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The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.

H.L. Mencken

Wednesday, September 25, 2019

The Muddled Middle

This is a great analysis of what constitutes "moderate," "independent," and "undecided" voters.  They aren't a unified bloc, but they SHOULD lean Democratic.  While the author's point is that you can't really predict this group, because they are ideologically all over the map, the greatest number rest in the socially and economically "liberal" quadrant.  It's also interesting that the "pro-immigration"/"pro-markets" quadrant is basically empty.  That's the traditional Wall Street Republican position.  Trump ran as "anti-immigrant"/"pro-equality" candidate, saying he would expand health care and drain the swamp.  He's governed as an "anti-immigrant"/"pro-market" populist, but it's unclear that there are enough votes there.

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