> I’ve ben trying real hard to put myself in side the head of a typical democrat. <
From what I can tell, there are three kinds of Democrats.
Legacy Democrats - They vote D because grandfather voted D.
Brainwashed Democrats - They vote D because the media has demonized all Republicans.
Communists - They vote D because that’s the party that will eventually give them the absolute power they want.
Note that actual policies don’t matter to any of these groups.
The first two groups can be won over, at least temporarily. But it takes a Reagan to do so. Trump was good. But he wasn’t Reagan level.
There’s not too many Zell Millers or Tulsi Gabbards left in the democrat party!
The lines between those groups aren’t so clear. Some people literally vote Democrat because their parents and grandparents did. Other people are part of a group in which everybody votes Democrat. Some people have one issue or identity that they care about intensely. They know they aren’t personally going to hold power, though. Maybe you could call them “brainwashed,” but I think a lot of it is just tribal, “them versus us.”
This platform badly needs a “like” button. +1