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BRTD
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« on: June 06, 2012, 12:11:25 AM »

Off the top of my head:


1. "Reagan Democrats"

Legitimate concept, Reagan did in fact win in two landslides.

not in the context the media uses it, which is idiotic short hand for swing voters and/or working class whites. my favorite thing is when it's used for west pennsylvania democrats...

Exactly. It has a certain historical context, but that has virtually zero relevance to how it's used today. Thus it's a useless and idiotic term that needs to be retired.

Oh and the point about western Pennsylvania is the perfect example of how it's such a totally f**king stupid term:

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I spent the winter writing songs about getting better
BRTD
Atlas Prophet
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Posts: 113,295
Ukraine


Political Matrix
E: -6.50, S: -6.67

P P
« Reply #1 on: June 07, 2012, 09:59:51 AM »

Yep, see the map I've posted. In any case it's quite idiotic to define people into a category based on elections that happened around 30 years ago. The youngest people alive today who could've voted for Reagan are 46.
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