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DCL_JD t1_ivtmkyq wrote

Reply to comment by stiikkle in [OC] Who Targets You? Top Contested Facebook & Instagram Ad Audiences in US 2022 midterms by fabiofavusmaximus

I can try to clarify some of this for you. Although because I guarantee someone is going to try to dispute what I say I’ll preface this by disclosing I am an American attorney.

  1. Republicans want more control over what their children learn in school. Example: One republican parent named Wendell Perez is suing in Florida after his daughter was taught gender counseling without his knowledge. Basically the legal complaint alleges that the school gave his daughter a new name and instructed the students to treat her as a boy and she ended up trying to commit suicide twice as a result.
  2. Democrats favor electoral reform (such as abolishing the electoral college) while Republicans prefer to leave elections the way they’ve been for the last 245 years or so. I don’t pay too much attention to election whiners but as far as I’m aware, Republicans were making noise about the election processes during covid because some of the procedures were changed to accommodate for the disease and, as I’ve mentioned, Republicans prefer to keep the election process untouched and unchanged.
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stiikkle t1_ivu9ghd wrote

Thanks for this answer - very interesting!

For me (again, not an American) it seems as if American politicians (and media for the easy clicks) have convinced the public the “others” are enemies out to destroy the country (they either want to destroy families or, well, be Nazis).

Incidentally, my own perspective is that all Americans I’ve met are fairly similar, having been to both very liberal and very conservative areas. Americans just tend to be quite nice and friendly and care about their country. There are regional differences of course - like hunting, but I don’t know any country where folks living in a big city are generally into that kind of activity.

The data does seem to indicate there are differences, but in all honestly, if the difference is how much someone likes Joe Rogan, I’m not sure it’s worth worrying about.

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Kolocktos t1_ivvc7dz wrote

This is absolutely the case as an American with roots in both Montana (highly Republican) and western Washington (highly Democrat). When people speak face to face, they can easily find common ground, and will usually identify misconceptions they have about each other. These same misconceptions fuel the divide we see in the MSM, and are very profitable to said MSM since outrage fuels engagement and by extension advertising revenue.

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YeOldeTossaway t1_ivvzgnh wrote

Republicans are trying to greatly reduce the number of voting locations in most states. That's not "keep it the same as it's been".

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