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still_one

(92,055 posts)
Sun Nov 6, 2016, 10:33 AM Nov 2016

This election will determine where the country stands on race, sexism, abortion, and labor rights,

More than any election we have had, there is no ambiguity where the candidates and there respective parties stand on the issues

On abortion, the polls indicate the majority believe abortion should be legal in most cases

http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2016/11/03/women-drive-increase-in-democratic-support-for-legal-abortion/

http://www.pollingreport.com/abortion.htm

On issues related to labor, the polls indicate the majority believe that the minimum wage should be increased, and support unions:

http://www.pollingreport.com/work.htm

When you have the KKK and every white supremacist group coming out to support trump, that speaks volumes.

When only the Supreme Court Justices who were appointed by republicans voted to take key provisions out of the voting right act, that speaks volumes.

On race, six-in-ten white Republicans say too much attention is paid to race these days:

http://www.pewsocialtrends.org/2016/06/27/on-views-of-race-and-inequality-blacks-and-whites-are-worlds-apart/st_2016-06-27_race-inequality-overview-04/

A huge divide exists between the parties in regard to LGBT issues, where the majority of republicans are against same sex marriage.

This election will tell much about the country, and the countries move toward a plantation mentality can be stopped

https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/plantation_mentality









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This election will determine where the country stands on race, sexism, abortion, and labor rights, (Original Post) still_one Nov 2016 OP
Yes, on what kind of country we want! Thankfully the Cha Nov 2016 #1
The differences between the candidates have never been presented in such clear terms still_one Nov 2016 #2

Cha

(296,679 posts)
1. Yes, on what kind of country we want! Thankfully the
Sun Nov 6, 2016, 10:35 AM
Nov 2016

majority doesn't want fascism.

Thank you, still one.

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