Can progressives learn anything from Republicans?

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If Dems were better on economic issues the economy should have soared under 8 years of Obama. It didnt. The numbers dont lie. The economy is better for pretty much everyone under Republican policies of deregulation and lower taxes.

The economy operates on a delayed effect for many things. Policies enacted under obama, Bush, etc are still having an effect on the economy. It's not all in the moment, and the president has limited effect, as much as people like to blame or credit whoever is in office. Chairman of the fed has more effect, but the free market and just technological progress has far more effect than any of that.

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Honestly, who cares who does it too, too...when I'm giggling at the notion that good might come of voter suppression.......regardless of whose doing it?

You could only be adding "the dems do-do it too!"..and case in point, the dems have been losing.

The argument in favor of voter suppression is that then you get the more passionate well informed voters voting. I don't buy that argument, or rather think that it's a good thing, but it exists.

My stake isn't with one party or another. Just with the truth. I see on here voter surpression brought up a lot, and the implication behind it is that Democratics are not doing voter surpression because they are more moral.

This is a false statement. For one, Democratics do do voter surpression. To believe they don't is to simply never have looked into it.

Two, it's true that they don't do as much as republicans, but that's nothing to do with some sort of moral quality at all. It's entirely a self interested thing. Democratics perform better with larger turnouts. The Republican base is older, and old people turn out to vote in every election. They are more rural, so it's normally easier to vote, less lines etc.

In comparison Democrats are younger, less inclined to vote in general.

If the situation was reversed, Democratics would be doing all the voter surpression that the republicans do.