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Many Americans Say the Democratic Party Does Not Share Their Priorities

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Paine said:
My issue with this strategy is that Dems need some sort of cohesive, unifying message. Call it an ideology maybe? lol

We live in a national media environment, so Democrats need to be actively seeding the ground for these arguments down the road. Everything is so muddy right now. What do they stand for? Jeffries and Schumer are not leaders.
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By default , the Democrats have been most everybody else that aren't Republican. The only cohesive unifying message that they've ever had is that they are willing to tolerate the people who don't fit in with the narrow confines and authoritative stances of the opposition.
 
finesse said:
By default , the Democrats have been most everybody else that aren't Republican. The only cohesive unifying message that they've ever had is that they are willing to tolerate the people who don't fit in with the narrow confines and authoritative stances of the opposition.
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I don’t think it’s true that that’s the only cohesive, unifying message they’ve ever had. I think in the times when the party has done best, they’ve had an answer for anger. When people are angry, they look for answers. They will take bad answers at face value if there aren’t alternatives.

We can’t be the party of picking up the pieces. We have to stand for something. I get we’ve accepted a lot of former Republicans into our ranks since 2015, but this is still the Democratic Party. We should be pining for FDR not Ronald Reagan.
 
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Paine said:
My issue with this strategy is that Dems need some sort of cohesive, unifying message. Call it an ideology maybe? lol

We live in a national media environment, so Democrats need to be actively seeding the ground for these arguments down the road. Everything is so muddy right now. What do they stand for? Jeffries and Schumer are not leaders.
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I agree, but I don't think that needs to happen "Right now" - nor do I think that the nexus of responsibility need fall on politicians.

Honestly,I'm tired of people whinging about what democrats in congress should, or should not, be doing. It's time to stop pointing to others and telling them what they are wrong; it is high time that we came up with plans for what we should, instead, be doing to be catalysts for change. Otherwise, this all a bunch of political armchair quarterbacking.

I've brought this up here a couple of times. Central NC has always been a hotbed for political protest/change. I still believe that the people on this site who are like minded (recognizing that not everyone shares the same views) have a number of connections in the area, and that we can help make a difference. I'm just not sure about how yet. But waiting for others to create change is reductionist.
 
I know y'all aren't down with my guy Bernie, but his mantra of becoming the party of the working class seems to have some merit. Do I think he could get elected POTUS? LOL no. I mean, I'd vote for him if he was on the main ticket. We all know that won't happen. My point is that he has some reasonable takes on how to move forward that I think the Democrats should embrace. I'll go ahead and seek shelter now. INCOMING!!!!!!!

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MOUNTAINH33L said:
I know y'all aren't down with my guy Bernie, but his mantra of becoming the party of the working class seems to have some merit. Do I think he could get elected POTUS? LOL no. I mean, I'd vote for him if he was on the main ticket. We all know that won't happen. My point is that he has some reasonable takes on how to move forward that I think the Democrats should embrace. I'll go ahead and seek shelter now. INCOMING!!!!!!!

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I think a lot of liberal Democrats have come around to many of Bernie’s criticism. Whether they’re willing to admit that publicly…That’s a different question.
 
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sringwal said:
I agree, but I don't think that needs to happen "Right now" - nor do I think that the nexus of responsibility need fall on politicians.

Honestly,I'm tired of people whinging about what democrats in congress should, or should not, be doing. It's time to stop pointing to others and telling them what they are wrong; it is high time that we came up with plans for what we should, instead, be doing to be catalysts for change. Otherwise, this all a bunch of political armchair quarterbacking.

I've brought this up here a couple of times. Central NC has always been a hotbed for political protest/change. I still believe that the people on this site who are like minded (recognizing that not everyone shares the same views) have a number of connections in the area, and that we can help make a difference. I'm just not sure about how yet. But waiting for others to create change is reductionist.
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To be fair, the Democratic base is expressing this grassroots frustration and some Democratic pols are chiding them for it. Party leaders need to be connected to the base, not donors and consultants. Republicans get this and have reaped the rewards.
 
Paine said:

“A plurality of voters — 40 percent — said the Democratic Party doesn’t have any strategy whatsoever for responding to Trump, according to the survey by the liberal firm Blueprint that was shared first with POLITICO. Another 24 percent said Democrats have a game plan, but it’s a bad one.

A paltry 10 percent said that the party has a solid technique for dealing with Trump. And that’s coming from a Democratic outfit’s survey.“
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I suspect much of the low rating of Congressional Democrats right now is less from people not approving of their policies than from committed Democrats who are frustrated and in some cases fed up with the weak response of the party to what has been happening since Trump and Co-President Musk took office. Holding up little paddles with slogans on them certainly isn't going to help that impression.
 
4thgenheel said:
@Kingpin if you want to get to know Jeff, a great place to start is all of his social media posts from when he was in congress. they're just basic videos of him on camera discussing and explaining political happenings.

he just gets it. he really knows how to calmly and effectively communicate with people.
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Ah, I see. I don’t live in NC but do know of Jeff Jackson from this board. But I couldn’t pick him out of a lineup. Maybe now I can.
 
Mulberry Heel said:
I suspect much of the low rating of Congressional Democrats right now is less from people not approving of their policies than from committed Democrats who are frustrated and in some cases fed up with the weak response of the party to what has been happening since Trump and Co-President Musk took office. Holding up little paddles with slogans on them certainly isn't going to help that impression.
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OK, what should the party do? Dem governors in Dem states are actively resisting Trump. Dem lawyers are filing lawsuits everywhere. The Dem party has sued over Trump's monarchical approach vis-a-vis the FEC.

I keep wondering what is it that people want to see?
 
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