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    When Progressive Politics Breaks Social Cohesion

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    Examining how the Democratic Party's evolution and anti-Trump obsession may be fracturing America's social fabric beyond repair, challenging conventional wisdom about voter behavior.

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    We've built an entire theory of electability on a case study that doesn't actually support the theory. The media ecosystem is basically amplifying the most polarizing voices and making people think that's representative of the whole party.

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    I think the real problem that being a liberal voter and a progressive leftist is from the Democratic Party is causing America is the point of no return for social cohesion for a country because the Democratic Party has morphed into something entirely else and so have their vote perspectively. It seems now the Democratic Party is completely obsessed with President Trump getting him arrested getting him impeached telling him he’s a Nazi telling conservatives they’re racist bigoted and it must sto

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