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Edit: After reading so many responses, I’d like to clarify - what would Democratic and Republican VOTERS (not politicians) agree on?

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 2 weeks ago

More lobbying money and more ability to insider trade.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 2 weeks ago

Fucking the working class

[–] WarmRegards 14 points 2 weeks ago

Never-ending war and funding of genocide.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago

When the rich wage war, it’s the poor who die.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago

They'll agree that the Democrats will do absolutely nothing while the Republicans rewrite every law to suit their desires.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago

Reducing the rights of trans people

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

Serious answer: Lots of safety and industrial regulations. Most of the criminal code. The nitty-gritty of tax law, although they'll massively disagree over the big picture.

If you go to the voters there's even more flexibility, because 90% of them haven't thought about 99.9% of issues before.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

Mass easy unchecked access to high powered assault rifles.