Y’all have lost your minds. Each of the candidates for Governor of New Jersey, Virginia and Mayor of NYC centered their campaigns around the affordability crisis, speaks to the center, and all won by huge majorities. The majorities were so large that most people who would be considered in the center voted for these candidates. Look also at other votes around the country like the Supreme court vote in PA - the Dems won 61% and some of the referendums around the country and local elections, as well. Look , I agree there is too much polarization, but y’all are simply wrong about the Democratic Party or misjudging it. Don’t just fall in line for conventional wisdom, opposition talking points, lack of insightful or shoddy research, easy answers, and conventional wisdom.
This explains so well Trump's success -- his ability to moderate his policies, triangulating to the center. From immigration, civil liberties, law enforcement, free trade, oversight and corruption, reproductive rights, gun safety, the civil service and healthcare, Trump and his MAGA followers have always carefully trodden the well worn middle path that Americans always seek.
No doubt the issue in 2024 was that voters carefully read both the Democratic and Republican platforms and decided that although lengthy, the detailed policy proposals of the Republican platform much better represented their policy preferences than did the Democratic one. To paraphrase James Carville, "It's the platform stupid."
I'm not sure the Democratic establishment is capable of changing course because it has accepted activist demands as moral requirements. They are largely just being forced to live up to their own views of what is right and wrong, good and evil -- something on which they are incapable of changing course.
I not sure about the general voter, but this sounds so much better than what we have. I disliked Trump, voted for Harris, and still dislike Trump. However, in many ways I'm glad he won, even though I wish he was gone now. Trump did some good with his anti-DEI initiatives and his foreign policy that Harris never would have, even if I have serious criticisms of some of his Trump's methods.
Great piece. We need more democratic politicians and candidates to see this data. We also need a movement, like the DLC was in the 90s, where I played an active role. How can I get involved in Welcome?
No, the country has been feminized into an assassination culture, and the feminized electorate are pulling the Democrats in that hard left direction and they like it. The Democrats are not going to change. Any Democrat success is the fault of the other side failing to punch the feminized assassins for their malice... over their fear getting turned down for sex.
That will be the potential epitaph of the country. AFLWs win because stupid real men cannot stop thinking about how they can get more sex. This isn't an unusual story. Entire civilizations have self-destructed over the same.
You are simply reciting conventional wisdom among a large swath of the punditry and you are wrong.
Y’all have lost your minds. Each of the candidates for Governor of New Jersey, Virginia and Mayor of NYC centered their campaigns around the affordability crisis, speaks to the center, and all won by huge majorities. The majorities were so large that most people who would be considered in the center voted for these candidates. Look also at other votes around the country like the Supreme court vote in PA - the Dems won 61% and some of the referendums around the country and local elections, as well. Look , I agree there is too much polarization, but y’all are simply wrong about the Democratic Party or misjudging it. Don’t just fall in line for conventional wisdom, opposition talking points, lack of insightful or shoddy research, easy answers, and conventional wisdom.
This explains so well Trump's success -- his ability to moderate his policies, triangulating to the center. From immigration, civil liberties, law enforcement, free trade, oversight and corruption, reproductive rights, gun safety, the civil service and healthcare, Trump and his MAGA followers have always carefully trodden the well worn middle path that Americans always seek.
No doubt the issue in 2024 was that voters carefully read both the Democratic and Republican platforms and decided that although lengthy, the detailed policy proposals of the Republican platform much better represented their policy preferences than did the Democratic one. To paraphrase James Carville, "It's the platform stupid."
I'm not sure the Democratic establishment is capable of changing course because it has accepted activist demands as moral requirements. They are largely just being forced to live up to their own views of what is right and wrong, good and evil -- something on which they are incapable of changing course.
https://open.substack.com/pub/karistark/p/how-radicals-usurped-the-establishment?r=1m3zld&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
I not sure about the general voter, but this sounds so much better than what we have. I disliked Trump, voted for Harris, and still dislike Trump. However, in many ways I'm glad he won, even though I wish he was gone now. Trump did some good with his anti-DEI initiatives and his foreign policy that Harris never would have, even if I have serious criticisms of some of his Trump's methods.
Great piece. We need more democratic politicians and candidates to see this data. We also need a movement, like the DLC was in the 90s, where I played an active role. How can I get involved in Welcome?
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No, the country has been feminized into an assassination culture, and the feminized electorate are pulling the Democrats in that hard left direction and they like it. The Democrats are not going to change. Any Democrat success is the fault of the other side failing to punch the feminized assassins for their malice... over their fear getting turned down for sex.
That will be the potential epitaph of the country. AFLWs win because stupid real men cannot stop thinking about how they can get more sex. This isn't an unusual story. Entire civilizations have self-destructed over the same.