Reply #18: right. and an overwhelming proportion [View All]

[northzax]

of African-Americans vote democratic, and the Dems haven't done anything to deserve that. The point is, that the competition for working class voters by the two parties is a show, who can pander to their hot-button issues, and by using scapegoating.

you tell urban blacks that their life sucks because of racism and a lack of civil rights, and that the other guy will make it even worse. course, you don't bother to make it any better, because who else are they voting for?

You tell angry white men in the South that their lives suck because the government is taking away thier rights, and their God and their guns, and because the other guy will make it worse.

Both arguments have serious undertones of racism, and are so skillfully crafted that they can appeal to people who aren't even racist in their everyday lives, and are based on 'truisms' that are so ingrained in culture that we will have serious trouble undercutting them. neither voters will switch parties, all you can ado is nullify them.