tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8028643425691313983.post8258416341452191303..comments2024-03-29T02:07:13.583+00:00Comments on Geoff's Shorts: Pro Life Campaign and Preferences for Political PartiesAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10548882212024368758noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8028643425691313983.post-76834477587550445932013-01-27T17:33:01.739+00:002013-01-27T17:33:01.739+00:00Gemma Hussey tweeted her support for the fact that...Gemma Hussey tweeted her support for the fact that Simon Harris will support the Government on this. They're both on the socially liberal (i.e. clued in to the majority of people) side of FG.Aislinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11470712697298826914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8028643425691313983.post-52828519813191117602013-01-27T17:12:23.781+00:002013-01-27T17:12:23.781+00:00First things first. Let's be honest based on ...First things first. Let's be honest based on the polling rather than YD spin. Older people are relatively more "pro-life" than the younger generations, and less likely to be on twitter.<br /><br />FF is cut down to its die-hard core at this stage (although coming back a little) so from anecdotal experience that's predominantly older people (who based on the polling tend more towards pro-life than the younger generations). I suspect that the FG core is similar.<br /><br />FG's problem is that they don't want to upset their core but are risking upsetting the floating voters who they benefited from in the last election.<br /><br />Personally I'd never vote for FG because of this, a party that prioritizes the wishes of a minority of the country (based on polling) on a number of social issues from gay marriage to abortion because it fears losing its core voters to the one party that the core is in fact hard wired to hate over a war which ended 90 years ago.<br /><br />If you're that dumb and politically inept you don't deserve my vote, not even my seventh preference.Aislinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11470712697298826914noreply@blogger.com