# Will the Prop 8 ruling help or hinder the Democrats in the midterm elections?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-prop-8-ruling-help-or-hinder-the-democrats-in-the-midterm-elections/549262>\
**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [August 5, 2010, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-prop-8-ruling-help-or-hinder-the-democrats-in-the-midterm-elections/549262 "2010-08-05T13:29:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2010, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-prop-8-ruling-help-or-hinder-the-democrats-in-the-midterm-elections/549262/41 "2010-08-22T23:21:46Z")

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Sure, but the politics of the Republican Party will necessarily move away from reactionism once all these anti-Civil Rights Act voters die off (assuming **BG** has it right)- which means the Republican Party will no longer be the de facto home of mainstream racism.

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**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2010, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-prop-8-ruling-help-or-hinder-the-democrats-in-the-midterm-elections/549262/42 "2010-08-29T16:23:24Z")

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Sarah Palin works, but face it few people heard of Mr Obama in 2006 either. If it wasn’t for Oprah we’d have another President Clinton.

The economy will drive this election, people vote with their pocketbooks in mind. And saying it was GW Bush caused this recession doesn’t matter, it’s how much their suffering NOW that counts.

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