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04-10-10, 11:31 AM #13
Re: How come...
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04-11-10, 01:26 PM #15Re: How come...
a couple things with candidates: First of all at the conventions they usually decide the party line for the next few years (seriously, if you go to most party websites you'll see their stances on the isues as decided at <year> convention). Now, if you have an incumbent president, he basically gets to decide what the party line will be, if you don't then usually the party itself decides (i'm thinking the higher powers of the party). The party line in generally how the party will vote because, well, if you don't, you better be rich or damn good at fundraising.
For the parties, an interesting thing is if you look around (and a bit before) the 60s the parties had been fairly the same with a few differences here and there, but since then have began to move to opposite sides and gotten further and further apart.
Why we are split between two is a good question, I think it has to do with power possibly. I mean, if you know that a certain demographic likes this, this and this and you want to be a politician, then it makes sense to cater to those people. For example, seniors tend to vote more often then young adults do, so doesn't it make more sense to cater a party towards the senior crowd and fight for what they want. But then, the young adults are pissed because no-one represents the, so why not harness that anger into helping my goal of being in office (or congress or w.e.) and tailor the party/campaign towards what young adults want. (this is purely opinion and probably way off but still :P)
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04-11-10, 02:15 PM #16
Re: How come...
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