In the days immediately after last year's election, there were a few interesting discussions at dKos about how the Republicans had managed to find 10 million new voters. While some argue, with substantial merit, that some combination of voter disenfranchisement and election fraud served to determine the final result in the Presidential election, I doubt any would argue that 10 million false votes were entered into the system. Who were these ten million new Republican voters? Why did such a large proportion of our society, previously politically quiescent, emerge as supporters for an ideologically rabid and morally and intellectually corrupt administration? What are the social bases for this swelling tide of right-wing voters? How do we counter that?
x-posted from Liberal Street Fighter
