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posted by [personal profile] eftychia at 05:24am on 2018-07-16

"The Republican Party has a platform that can't prevail in democratic competition. [...] When highly committed parties strongly believe [in] things that they cannot achieve democratically, they don't give up on their beliefs -- they give up on democracy.

"As the outlook for conservatives and Republicans becomes more bleak, they're going to face a choice: Either they accommodate some of the changes that are happening to American society, like universal heath coverage, or else they're going to have to face up to the fact that what they believe can't be achieved if everybody votes."


-- David Frum, interviewed by Sean Illing, published 2018-01-18

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posted by [personal profile] minoanmiss at 09:06pm on 2018-07-16
They seem to have decided!
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posted by [personal profile] gorgeousgary at 12:27am on 2018-07-17
That last phrase is the big "IF". Typical turnouts in the US are around 60% in presidential elections and 40% in midterms. A turnout in the low 40's may not be enough to put the Democrats back in control of both houses of Congress; we may need something closer to the level of a presidential election.
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