(April 25, 2019 at 12:58 pm)Thoreauvian Wrote:(April 25, 2019 at 11:46 am)Gae Bolga Wrote: ...and with that, the party completes the task of making itself as unappealing as possible to the trump voters they hamstring themselves pursuing and the energy of the base.
Good luck in 2020 yall, since you've given up on living in a country with rule of law, and hope that a popularity contest between three geriatrics will somehow right the ship, instead.
Which Democrat in their right mind wants to appeal to the average Trump voter? Democrats want to appeal to the working class voters they lost.
For me, a moderate Democrat, it's quite sufficient that most of all 21 Democratic candidates are better choices than Trump.
Can we not equate swing voters and centrist republicans as being on the same side as the bigoted snack patriot right.
Look, one problem dems have had for decades is that #1, we have not been good in voting in local or state elections in off years. #2 even in national and presidential elections, we rely too much on our regular urban and suburban haunts.
Voting like chess, cannot be all defense, at some point, just like chess, you have to expand. Nobody is or should expect anyone to appeal to right wing bigots. But there still are moderates in swing and red states, as well as liberals in red states.
My best friend Hillbilly Atheist, the guy I am meeting in Brisbane in June, grew up in rural Oklahoma, a state FYI that Elizabeth Warren grew up in. He is rural, he was raised by conservative parents, but did not end up a fundie. Poor rural and middle class rust belt Americans are finding a hard time making ends meet. I should be argued that minorities are hurt worse by the economy and justice system, I can agree with that. But we cannot simply stick to old haunts as far as zip codes.
The GOP loves the divisions between whites and blacks, between urban, suburban and rural. That is how they have won for decades.
