Wow I’ve seen some rubbish on here but this takes the cake. The reason democrats lost the election is because they were terrified to even answer a simple questions like what is a woman or should trans people be allowed to compete against women in sport. Too worried about what the woke left would say instead of the majority. Look at Gavin Newsom who clearly has aspirations of becoming president views change in the last 12 months.
One of the most effective campaign ads of all time was the Kamala is for ‘they them’ Trump is for ‘you’ shown in all swing states. The ad directly moved 2-3% of undecided voters in battleground states to vote Trump winning him the election. The democrats were seen as out of touch with reality not centrist
I think you should think about this a whole lot longer. Kamala was a poor candidate. She was poor because she tried to be neutral and polite about everything in general. The fact you managed to only listen to the words “trans” and “they, them” is telling (it means you watched the bits Fox News reported to you)
Obviously wasn’t talking about US perspectives on the democrats here either. Because first of all, Americans are naive and live in a bubble. Why is their opinion on what constitutes left and right relevant when a majority haven’t even left the states. A majority also got brought up being taught that everything publically owned is socialist, leading to them being the richest country in the world despite having no access to basic healthcare.
It’s unsurprising some 35% of the US have been led to believe the Democrats are some radical entity because dear leader said so. Most can’t explain why they think so without falling on the schoolyard woke argument or referencing some broader conspiracy theory
Besides - Newsflash - transgender/ gay people are not a US-based phenomenon. The reason people who refuse to tolerate them get called bigots nowadays is because the world has moved on without them - and will continue to do so. Fact of the matter is that it’s nicer to tolerate minority groups than ostracise them out of fear anyways so get over it
The Democrats were out of touch - but not for the trivial reason you mentioned. It’s because they didn’t reflect the political ideas of their voters and it’s because they were already in power (people on the fence didn’t care about trump’s disastrous economic ideas because they believe any change is a good change).
Bernie sanders is a great example of being “too far left” for the Democrats and he’s the most humanistic politician in all the US landscape. Kicked aside for Hilary Clinton despite Sanders developing a strong level of support amongst the working class of the democrats and some republicans at the time (he was also demonised in right wing media).
Same sort of thing happened with Kamala, Biden dropped out and the Democrats didn’t make her fight it out against other candidates. People felt unheard from the start.
Anyways back on topic; a true left wing party would immediately commit to fixing the broken private healthcare system of the US. The Democrats barely discussed it. They talked about how Trump had no political policy and warned them of the damage he would do to the United States. At the end of the day the voters at the time didn’t care. Now farmers, latinos/immigants and small business owners say they regret their decision; well, tough titties they get what they voted for unfortunately
Relative to the broader left-wing parties, I was not joking around when I implied the US left-wing can hardly be classified as such.
As an aside you need to get over “woke”. It’s just a catch all term popularised by a president who continually exposed himself as a snowflake. I assume you’re no different than “woke” people in that respect too
The Democrats had a policy book spanning some 40-50 pages I believe. Republicans 0. Why? Because at the end of the day, reducing the Democrats to a “woke, radical” party that “is ruining the country”and protecting immigrants that “only rape, murder and steal” is so, so much easier for Trump than trying to convince people that he has political policies worth voting for
to circle back again, the Democrats still don’t care to do anything about their guns, were more than happy to keep helping Israel in the Middle East. The majority were fine to keep allowing corporate sponsorships. I bet most own numerous properties and invest in stocks too. The young ones have some backbone and will become more prominent
Without referring to the woke nonsense, tell me exactly why you think they are so unbelievably left wing. It’s ok if you have since reconsidered that stance
Some of the most notable Republican / right-wing figures today; Trump, RFK, Musk and Tulsi Gabbard were all former Democrats. The fact RFK and Gabbard managed to blend in to the Democratic Party tells you everything you need to know about whether the Democratic party is as radical as you have been told it is
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