The Democrats Are Blowing This Election

The Atlantic ^ | October 4, 2019 | Yascha Mounk

[2ndDivisionVet]

To defeat Trump, the Democratic presidential nominee will have to do more than turn out the base.

A theory for how to win the 2020 presidential election has quickly become conventional wisdom among Democratic campaign strategists and many prominent pundits. It goes like this: The country has become so polarized that swing voters barely exist anymore. Elections are now decided by which side better manages to mobilize its base. So Democrats need to stop worrying about winning over moderates—and confidently move to the left.

Proponents of this “progressive mobilization theory” can point to a few important pieces of evidence. Plenty of liberal policies, for instance, are popular with voters across the political spectrum. As I’ve argued in the past, this makes it possible for Democratic presidential candidates to develop an ambitious agenda on issues from health care to gun control without jeopardizing their chances of ousting Donald Trump.

But the theory is nonetheless wrong in three crucial respects. A significant number of swing voters do exist, and in close-run elections, they matter. While Democrats do need to mobilize their base to win in 2020, it is far from obvious that moving to the left will help them do so. And to cure America of Trumpism, they need to persuade voters who aren’t already consistent progressives to turn their back on his brand of politics.

[bigbob]

Social Security, Medicare, tax credits for various things...

[thesligoduffyflynns]

As a pragmatist I would not gloat over the Demonrats

Keyboard warriors accomplish nothing.

i do believe there are venues large & small

to refute these marxists and its not behind a keyboard.

dont forget your duty to vote

[Candor7]

So Democrats need to stop worrying about winning over moderates—and confidently move to the left. >>>>>>>>>>

Two points:
1)
Moderate Democrats have ALREADY switched to join supporting President Trump. Pascale has conducted attendance surveys at several Trump rallies and has discovered that between 26% and 30% of those attending the rallies are registered Democrats.

2) The Democrat party in moving left are exposing to America the illegal House procedures of Shiff, Pelosi , Nadler et. al. that are based on Saul Alinsky’s “Rules for Radicals” **, instead of the Constitution and its conventions.

** Rules for Radicals:

http://www.citizenshandbook.org/rules.html

The Democrats and their traitorous media supporters are bent on disinformation to mislead America. So desperate they are because they see now that their totalitarian Utopia planned by the Community Organizer president of dirty name, who weaponized federal agencies against the People,is now beyond recall.

The how and why it was done, a good read:

“Barack Obama: The Quintessential Liberal Fascist”

http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2009/05/barack_obama_the_quintessentia_1.html

The Democrats have no chance to win the 2020 election. They just need to be trolled continuously to keep on their present path to electoral oblivion.At this point the Dems have no way to go back, hoisted on their own petard.And the counter explosions to their dastardly deeds are about to begin with the DOJ AGs report. Life is sweet.

May Divine Providence bless and protect our President and may the Presidential Secret Service detail be ready willing and able. May the US Marines double their vigilance.The Dem left is so rabidly hateful, the CIA and FBI so strikingly defiled, that they may actually make the attempt.

[outpostinmass2]

Are you talking to me kemosabe? How am I gloating?

[MNJohnnie]

"issues from health care to gun control"

Base your argument on a total lie like this, you lose before you start

[thesligoduffyflynns]

so your are a dem or someone from demo underground?.com

[Truthoverpower]

Let’s just take this city edit face value

OK genius you just brought up two subjects healthcare and gun control

Let’s see here like with any other issue we can just look at conservative and liberal positions on these two subjects

On healthcare liberals want Medicare for all and conservatives favor multiple strategies including mostly free market solutions And private sector insurance policies which is the status quo more or less unless you’re poor

On guns your buddy Beto represents I would take majority thinking and sees guns away from people and intact things like the Sullivan law where you’re not allowed to own any kind of weapon

The conservative position is the second amendment to the United States ConstitutionAnd whatever supreme court decisions have been made in the modern era for example Heller

Let’s see how many people you can’t get to agree with your strategy versus our strategy

OK thanks liberal moron

[simpson96]

[outpostinmass2]

so your are a dem or someone from demo underground?.com

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Started drink early today?

Have a good weekend!!

[thesligoduffyflynns]

so your are a dem or someone from demo underground?.comi
You are free not to read my comments
You are personalizing my words

NOT GOODc

& btw ...........I ain’t scared of you nor your words

Altho you attack you have no clue as to who I am
and I’m a long long time FREEPER

so back off Pal

[outpostinmass2]

Go back to your barstool numbnuts. I have been here since 2008 under this name, lost my password in a job change. I actually have been posting since 2005.

You have only been here since 2014.

Besides, what the hell are talking about?

[outpostinmass2]

Attention, thesligoduffyflynns is either drunk or a troll.

[thesligoduffyflynns]

I’ve been here since BEFORE 2008

only my profile shows what you are arguing about.

Be a good lil twerp & argue more about your seniority

paranoid you are

[faithhopecharity]

and move to the left????????????????????????

where in hell does the writer think the D=commie-nazis are at NOW?

they couldn’t possibly move further left if they tried!
there is no further left to move to, ha!

[outpostinmass2]

Zzzzzzooootttttt

[RatRipper]

Pretty simple to me:

You have to vote Republican unless you want to live on a commune and give up all your property.

Most of us here on FR would have to go to re-education camps or the gas chambers.

[Luke21]

It was hard to get very far into this slobbering garbage.

[fieldmarshaldj]

Free money !

[thesligoduffyflynns]

why the name calling?

I’m not here to be your whipping post whenever you feel like it. I’m sure you have interacted with other freepers in the same way because you are totally skewered

Seek counseling ASAP

I ain’t your enemy

[shalom aleichem]

Good