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Re:Why Silicon Valley is not the second coming of the Gilded... by aaronbrethorst on Tuesday May 21, 2013 @05:06PM (#5746835)
You just enumerated a significant portion of the de facto Republican agenda. Also, as 2004 demonstrated, voters normally vote for what they like instead of against what they dislike.
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Re:Why Silicon Valley is not the second coming of the Gilded... by saraid216 on Tuesday May 21, 2013 @06:07PM (#5747254)
Um. One data point does not a "normal" make.
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Re:Why Silicon Valley is not the second coming of the Gilded... by aaronbrethorst on Tuesday May 21, 2013 @08:21PM (#5747992)
ok fair enough. Here are a few other data points. The same holds true for 1980, 1992, 1996, 2008, and 2012.

1984: http://books.google.com/books?id=phQo8JYcjw8C&pg=PA62...

1988: http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,147885,00.h...

2000: http://archives.cnn.com/2000/ALLPOLITICS/stories/10/18/flash...

2004: http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/politicselections/nation...

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