Exactly... the parties adjust to the voters.
You think the country moved left because right-wingers started voted en masse for candidates they didn't like? Funny... I thought it had more to do with the fact that a significant majority of voters increasingly identified themselves as Democrat. Liberal media, universities and the entertainment industry began brainwashing the masses... deliberately, in my mind.
Regarding the slight movement to the right in the late 90's, I think that was a rebound from left centrists who became disgusted by Clinton in the end. Remember, too, Bush Jr won by only the slightest of margins. The country didn't move very much farther right, IMHO. It's beginning to now, though, after 9/11, Fox News, and Bush Jr.'s example of character and leadership.
We need to keep pulling the voter base more and more rightward. How do we even begin to encourage more lefties to vote for the right if they see even the conservatives savaging the GOP President?
I guess my point is I see the exact opposite happening, again.
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