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DemocratSinceBirth

(99,708 posts) Wed Sep 19, 2012, 01:27 PM Sep 2012

Do You Ever Wonder How Much These Faux Pas' Move Polls

Did the DemocRATS ad move polls in 2000?
Did the "major league assholes" move polls in 2000?
Did Reagan's Polish/Italian joke move polls in 1980?
Did Ford liberating Poland move polls in 1976?

It seems political races have a certain inertia which is often unfathomable.

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Do You Ever Wonder How Much These Faux Pas' Move Polls (Original Post) DemocratSinceBirth Sep 2012 OP

I find that overall people identify with a party or a candidate and will stick with them unless GreenPartyVoter Sep 2012 #1

GreenPartyVoter

(72,377 posts)

1. I find that overall people identify with a party or a candidate and will stick with them unless

Reply to DemocratSinceBirth (Original post)

Wed Sep 19, 2012, 01:37 PM

Sep 2012

they undergo a major change of view.

My Dad was an exception to the rule, though, starting out as a Goldwater republican, then going Indy with John Anderson, and then going Green.

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