The Partisan Divide on Issues

[David Horn]

(01-29-2020, 08:28 AM)Bob Butler 54 Wrote: Eventually the conservatives will stop trying and we might see another progressive period.  Judging from Classic, not yet.

This is a bigger point than I think you intended. Much of what we consider the conservative base is conservative in the cultural sense, first and foremost, and politics are secondary when and if they consider them at all. Today's rapidly changing societal structures make old models of belief and behavior seem out of place or even unsuitable. For people wedded to the idea that consistency is a hallmark of good behavior, that's both scary and offensive. Younger, more progressive members of society have similar feelings for the opposite reason: that the old stilted models are too constraining and more like social prison. This is a circle that will be hard to square.