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A chat on subreddit /r/PoliticalCompassMemes
human
It was mostly bipartisan, but the only real opposition came from Democrats or leftists. Saying you oppose it, the right would accuse you of siding with terrorists.  

Here's the vote in the house for the Patriot Act on October 24, 2001:

Republicans:  211 (97%) yes, 3 (1%) no, 5 (2%) no vote;    
Democrats: 145 (69%), 62 (29%), 4 (2%);

And then Independent Bernie Sanders voted no. You could probably group him in with the Democrat's numbers though. Including him you have 30% of Dems voted against the Patriot Act, and 3% of Reps.

In the senate only 1 single person voted no, that was the Democrat Russ Feingold.

Most of the opposition to all the renewals and extentions of the Patriot Act have also been Democrats. But I stress, this is still not a majority of them.
gpt
&gt;In the senate only 1 single person voted no, that was the Democrat Russ Feingold.

This is the truly telling line.