the_human_being
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This thread only strengthens my theory that liberals and other reasonable, moderate people have lives while conservatives--a mostly older and curmudgeonly crowd--has plenty of time to spare. Only way to explain why comments sections and every single open political forum like this one has a disproportionate amount of conservatives to liberals/moderates compared to real life.
The Democratic debates--not "Democrat", unless you are proud of being willfully stupid--have been garnering an average of 8 million viewers, which far surpasses their ratings even in 2007/2008. I haven't liked the fact that they happen on weekends when I'm working or enjoying a night out, but those are fantastic numbers for them.
Of course, Republican debates have averaged around 18-20 million, but again, that's because two-thirds of their voters are over the age of 50 and either don't work or have evenings off while younger people work evenings and nights, while their numbers also include liberals/moderates who get out the popcorn and watch it with glee how much of a circus it is that the only requirement to be a GOP candidate is that you talk like a pro-wrestler.
Yes, I heard the Democrat debate drew 27 households until they discovered that two of the household were actually on vacation and had left their televisions on by mistake.