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comment by rob05c
rob05c  ·  3751 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: U.S. appeals court kills net neutrality

I disagree. Moderates are not insignificant, but moderates often become disinterested in both of the two extremist parties. Although negative campaigns portraying the other party's extremism can counteract this.

But I think extremism is more often rewarded in practice. For example, the rallying Fundamentalist Christian demographic in 2000, and the radically extremist Tea Party in 2010.