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Well said. When it comes to forming political allegiances, an individuals personal experiences usually trump differences in policy opinion. For example, most Americans of Asian descent I know are Democrats, because usually the Democrats we know treat us well. I'm of Asian descent myself, and a lot of people at my workplace pretty much wear their political affililiations on their sleeves. The folk who like to call themselves Republicans are, more often than not, abrasive and offensive. The Democrats tend to be nicer. Of course, on policy matters, I agree with the Dems on almost nothing. But that doesn't change the fact that most of my close friends are Dems. Republicans, the ones I know in person atleast, tend to always be angry.. and they love to bait people like me. Then I'll turn around and agree with them and they get this "oh shit what do I do now?" confused look on their face. Anyway I realize I'm generalizing, and I've met a ton of great Repubs on FR, but for some reason I never see anyone like that in real life. Just my two cents..