Hope For A New Era
EastOfEden
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« on: November 06, 2020, 05:19:01 PM » |
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« edited: November 06, 2020, 05:29:42 PM by Taking the D out of Driftless :( »
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This is what the beginning of a realignment looks like. People change their Presidential voting habits first, and then the party-shift slowly creeps down the ballot. We should not be surprised that there were Biden + Downballot R voters. They will be full Democrats soon enough (just as Ohio's Trump-Brown voters will be full Republicans soon enough).
What's interesting is that the previous realignment occurred under very unpolarized conditions, and was preceded by somewhat of a dealignment. This realignment is taking place in an era of extreme polarization and partisanship, which makes me wonder - will it happen faster?
Edit: It seems that during the 1968-1980 period we transitioned from a regional alignment to a race and religion alignment. We seem to be currently transitioning into an education and gender alignment.
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