I know that the religious right is a disproportionately powerful force in politics, which is scary and dangerous, but those folks are not the "common" voters I'm referring to. I know a lot of Republicans, especially in your neck of the woods, who are completely non-religous. In the case of my grandparents, I suspect they vote Republican out of respect for what the Republican party used to stand for -- fiscal conservatism, probably, and I don't know what all else. They've been straight-ticket Republican voters all their lives; I don't expect that to change just because the Republican party has changed. But what about the younger voters? People in their 30's-50's? Some of them are the "swing" voters who end up casting the deciding votes for President, but what of the ones who are totally committed to the Republican party despite its recent ultra-conservative leanings? What do these people want for our country? What do they think is so wrong with Democrats?
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Date: 2004-04-15 04:56 pm (UTC)I know that the religious right is a disproportionately powerful force in politics, which is scary and dangerous, but those folks are not the "common" voters I'm referring to. I know a lot of Republicans, especially in your neck of the woods, who are completely non-religous. In the case of my grandparents, I suspect they vote Republican out of respect for what the Republican party used to stand for -- fiscal conservatism, probably, and I don't know what all else. They've been straight-ticket Republican voters all their lives; I don't expect that to change just because the Republican party has changed. But what about the younger voters? People in their 30's-50's? Some of them are the "swing" voters who end up casting the deciding votes for President, but what of the ones who are totally committed to the Republican party despite its recent ultra-conservative leanings? What do these people want for our country? What do they think is so wrong with Democrats?
I guess I need to ask them myself.