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* [[/bad Democrats]]: show how the Democrats are worse than the Republicans | * [[/bad Democrats]]: show how the Democrats are worse than the Republicans | ||
* [[/good Republicans]]: show how the Republicans are better than the Democrats | * [[/good Republicans]]: show how the Republicans are better than the Democrats | ||
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| + | If you can't clearly show either of these, then the weight of existing evidence remains [[Political parties/comparison|clearly in favor of the Democrats]] – at least until there's another major shift in the philosophy of either, as happened to the Republicans during the Reagan era. | ||
==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
It is often claimed that the [[Democratic Party]] and [[Republican Party]] are equally bad, and that there is therefore no point in voting when there is no other party with a chance of winning. | It is often claimed that the [[Democratic Party]] and [[Republican Party]] are equally bad, and that there is therefore no point in voting when there is no other party with a chance of winning. | ||
| − | + | ===Claim Examples=== | |
| − | + | * "Both parties today pander to the same corporations and billionaires." <ref name=LynnMurphy>Lynn Murphy, [https://plus.google.com/u/0/113630203692968581887/posts/c7wMCAe3Esn comment]</ref> | |
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Revision as of 22:43, 2 February 2015
There are two aspects to this challenge; you may respond to either or both:
- /bad Democrats: show how the Democrats are worse than the Republicans
- /good Republicans: show how the Republicans are better than the Democrats
If you can't clearly show either of these, then the weight of existing evidence remains clearly in favor of the Democrats – at least until there's another major shift in the philosophy of either, as happened to the Republicans during the Reagan era.
Explanation
It is often claimed that the Democratic Party and Republican Party are equally bad, and that there is therefore no point in voting when there is no other party with a chance of winning.
Claim Examples
- "Both parties today pander to the same corporations and billionaires." [1]