There are many marginally employable swing voters who vote Republican when they have jobs and the Democrats in charge ask for taxes, then vote Democratic when they get put out of work and need a social safety net.

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steveBK123 4 hours ago | parent [-]

This is largely the crux of it.

GOP is the fun dad party and Dems are the mommy party.

Republicans run economy hot until it blows, then Dems get voted in to clean up. People get annoyed about taxes and regulation when economy is ok again, fun dad promises ice cream and pizza for dinner forever.. rinse & repeat.

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jaybrendansmith 3 hours ago | parent [-]

Wrong. What's also in the data is that Ds also create the most economic growth. Sorry. Rs just believe in things that are not true, as evidenced by the current admins wacky tariff theories that are disproved in Econ 101.

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orangecat 3 hours ago | parent [-]

Rs just believe in things that are not true, as evidenced by the current admins wacky tariff theories that are disproved in Econ 101.

I'm happy to see many Democrats now supporting free trade, but that's traditionally been a conservative position.

	▲	steveBK123 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Dems been largely on board since the 90s. Recall NAFTA was under Clinton admin.