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		criddell on Nov 9, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Donald Trump Is Elected President It's very interesting to me that so many union households voted Republican. If the Democrats can't rely on organized labor, they really are screwed. Are the Demnocrats a party of elites and the Republicans a populist party now?

eru on Nov 9, 2016 [–]

The Democrats used to own the south, and the Republicans freed the slaves. The two parties traded constituents since then. They might do so again. Or one of them might implode---like the earlier antagonist of the Democrats did before the Republicans came around.

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