• chiliedogg@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    Abortion refferendums are easy.

    A pro-choice gun nut won’t vote Democrat because he cares more about guns than the right to choose. But when you put it as a ballot initiative he doesn’t have to weigh it against anything else.

    The thing about single-issue voters is that they can swing elections even though they’re a minority. The GOP has survived for decades by embracing the pro-life and pro-gun voters. These are massive groups with voters on one side who will base the entirety of their vote on the issue, while the other side of the debate doesn’t.

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      4 months ago

      The GOP has survived for decades because we vote for land, not people. They consistently hold majorities in government with a minority of the population.