Makes a ton of sense unless be who you want to be morphs into the stupid garbage we see often take up all the oxygen in the room. I’m convinced the ad on surgeries for prisoners and men playing girls sports won Trump the election .
It is definitely important to have the right message, but it will also depend on being able to demonstrate that Republican policy isn’t working. If the public perceived that the Trump economy is successful I doubt it will much matter what the Dem message is. Republicans lose the electorate when the electorate sees the failure of Republican policy (see 1992, 2008). If the public believes Republican policy is working, nothing will matter.
But we dont message that well AT ALL. People think dems are the party of big government. We arent. Not anymore
Some. Grocery prices and rent prices hurt more.
Democrats have policies that are for the people turning against them. The issue is folks see the brats on college campuses that take over building and then demand they are provided food, and all the other madness and people just cringe and want no part of it. Democrats have the inability to just say these people are nuts because they worry about every 0.5% of people.
This is where I always end up because it is true. Then eventually I just get mad on how that messaging works out and similarly how the GOP just makes shit up about those policies
How can that not be glaringly open and obvious? Every relaxation of drug regulations, every rollback on exclusions on voting, sexual orientation and everything else came from the Dems. Everything that limits voting and enacts restrictions of personal behavior comes from the right. Do you ask if the sky is blue?
I get it. The people in this country that dont pay attention to politics dont. We arent going to win the Christian Evangelicals...eff them. Go after pocketbook folks, preach individual freedom and social safety nets and DONE
Yeah, Trump is a celebrity ffs.
I heard similar coming from analysis of young men, slightly focused on young black men, saying their initial perspective of Trump was that he had "swag". He was rich, said what he wanted, got what he wanted, etc.
PREACH
Unless our modern world is simply anti-incumbent then Dems need a way to "bring receipts" and a way to put those receipts into the faces of the working class.
Disagree on evangelicals. I am what you would probably call an evangelical and I go to a church that is pretty evangelical but its focus is helping people and standing out in the world. It is not shaming and turning backs on people. Most conversations I have with people are tied to - we are more aligned with the Democrats because the Christians and other people of faith aren’t doing what they should be doing on supporting people with needs. If those groups did, we would be better off supporting a more hands off approach. If the Democrats were open to people that were more pro-life (not saying that they have to change high level but just understand some are pro-life) then the overwhelming majority at my church would be all democrats. Now I go to a huge church in Wake County so I understand that’s Democrats area anyway.
Christians that trust Trump trust Trump because Trump will defend them publicly. It’s not the pocketbook reason. They view it as he is deplorable in his behavior but he does what we need him to do and won’t shy away from a culture fight.
Good comments
I wouldnt call that modern evangelical. I am talking about the folks that want bibles in schools, ban gay marriage, etc etc
and some racism and homo/transphobia