Basil
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Political Matrix
E: -3.55, S: 1.13
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« on: October 22, 2019, 09:07:45 AM » |
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Voters do not care about policy. We can see this in Missouri, passing a Medicare expansion and higher minimum wage while also voting out McCaskill. Most voters have an allegiance to one party and won't even consider voting for the other one (even if they identity as an independent). Swing voters are those not plugged into the political discourse. They want someone who they feel will fight for them, who can relate to them, and who cares about them.
Bernie Sanders would have gotten closer than Clinton thanks to those swing voters, but the allegiance of most West Virginians to the Republican Party is too great for him to actually win.
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