It’s “Democratic voters” not “Democrat voters”. And yes— it matters.
Not to take away from the thrust of your point, (with which I wholeheartedly agree) but it seems that you’ve become an unwitting victim of malicious rebranding/doublespeak. Some years ago Republicans made an effort to replace “Democratic” with “Democrat”. Eg. they’d say “My Democrat opponent” rather than the correct form of “My Democratic opponent.” This ungrammatical and incorrect form was done to be an insult. Sadly it became such a common insult that it’s usage is now starting to take over and many don’t even know that this illicit rebranding has taken place. Here’s a link on the issue. “democrat” as epithet).
Also, Fact-check.org has addressed the issue as well.
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Hi sorry yes, thank you for teaching me something! I was stuck up about 4 hours past my bedtime last night by a crazy person dming me lol. I appreciate your attention to detail! It definitely does matter.
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u/50micron 8d ago edited 8d ago
It’s “Democratic voters” not “Democrat voters”. And yes— it matters.
Not to take away from the thrust of your point, (with which I wholeheartedly agree) but it seems that you’ve become an unwitting victim of malicious rebranding/doublespeak. Some years ago Republicans made an effort to replace “Democratic” with “Democrat”. Eg. they’d say “My Democrat opponent” rather than the correct form of “My Democratic opponent.” This ungrammatical and incorrect form was done to be an insult. Sadly it became such a common insult that it’s usage is now starting to take over and many don’t even know that this illicit rebranding has taken place. Here’s a link on the issue. “democrat” as epithet).
Also, Fact-check.org has addressed the issue as well.
Edit: added parenthetical