r/politics • u/Antinatalista Foreign • Dec 13 '17

Black voters just saved America from Roy Moore

https://thinkprogress.org/back-vote-alabama-jones-8da18c1d8d7a/
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u/wiscowonder Washington Dec 13 '17

Single issue voters (abortion) mixed in with a dash of old school racism

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u/soonerguy11 California Dec 13 '17 edited Dec 13 '17

While they definitely agree that abortion and gay marriage is but, It's not as much about issues as it is culture. Everybody you know in your small communities are conservative, so your entire social sphere believes a certain way. If you dare venture left, you are ostracized by that community.

You would never want to to though, because being a conservative is a central part of your identity. At the end of the day, these people still want a decent education, accessible health care services and reliable infrastructure.

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u/wiscowonder Washington Dec 13 '17

And for nobody to have an abortion (unless it's them or their child)

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u/truth__bomb California Dec 13 '17

Single issue voters (abortion) mixed in with a dash truckload of old school racism