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Originally Posted by questor
My question is this: why are approximately 40% of Americans liberal and 40 %
conservative with the rest somewhere in between? How can two people view the same event and have totally different perceptions of what occurred and the sequelae thereof ?
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Hi Questor,
The problem needs to be broken down a bit to get to the bottom of things as we are going through a similar thing in Australia at the moment.
This further break down is between 'supporters' and 'true believers' and you will find that the more extreme perceptions are from the latter grouping.
I was talking with some 'true believers' earlier on today and they told me that their Prime Ministerial candidate was one of only three state MP's who they had voted for in the past and who had been elected to state parliament so they believed that it was a good omen.
When I was told the names of the other two successes I responded that one was still in jail for child molestation offences that occurred before he became a politician and the other had been forced to resign recently because he wanted to spend 3 months at his south east asian mansion instead of turning up for state parliament. A good omen or what for a left wing government controlled by the extreme right?
