What does the decline in Democratic identity mean?
I think the latter. GOP is probably going to lose some independents in 2020. Not so sure about the midterms though. The Dems ground game has been weak and they're misreading the terrain.
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I think the latter. GOP is probably going to lose some independents in 2020. Not so sure about the midterms though. The Dems ground game has been weak and they're misreading the terrain.
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I mean that several polls, such as pew, show a party identity decline. People that said they were Democrats at the beginning of Obama's term no longer identify as such.
This occurred for the GOP around bush. And then occurred at about the same rate during Obama for the Democrats. This leaves independents as the largest voting Bloc with no party allegiance.
My point is that the Democratic brand is on the decline. So staying the course will not be obvious to increase the brand. So staying the course you are relying on either the GOP to implode further, or that you believed staying the course will grab more independents than any other moves.
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Then there's this option. Maybe you just believe that the message isn't getting out.
That's what I believe. Dems got cocky and it cost them. I haven't seen the Pew polls about declining registration or self-identification during Obama's term, but I would be interested to see them overlayed with geography. Dems seem to be clustering in urban areas and that too is basically writing off swaths of the country under the electoral college system to Republicans. I believe GOP is primed to blow soon under this POTUS. Dems can stay the course on their policy planks, but need to think locally and act locally to win over the electorate. At this point being a democrat or a republican seems basically meaningless, I'd wager, to many people historically linked to either party. It's why I favor more parties in Congress and less emphasis on the executive (which ironically this President is also accomplishing).
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Send Diabold a massively phat check and that should take care of the 2020 Elections.
I guess. But it is true that Obama's blackness became a part of his identity, and fully used while pointing out his mistakes. I always thought he was mixed, and he became blacker with each mistake or dissapointment. Like conveniently so. And not with me personally, but just observing the narrative.
But originally we're talking voters here, so yeah, I get your point. Bringing up the race of voters, for ANY purpose is Not the way to go anymore.
The same way the domestic manufacturers sell cars. Offer people free shit and when you charge them for it pretend like it's a good deal.
This happens to the losing party after every election.
The Republicans lost this election too. The only winner was Donald.
The Republicans lost this election too. The only winner was Donald.
Nope. Your ideas make way too much sense. Liberals are stuck in a never ending loop of stupidity.
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Same, I was trying to figure out what I did to get pinked, lol.
LOL I think you get intelligent people and stupid people on both sides of the political spectrum.
We're still on schedule for opening our own country, correct?
That's what we want you to think....
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I want to see a Chelsea push. Which sounds like a euphemism for taking a shit. Hmm.
Cash no visa.
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This is surely true and Trump voters by and large are okay with this, so I expect it to accelerate.
I agree the Democratic voters are clustering in urban areas, but that's likely due to policies being obviously more targeted to the groups there. I would just take gun laws, for instance. The urban versus small town view isn't just cultural, but tangible. Urban centers bring a shared risk of all kinds of things that aren't really true in smaller cities. So those policies are more attractive.
What does this thinking locally mean? Just highlighting different policy planks for the locale?
If you're a middle class white family in a 50k Pennsylvania or Midwest town, what do the Democrats say to flip from red to blue?
Can't argue against that.
Thinking locally means pushing progressive policies at the local and regional level to demonstrate that they can actually work. Many non-urban centers have never seen the benefit of robust social supports, organized labor, or public works programs. Many communities can't afford them from their shrinking tax base. If the DNC wants to make serious headway they should dump money into launching such programs through their surrogates at the local level, particularly in districts where they're outnumbered. This is a much better use of spending than the bottomless pit of political campaigns.
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Third Way study warns Democrats: Avoid far-left populism
@MMA Expert Skip Bayless
They suggest ditching the Bernie wing.
@Kneeblock
They suggest ditching social issues as a priority piece.
Thoughts?
@MMA Expert Skip Bayless They suggest ditching the Bernie wing.
@Kneeblock They suggest ditching social issues as a priority piece.
Thoughts?
Of course third way democrats would. Third way democrats are Clinton era neo-liberals. They'd lose their jobs if the Left took over.Third Way study warns Democrats: Avoid far-left populism
They suggest ditching the Bernie wing.
They suggest ditching social issues as a priority piece.
Thoughts?
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Didn't know them.
I have a hard time finding any polling that suggests going anywhere but job jobs jobs is a path for political success. Got anything of the sort?
Seems people "want" to vote for the Democratic party often, but many things in the way -- real or imagined.