A lot of asymmetries in American politics are just downstream of the fact that self-identified conservatives badly outnumber self-identified progressives or liberals, so Democrats need to win self-identified moderates in a lopsided way to win elections.
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⬇️ Straightforward and unmistakable, as explained by Sarah Smarsh ⬇️
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✅solution🫵all🗳️
ALL of the🇺🇸Voting-Eligible Population (VEP) should GO VOTE in the 20xx elections
Situation
2020 election TURNOUT was 66.6% of VEP
💢ELECTION by MINORITY💢:
If we don’t all vote, a MINORITY,—33.4% of the VEP—decides the outcome not 51%
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“Conservative value” quick became of their basic building blocks.
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I am saying that many many people who talking about “conservative values” see the words “liberal” and “progressive” as denoting something other than *traditional*.
I don’t see how that could be changed at large.
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However, using the words “liberal” or “progressive” would likely make it impossible.
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They just meant “traditional values.”
Anything that is not traditional, therefore is weird, new and strange.
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