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To me, part of the problem to is that the GOP cannot at the moment claim truthfully to be the 'small government' party, because that is not what has happened in recent history. I am a democrat, but I have a BA in economics and am not a fan of gigantic government, not with the inefficiences intrinsic to governmental agencies and operations. Sadly I don't think much of anyone anymore really believes in smaller government, certainly not the Bush administration.
So while I disagree that much of the people voting republican are doing so because they don't know any better, I do believe that some are. They cannot tell the difference between what republicans and democrats offer fiscally, they don't believe that it will make any difference either way as they have little disposable income and a lot of taxes regardless. So they are bitter and they cling to the political issues that are easy for them to hold in their hearts.
But, 33girl said it much better than I did with her analogy.
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