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Originally Posted by Hugh
Got to love self-affirming circular logic…
Sephiroth - "anything I say is "leftie" is "leftie", is a "known entity", so no more definition is required, whilst "right" is somewhat fuzzy, as that gives me wiggle room if I’m called out on anything, and I can always use the old "look, they don’t agree with my definition, so they must be calling us fascists to all intents and purposes (even though they haven’t, the old ad-hominem dog-whistle is always useful…)
Some snippets from YouGov surveys when we last discussed "leftie" vs "rightie" definitions (just under two years ago), when you declined to actually give a definition of "leftie"…
In short, very few are simply "leftie" or "rightie", but instead, have a range of views on a number of different political subjects. and believing that there is a simplistic dichotomy between types of voters based solely because "you say so" is an interesting viewpoint…
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I think that's true of most supporters of any particular party because politics is often about compromise. People usually tend to vote for the party that most aligns with their views and beliefs.
This is why I am a floating voter, at each election I consider everything on offer and make a decision based upon that.
There will always be people who vote for the same party in the same way that they think they should be loyal to a football team, so it's floating voters who essentially decide who wins an election.