[Boogieman]

Well, even if that is true, it still makes them idiots. Anyone who can’t figure out the leftists are not your friends is not playing with a full deck.

[BroJoeK]

Boogieman: "Anyone who can’t figure out the leftists are not your friends is not playing with a full deck."

There are a number of ways to explain American politics, and the one I like best goes:

1. Big city people always vote Democrat -- they are your "liberal-progressives".
   
2. Country people always vote Republican -- they are your social-conservatives.
   
3. Suburbanites can & do change their votes, depending on how they feeeeeeeeeel at the moment.
   They begin by becoming "fiscal-conservatives" or "defense-conservatives" but sometimes switch over "social issues".

Indeed, if you think about it... young people often move to big cities, where they vote Democrat.
When they become successful enough to raise a family, they move to the suburbs, and begin voting more conservatively.
When they've had a long successful life, and can retire to the country, they consistently vote Republican.

Very often it's the same people, same IQs, just with different outlooks on life.

Put another way: suburbs are the 50 yard line, and that's where most of the game gets played.