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PatSeg

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6. Yes I remember

Reply to biophile (Reply #3)

Tue Jun 9, 2026, 01:04 PM

Jun 9

when republicans started to woo religious and apolitical people, referring to them as the "moral majority" or "silent majority". They needed more votes, so they created more voters with promises they rarely kept.

Reaching out to religious people as a political demographic appeared to start with Nixon and republicans have been doing it ever since.

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My line of unacceptable was passed in 1980. biophile Jun 9 #3

Yes I remember PatSeg Jun 9 #6