Ah yes... the "Social Issue" voters. Or as some say the Guns, Gays and God voters. And while unfortunate, they at least have a legitimate reason (even if it has no business in politics) for casting their votes the way they do. They are following a conviction.. and even if they suffer financially, that is the price to be paid. What's sadder is the voter who has no understanding of the absolute destruction the Republican agenda of catering to the wealthy at the expense of everyone else. To me, it's impossible to understand. They have swallowed the propaganda hook line and sinker and remain in the echo chamber of the Right.. parroting the falsehoods and propaganda like it was Gospel.
There is very little difference between the Democrats of today and the Republicans also. The claim that the Republicans are all led by the wealthy is a general lie if you look to the facts. Both parties are led by money folks and even to the point that there is a good question about who has the most wealth leading them along.
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2014/12/24/business/ap-us-political-money-biggest-donors.html?_r=0
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Business Day[/h] [h=1]Wealthy Donors Sided With Democrats in Midterms[/h] By THE ASSOCIATED PRESSDEC. 24, 2014, 3:12 A.M. E.S.T.
WASHINGTON — For as often as Democrats attack the conservative billionaires Charles and David Koch for their heavy spending on politics, it's actually the liberal-minded who shelled out the most cash in the just completed midterm elections.
At least, that is, among those groups that must disclose what they raise and spend.
Among the top 100 individual donors to political groups, more than half gave primarily to Democrats or their allies. Among groups that funneled more than $100,000 to allies, the top of the list tilted overwhelmingly toward Democrats — a group favoring the GOP doesn't appear on the list until No. 14.
The two biggest
super PACs of 2014? Senate Majority PAC and House Majority PAC — both backing Democrats.
In all, the top 10 individual donors to outside groups injected almost $128 million into this year's elections. Democratic-leaning groups collected $91 million of it.
Among the 183 groups that wrote checks of $100,000 or more to another group, Democrats had a 3-to-1 cash advantage. The biggest player was the National Education Association, at $22 million. Not a single Republican-leaning group cracked the top 10 list of those transferring money to others.
Overall, for the campaign season that just ended, donors who gave more than $1 million sent roughly 60 cents of every dollar to liberal groups. Among the 10 biggest donors, Democrats outspent Republicans by an almost 3-to-1 margin.
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