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Originally Posted by JackSpratts
There is a theory – untested – that Democrats may be more sympathetic to the cause on general principals...
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Somebody tested that theory a couple weeks ago:
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The results were surprisingly mixed: In the Senate, Republicans easily bested Democrats by an average of 10 percent. In the House of Representatives, however, Democrats claimed a narrow but visible advantage on technology-related votes.
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Grading Congress on high-tech cred
I don't know if you saw this story, but it seems to support my theory that there is no clear cut Democrat/Republican split among congressmen who vote in favor or against a free and unregulated internet. The fact that most congressmen rated in this study scored in the 40%-60% range suggest that our issues are really non-issues at the federal level. If we're to convince the Democrats to favor our policy positions then we should do it because they're the ones with the power to do something at this moment in time, not because we think their general 'principles' agree with ours (they're only politicians after all). Since they may loose control of congrss in two, four, or six years, we really should court both major parties and develop a bi-partisan approach.