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Republican hands are certainly not clean on the race issue, but then again, it's not the Republican party that 90+% of black voters are flocking to. The real question here is, why do blacks continue to show loyalty to a party whose past is at least as checkered, if not more so.
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You don't want to address Mormons at all. Instead, you keep asking "but why do blacks support Democrats? That doesn't make sense either!" For the sake of getting you to actually stay on point for once, let's assume that blacks are making an awful choice by supporting Democrats. Where does that leave your and Mormon support of Republicans? |
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But reason doesn't always win. For many blacks, voting Democrat is a religion. Quote:
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If a Mormon ran for president as a democrat, I guarantee he (or she) would not be pulling a Mitt Romney "I'm so down with evangelical stuff" routine.
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Which Mormon has been elected to national office as a Republican? Senate Majority Leader? Senate Minority Leader? House Majority or Minority? Mormons have been one of the most reliable voting bases of the Republican party. What do they have to show for it? Contrast this with Jews on the Democrat side (who constitute a smaller voting bloc than Mormons do in the US). |
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So once again, who are your Mormon Republican leaders of national import? Surely there must be some, right? What is your party doing for Mormons, which are arguably the most reliable voting bloc in the Republican Party? |
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