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5. I agree, except it isn't anywhere near...

Reply to Funtatlaguy (Original post)

Fri Oct 4, 2024, 07:46 AM

Oct 4

...."almost half" of our fellow Americans.

Registered republicans only make up about 32% of registered voters and only 69% of Americans of age are registered.

And of that republican 32%, not all are in it for the sadism, although they do obviously support it.

(Edit to add source of numbers: https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2024/04/09/the-partisanship-and-ideology-of-american-voters/ )

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