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For 1st Time EVER, Social Conservatives Don't Outnumber Social Liberals (Original Post) circlethesquare May 2015 OP
The country is moving left at a shocking pace. Enthusiast May 2015 #1
More precisely, we're xfundy May 2015 #2
The social liberal/conservative balance swings like a pendulum Midnight Writer May 2015 #3

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3. The social liberal/conservative balance swings like a pendulum
Thu May 28, 2015, 01:06 AM
May 2015

When the pendulum swings into the liberal side, it is an opportunity for social change. Once social change is enacted, it is very hard for the conservatives to take it away.

I hope we can field and elect candidates who take advantage of this opportunity before the pendulum swings back.

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