Slowman wrote:
BarryP wrote:
Norm, thanks for posting that link. Though this was a good thread, I think that was more informative than all of the anecdotal information posted here. The part you quoted from the bottom link, I disagree with:
"The Pew data, however, make it clear that the shift toward the extreme has happened among Democrats, not Republicans."
In my opinion, the data shows that it has happened in BOTH parties. The graphs on page 12 and 13 sum it up best, but it visualized the same inference I was getting from scanning through the 20 or so graphs.
I was listening to a pod cast recently where they were discussing modern social media technology and its impact on society and they were fearful that this may be the new norm. Mainly because people can create ideological bubbles for themselves.
i would post my thesis here, but i've already done it three times, it seems like no one is interested in it, which is fine, so i'll leave it up to you all.
I thought I understood your position, but, perhaps I do not. I thought your point was that the DNC was not, as a whole, moving left. Instead, it was moving in both directions trying to cater to the far left while brining in some disenfranchised GOP loyalists. Correct? Is that wholly inconsistent with Barry's point?
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