[WS:] Point taken, but what makes you think that these 122,256 do not represent a much wider population of GOP supporters? It is certainly consistent with my experience of them - self-selected to be sure. They are not about religion and values, conservative or otherwise - but mostly about liberal-, fag-, spic-, and n-word- bashing. They hate Democrats not because of this or that policy stand - which they often fail to grasp- but because they perceive Democrats as the party of liberals, fags, spics, and n-words. Of course, the more articulate ones know how to hide it under ideological mumbo jumbo, but you do not have to scratch very deep to find a bigot underneath.
Wojtek
On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 8:56 AM, Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:
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> On Jan 4, 2012, at 8:49 AM, Wojtek S wrote:
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>> This seems
>> to settle the question whether GOP constituents are searching for
>> "conservative values" or are merely into "keeping the riff raff in
>> their place" . It is plain obvious that it is the latter.
>
> A reminder: 122,255 people voted in Iowa, a self-selected population that's very white and conservative (though Iowa itself isn't a right-wing place). I'd be careful about drawing bold conclusions from that.
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> Doug
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