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How do we figure out how to do what they do, because it's why they win. [View all] Arthur_Frain Yesterday OP

They are angry, disciplined, and stuck on themselves. bucolic_frolic Yesterday #1

Yeah Arthur_Frain 22 hrs ago #9

So many parts of the Democratic base ITAL Yesterday #2

Me too Arthur_Frain 22 hrs ago #10

The voting public vs everyone in the US Arthur_Frain 21 hrs ago #11

It is more about entertainment PatSeg 21 hrs ago #17

They play to the old, reactive brain. And vice versa. Here: usonian Yesterday #4

I'm not sure we as a nation are smart enough to follow Hungary's lead. Arthur_Frain 21 hrs ago #12

24 by 7 by 365 brainwashing for years on end. usonian 21 hrs ago #22

Against what I see to be the odds Arthur_Frain 20 hrs ago #24

When you look too deeply into the abyss... Wounded Bear Yesterday #5

I wasn't suggesting walling in the mud with pigs. Arthur_Frain 21 hrs ago #13

It's sad really, but this happens in virtually every election: Janbdwl72 Yesterday #6

You bring up a tangential point Arthur_Frain 21 hrs ago #14

I think a much bigger problem is the media PatSeg 21 hrs ago #19

A large part of their winning strategy is the fact that they have an City Lights Yesterday #7

Even my mom parrots the right wing bullshit. Arthur_Frain 21 hrs ago #15

Wow! I don't know how these people will ever be able to be City Lights 5 hrs ago #28

I forget the specific event I "trolled" her with Arthur_Frain 3 hrs ago #30

It's really sad and frightening. City Lights 2 hrs ago #31

They weren't stupid Arthur_Frain 21 hrs ago #16

"Everybody does it" PatSeg 21 hrs ago #20

+ struggle4progress 21 hrs ago #23

My theory? Goes something like this: B.See 21 hrs ago #21

You have to want to win. Irish_Dem 20 hrs ago #26

They tell you how and what to think GenThePerservering 18 hrs ago #27

Maybe look at the races where Democrats do win? WhiskeyGrinder 5 hrs ago #29

If There Were More Of Them Than Us... ProfessorGAC 1 hr ago #32