #36