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cilla4progress

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1. Agreed

Reply to DemocratSinceBirth (Original post)

Sat Jun 24, 2017, 10:27 AM

Jun 2017

how does the Democratic party balance support for social positions that are anathema to the blue collar right who should be a natural constituency considering our economic positions?

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Culture not economics determined the 2016 race [View all] DemocratSinceBirth Jun 2017 OP

Agreed cilla4progress Jun 2017 #1

We win without them DemocratSinceBirth Jun 2017 #3

Kick. dalton99a Jun 2017 #2

Yep. CincyDem Jun 2017 #4

In other words our coalition is bigger but not as unified. DemocratSinceBirth Jun 2017 #9

Right-leaning cultural values, left-leaning economic ones. roamer65 Jun 2017 #5

And the Nazi propaganda machine was nothing compared to RW radio and faux news Va Lefty Jun 2017 #7

It's National Socialism without the Socialism. DemocratSinceBirth Jun 2017 #8

Solid points. H2O Man Jun 2017 #10

The Nazis were capitalists. They opposed liberals, socialists and communists. Buckeye_Democrat Jun 2017 #22

Culture includes economics. H2O Man Jun 2017 #6

I doubt anyone would argue differently , JHan Jun 2017 #12

Economics is part of culture. Nt FBaggins Jun 2017 #11

One can be culturally conservative and economically liberal. DemocratSinceBirth Jun 2017 #13

One can also be liberal on some cultural issues and not on others FBaggins Jun 2017 #23

I think he won because of Russia, not culture. Honeycombe8 Jun 2017 #14

I think he won because of Comey. That likely wan't the intention of his actions but the result. DemocratSinceBirth Jun 2017 #16

That certainly played a part. But the hacking is what made it so close, so that Comey's Honeycombe8 Jun 2017 #20

Don't forget Hill won the pop vote but the dip hurt her in the EC. DemocratSinceBirth Jun 2017 #21

Culture read as: racist, sexist, homophobic Saviolo Jun 2017 #15

We led with our chin bucolic_frolic Jun 2017 #17

This is supported by an interesting study of aggregated search data correlated with voting Bernardo de La Paz Jun 2017 #18

Of course. And the culture wars wouldn't work without GOP media - Fox, right-wing radio sharedvalues Jun 2017 #19