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This white is a Democrat. I don't think there's a "policy change" Republicans could make to get my vote unless it was a Democratic platform that included health care, education and removing the ridiculous contradictions like opposing welfare but loving farmer handouts, just for a start. I'm not remotely obsessed with immigration the way Republicans are. There's apparently plenty of jobs they could do and farmers begging to hire them so I don't share the anger and resentment Republicans have for them.
I don't consider religion a wild card that grants unlimited immunity. I don't care about gay marriage. I would rather abortion be legal than pay for poverty stricken, often drug addicted mothers to have babies they can't care for. The divide is not racial as much as it is urban vs. rural and the urbans are tired of paying for everything.
Lots of people disagree, most of them Democrats. At least half of the people in your party dislike you because you are white.
This white is a Democrat. I don't think there's a "policy change" Republicans could make to get my vote unless it was a Democratic platform that included health care, education and removing the ridiculous contradictions like opposing welfare but loving farmer handouts, just for a start. I'm not remotely obsessed with immigration the way Republicans are. There's apparently plenty of jobs they could do and farmers begging to hire them so I don't share the anger and resentment Republicans have for them.
I don't consider religion a wild card that grants unlimited immunity. I don't care about gay marriage. I would rather abortion be legal than pay for poverty stricken, often drug addicted mothers to have babies they can't care for. The divide is not racial as much as it is urban vs. rural and the urbans are tired of paying for everything.
Not a Democrat...agree with this though. Almost all threads on here devolve into useless racial arguments...many tired of it.
Just because some people believe in equality for all, and that skin color is irrelevant, it does not
mean that they dislike you because you are white.
Maybe they aren't trying to knock you off of the pedestal that you have always lived on,
perhaps they are just trying to lift others up.
That poster is not worth engaging with. He/she debates in bad faith.
Agree. It's common for urban liberals (white plus non-white) to claim it's urban against rural conservatives (white). But there's clear indications it increasing urban non-white liberals against white urban liberals and white rural conservatives. White liberals just don't seem to notice yet.
Hahha so blame the immigrants for pollution while Trump's Environmental Polluting Agency is removing every environmental protection they can at record speed? Those darn immigrants!
You might want to think that through a bit more...
I think you'll become politically homeless as a result of changes in the Democratic party before you'd ever vote Republican.
Not me. I've never voted a straight ticket in my life. If my guy wins, I'm proud he won. It's all candidate over party for me and always has been.
I've always been quite comfortable as a registered member of one party while voting for someone in the other party. If that makes me politically homeless, homelessness suits me fine.
For me, losing an election hasn't ever been so critical as to change my affiliation. That may change in the future, but not for 2020.
I know many voters will vote for party over the person, no matter what.
But I tend to think there are lots and lots of voters who share my attitude.
I am an upper middle class urban white with a graduate degree in my late 30s, so based on my demographic profile I should be pulling the blue lever with great devotion every two years.
Well, something funny happened on the way to the polling booth. And most of it had to do with being demonized by the left.
My anecdata:
I am a middle class suburban(and slightly country) African-American male with a bachelor's degree. I'm in my early 30s. I'm a white collar person in terms of work. The first, and only time I ever pulled the red lever (or pressed the red button in my case) was when I was 18 and in college. This mostly had to do with me aligning myself with the religious right. I'm still religious, but I don't identify with the religious right anymore. Truth is, as a Black person, I never truly felt appreciated by the right. I felt like the right demonized me(I'm not talking about individuals, as I've met nice individuals who happened to be conservative). One reason I've pulled that blue lever alot. I did pull for a Libertarian this time in 2016. Based on what I'm seeing currently, I don't think I will be pulling that red lever. I haven't been given a reason to. I could vote Republican, but the right kind of Republican hasn't come around.
Just because some people believe in equality for all, and that skin color is irrelevant, it does not
mean that they dislike you because you are white.
Maybe they aren't trying to knock you off of the pedestal that you have always lived on,
perhaps they are just trying to lift others up.
That's the white privilege fallacy, very offensive.
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You might want to think that through a bit more...
