Democratic-Leaning Independents Give Democrats Edge

Smells like desperation when the overwhelming conclusion is that the majority of US voters are done with both parties.

Sorry to say it, but this should shake progressives a bit. The time to push your self-righteousness is NOT now. We need to survive as a nation before we go back to trying to fix societal issues.

So yes, you're going to have to stomach centrist policies and politicians if that is going to be successful.

The American people are by and large just as stupid as we have been for the last 40 years.

Actually, I feel like unaffiliated/independent declaration growth gives me a little bit of faith.

I just hope it's confirmed in the coming election cycle when the Dems follow the lesson learned this past November to pick a candidate that matches the district they're running in, not the national DNC advisors and idiots that lost to Trump a second time.

Which, as I said, means stomaching centrist candidates in a majority of districts/elections.

Taking their ball and going home again in the midterms will be the coup de grace of the United States as we know it.

I think it is, as the parties horse shoe towards totalitarianism, it leaves alot of stragglers behind.

#13 | Posted by oneironaut

I was going to mention the saying about 1/3 of the population killing another 1/3 of the population while the other 1/3 watched...

But it seems there is no source attributable to it as Werner Herzog is apparently misattributed as the source.

Anywho, I think it applies still, even if we don't know who actually said it. Our numbers are just a little bit off with about 1/4 wanting to kill another 1/4 while 1/2 watches.

Although the way things are going, I don't think that 1/2 are just idle accepting it.

Wake up fool. The only way democrats win is by actually supporting working class Americans with things like national healthcare and education.
Fighting back against republican's regressive policies and having some minerals to abandon billionaires.

#15 | Posted by ClownShack

Those examples have widespread support in the populace. They're not "progressive" ideas and haven't been for some time.

You seem to be under the impression that centrist ideas are not geared towards supporting working class Americans. My guess is you likely have a skewed idea of what your average voter sees as "Progressive."

BTW I'm far more awake than you are. You're continuing to push a losing horse of a party and likely didn't see the massive systemic problems that lead to Trump winning again in 2024.

#17 | Posted by A_Friend

Bingo.

Too many Dems are too busy being Veruca Salt to notice why the loony toons right keeps stomping them - it's because the right, for all their flaws, have played the long game and built their current power structure from the ground up.

"Progressives" are still stuck on the FDR model of top-down change in a single fell swoop. And it simply doesn't work in our current political environment.

So, instead of being pragmatic and voting to keep our republic alive, they took their 'don't care how, I want it now' ball and stayed home. Now we're where we are and they sneer at any suggestion that they share a massive portion of the blame of our current predicament.