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Source http://ropercenter.cornell.edu/polls/us-elections/how-groups-voted/how-groups-voted-1984/
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He didn't win the youth vote by an above-average margin in 84 either, save the extreme youth vote, which was…
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He swept the board in 84. If everyone voted for him, it was not a specific characteristic of boomers. The…
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PS Among Gen X liberals, the notion that the boomers gave us Reagan, when the boomers were the only group…
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Reagan did not win the youth vote in 1980. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election,_1980#Voter_demographics The youth vote was evenly split and 11% went for…
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I don't think this piece captures the subtext at all. I imagine Ryan sees Trump's racism as I do -…
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Gun manufacturers have no control over who guns are ultimately sold to.  The furthest you could go with that standard…
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Without getting into the weeds on this, I note blogospheric discussion of this seems oblivious to the polyamorous community, which…
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If that's true, doesn't it imply that all the money Clinton is raising for these entities is contingent on her…
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There's nothing ironic or hypocritical in Sanders' position on this. He says the superdelegate system is undemocratic, which it clearly…
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If Sanders is specifically asked to compare himself to Clinton on foreign policy, and he comes back with Iraq, it…
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One could argue for data-sharing within the party. Done on both sides, it is still fair, and helps to neutralize…
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You left out that the DNC blocked Sanders access to shared data in retaliation for an offense whose very status…
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I don't think the southern tribalism argument holds up because just 4 years later, Carter was just as Southern, Reagan…
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There was enough loyalty to Reagan that one Ford delegate actually defected and gave him a delegate. The race was…
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I think the classic case here is the Republican primary of 76 - Ford vs. Reagan. There was a real…
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What matters for my argument is whether the bulk of the Republican elite can support him. They may not like…
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That's comparable to Obama unless you consider time in the State Senate preparation for the Presidency, something I think no…
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The Republican establishment has lowered its standards from "someone who looks likely to win" to "someone we can at least…
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Cruz's case is certainly weaker because he really was born outside the US. But it doesn't matter. The whole thing…
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