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minionofmidas
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« on: December 29, 2012, 08:04:15 AM »
You mean back when Americans of all ages voted along class lines (somewhat) and working class people couldn't attend universities unless they'd had a military career before?
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minionofmidas
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« Reply #1 on: December 30, 2012, 04:02:38 PM »
Quote from: Progressive Realist on December 30, 2012, 03:57:00 PM
Quote from: Minion of Midas on December 29, 2012, 08:04:15 AM
You mean back when Americans of all ages voted along class lines (somewhat) and working class people couldn't attend universities unless they'd had a military career before?


Of course, there were plenty of elite Democrats back then ("before the 70s" is an awfully long time), and there have always been certain working-class areas that voted heavily Republican (some since the Civil War era)....
Yes, hence "somewhat". It was far more the case than now... and it's not dead even today.
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