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In reply to the discussion: How Does the Democratic Party Get Back Middle to Lower Class Whites? [View all]Sgent
(5,857 posts)49. Automatic weapons
have been effectively banned for almost 50 years (or longer). They cannot make any new ones, and the few that exist cost 10,000+. Finally, anyone who buys one must get a firearms license from the ATF which includes a full background check on the level of background checks for security clearance.
The problem was the "assault weapons ban" which bans weapons that look like automatic weapons and/or have things like bayonets. These guns are no different though in function than a hunting rifle -- and that's why a lot of rural whites especially see it as a major 2nd amendment issue.
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How Does the Democratic Party Get Back Middle to Lower Class Whites? [View all]
LakeErieLiberal
Nov 2012
OP
Pinch their cheeks and tell them they're the BEST widdle boys in the whole world!
WinkyDink
Nov 2012
#1
quit making remarks like that, would be my suggestion for how to win male voters.
HiPointDem
Nov 2012
#17
Look. The white male vote was all about guns, race, and taxes. Now what do YOU propose is a
WinkyDink
Nov 2012
#65
I don't even want to talk to you. If you can't see how bigoted & stereotyped that statement is,
HiPointDem
Nov 2012
#66
i know exactly what it meant. what does that have to do with your own bigoted remarks?
HiPointDem
Nov 2012
#73
OMG,. Whom do you he was directing that to? BTW: You are referring to "white males" as a bloc.
WinkyDink
Nov 2012
#74
i understand. and again i ask, what does that have to do with your own stereotyping?
HiPointDem
Nov 2012
#76
Only when those people realize they are not served by the GOP will they change.
liberal N proud
Nov 2012
#3
True, the fact is that this demographic tends to be where you find huge amounts of racists
JaneyVee
Nov 2012
#50
no, he's not. but maybe the party (or its acolytes) could stop with the stereotyping and deni-
HiPointDem
Nov 2012
#18
...because she is not black. Let's face it: they supported her because she's not black.
Liberal_Stalwart71
Nov 2012
#38
Every time the Rape-publi-scum start in with one of their divisive social
coalition_unwilling
Nov 2012
#16
Welcome to DU. I have spent some time thinking about an automatic weapons ban
bluestate10
Nov 2012
#30
the reason for the disaffection is clear in this thread. the party doesn't want their votes, and
HiPointDem
Nov 2012
#21
You seem kind of odd, yourself, even being on DU with your disdain for the Democratic Party.
WinkyDink
Nov 2012
#67
lol. right out of the playbook. yeah, it's all about *me*, how defective i am
HiPointDem
Nov 2012
#69
White men, generally speaking, are scared shitless of not being the top dogs anymore
Stinky The Clown
Nov 2012
#22
There was a day when a person that had just a HS education could build a prosperous
bluestate10
Nov 2012
#26
free mullet trims from cost cutters and a voucher for 50 free rounds of ammo nt
hockeynut57
Nov 2012
#28
It's really only Southern white men. Everywhere else white men are almost 50/50.
reformist2
Nov 2012
#31
By convincing White America that the Democratic Party is NOT about taking something that they
Liberal_Stalwart71
Nov 2012
#36
So what is it you suggest to change, that white men now don't care for? Do they hate choice for
WinkyDink
Nov 2012
#70
I agree with you. Going after working class White males doesn't have much upside.
bluestate10
Nov 2012
#47
By doing what they said they were going to do to get elected, and letting them know it.
pepperbear
Nov 2012
#45
They could run a real progressive who means what he or she says and follows through,
Raksha
Nov 2012
#48
So whites will only vote for a 'real' progressive while minorities and women will vote for a 'fake'
pampango
Nov 2012
#63
Obama won large majorities of the minority and women vote without being a 'real' progressive?
pampango
Nov 2012
#80
Since FOX isn't about to change (& you don't hear ROMNEY re-assessing, do you?), then, ipso facto,
WinkyDink
Nov 2012
#71
Give them something that they can't ignore and that will benefit them and/or people they know
Lydia Leftcoast
Nov 2012
#54
Make a pitch for them, ask for their vote. Voters often know when they aren't needed or wanted. nt
Raine
Nov 2012
#56
wake up, they just elected the President to a second term...but you knew that i suspect.
spanone
Nov 2012
#68
Pursue economic policies that are in the best interests of the middle and lower class
Scootaloo
Nov 2012
#77
It is not rocket science to figure out this 'white males' problem is in part regional.
Bluenorthwest
Nov 2012
#82