Posted on 05/28/2021 2:56:05 AM PDT by Libloather
A New York Times opinion writer wondered in a new op-ed on Wednesday if the progressive cancel culture push will backfire on Democrats at the polls, and he isn't the only analyst asking the question.
"Is Wokeness ‘Kryptonite for Democrats?’" Times contributor Thomas Edsall's headline asked.
Edsall quoted several surveys finding most people are against the more radical campaigns, such as efforts to defund the police and upend traditional gender norms. And yet, he said, Republicans can still point to the extreme minority that is pushing these ideas to argue that the Democratic Party is increasingly beholden to the radicals.
"Although centrist Democrats make up the majority of the party in the polls I cited above, the fact that a substantial minority of Democrats takes the more extreme stance allows Republicans to portray the Democratic Party as very much in thrall to its more ‘radical’ wing," Edsall wrote.
Edsall shared an email he received from social psychologist Jonathan Haidt arguing that the left-wing policies will only serve to drag down the party.
"Wokeness is kryptonite for Democrats," Haidt wrote. "Most people hate it, other than the progressive activists. If you just look at Americans' policy preferences, Dems should be winning big majorities. But we have strong negative partisanship, and when people are faced with a party that seems to want to defund the police and rename schools, rather than open them, all while crime is rising and kids' welfare is falling, the left flank of the party is just so easy for Republicans to run against."
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None of this matters to Dems. The vast majority will always pull the lever for D’s. Unions, abortion, gun control...that is what they vote for. They don’t care about transgender crap and critical race theory. They see the candidate is pro-choice and that’s all that matters.
The problem is woke is the one of the inevitable steps of liberalism. Centralization of power always moves toward eliminating any opposition. There is no “too far”. Eventually everybody is placed on the elimination list.
Such a good post you posted it thrice!
Not me, honestly. It must have been the Post Fairy.
What a load of horse manure. True centrists like Tulsi Gabbard are shunned within the Democrat party.
Why?
Ask not for whom the pendulum swings.. it swings for thee.
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