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[quote=Anonymous]There are plenty of reasons for POC, like White people, to vote Dem on policy:

- Republicans want the government to force women to give birth to unwanted babies. Democrats want that choice to be made by a woman and her doctor. Forcing women to bear children they don't want or don't have the means to care for perpetuates a cycle of poverty. At the same time, they object to comprehensive sex education and want to limit access to birth control, which could prevent unwanted pregnancies in the first place.

- Republicans want to maintain or expand the use of fossil fuels and to deregulate environmental contaminants. The effects of this policy choice, in both the short and long run (i.e., through climate change) disproportionately affect communities of color.

- Republicans want to adopt/maintain regressive tax policy that permits the wealthiest among us and corporations to avoid paying their fair share toward a society that works for all. They are also opposed to allocating resources sufficient to enforce existing law (which already favors the rich!) and forcing these people to stop cheating.

- Republicans are against police accountability (civilian regulatory oversight and doing away with the doctrine of qualified immunity, e.g.).

- Republicans prefer to support health insurance company profits over ensuring Americans access to health care, e.g. through permitting thr government to negotiate drug prices.

I could go on. It has nothing to do with identity politics. There's not a single republican party policy I support. [/quote]

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