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In reply to the discussion: Pathocracy [View all]

PatSeg

(53,813 posts)
6. Yes I remember
Tue Jun 9, 2026, 01:04 PM
14 hrs ago

when republicans started to woo religious and apolitical people, referring to them as the "moral majority" or "silent majority". They needed more votes, so they created more voters with promises they rarely kept.

Reaching out to religious people as a political demographic appeared to start with Nixon and republicans have been doing it ever since.

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