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re: 538: Americans don't live around the other party anymore. Purple America gone
Posted on 3/20/17 at 1:21 pm to CorporateTiger
Posted on 3/20/17 at 1:21 pm to CorporateTiger
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I think your are starting to see less cross-party appealing candidates down ticket.
The sound bite era is on such full force that politicians feel like they have to anchor themselves to one party or the other.
This is huge too. And it's only going to get worse.
For example in Missouri, Claire Mccaskill has been a big outspoken critic of Trump, but she represents a state that elected him by a 20% margin.
She's about to get smoked in 2018.
Posted on 3/20/17 at 1:22 pm to TheXman
You still see some, like Houston pretty consistently electing fiscally moderate/conservative Democrats.
It's hard to be John Breaux in today's world:
It's hard to be John Breaux in today's world:
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