HarthorneWingo wrote:aq_ua wrote:HarthorneWingo wrote:
Do you believe that? It doesn't really make sense to me. Democrats are pretty much the victims of their own weaknesses as a party. The Republicans are Lucy and we're Charlie Brown.
I think the Democrats are often placed in a position of having to tell the public what they don't want to hear, but may need to hear. That's a strategy issue and also a marketing issue.
In a world that continues to be dominated by Covid-19, the economy was possibly the bigger issue. At the end of the day, enough people are selfish and vote to protect their immediate needs rather than the good of society. There needs to be a smarter way of incorporating both into a platform or there won't be enough inertia behind it to actually get legislation passed.
Republicans are much worse at compared to Dems. Listen to Mitch McConnell when he's speaking. He's always talking about what the American people want when it's not even true. Look at the polling on many of the major issues like Medicare for All, Green New Deal, Marijuana legalization/criminal justice reform, increase taxes on corporations and capital gains/dividends. Americans - but especially Democrats - favor those programs by almost 90% in some cases.
It takes far too much time and effort to follow what Mitch McConnell says - that's just not where people are getting their information.
Also, polls man. They've proven more a sideshow than science.
