Alex Sink running for Bill Young's old house seat (user search)
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« on: March 14, 2014, 08:26:20 PM »

Because Democratic voters tend to be skew younger and consist of more disenfranchised groups (lower income, more minority groups, etc.). The Republican base mainly consists of old white men who would crawl over broken glass to vote straight ticket Republican for the local city council and dog catcher races.

It's wild, inaccurate, bigoted generalizations like that that drove this young, professional female to become a Republican.

Huh? Are you saying that the Republican base ISN'T mainly old white people and the Democratic base ISN'T mainly minorities and young people?

Of course there are people that don't fit those descriptions in both parties, but nobody said there wasn't.

I'm saying that generalizing Republicans as "old white men who would crawl over broken glass to vote straight ticket Republican for the local city council and dog catcher races" is insulting,  bigoted, and insensitive!  Thank you for reminding me why I rejected the warped, intolerant, smugly self-confident world-view of liberals in college.

Get off your high horse. Ice is correct that the GOP is mainly built on old white men, who will vote rain or shine while the Democrats have a more diverse, but less reliable base. Sure, not everyone falls into that category, but generally speaking it is accurate. 
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