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Originally Posted by rowech
I think the central to midwest portion of the US is really pissed off.
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Yeah, but we tend to think the disparity is greater than it actually is. In the 1984 election Reagan won a landslide victory, but failed to get 60% of the vote. For a lot of reasons, historical party ID being high on the list, the split with the American public is very rarely more than 60/40. A 60/40 national election would be an historic loss for the Dems, but it would still mean forty percent of voters preferred the Dems.
Thinking a 75% vote in a primary is an accurate representation of public opinion is silly.