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Democratic Party hits new polling low, while its voters want to fight Trump harder
(www.nbcnews.com)
this post was submitted on 16 Mar 2025
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The Democrat party claims they want to be a big tent party, but they're doing a piss poor job of getting a majority of voters to come into their tent.
Big tent with a paid VIP section in the back.
The adjective form of 'Democrat' is 'Democratic', not the stupid and grammatically incorrect form Republicans decided to push in the late 2000s.
I intentionally use the grammatically incorrect 'Democrat' party because the adjective democratic is not an accurate description of the party's values and ideals.
Democratic means "of, characterized by, or advocating democracy," with democracy of course being a government by the people, or government of which the people are the ultimate authority. The Democrat party are NOT advocates for such a government. They want a neoliberal technocratic government. To call the Democrat party "democratic" is a vile lie that I absolutely will not help to perpetuate, grammar be damned.
So you're just doing the same thing Republicans do and using the exact same dumb justification.
I don't know what the Republicans' reasoning is, and I don't care. I know what my reasoning is, and I just explained it. I really don't care if you think it's dumb.
Yeah, sure, you just happened to come up with the exact same petty mannerism they've been doing for 15 years with the exact same reasoning and somehow claim you're not only not copying it, but never even knew they did it.
I never said that I didn't know that many Republicans also refer to them as the Democrat party. I was aware of that. I, however, never cared to find out what their reasons for doing it were, because, as I've already stated, I don't care. They may do it for the same reason I do, I don't care. I don't care what the Republicans think, and I don't care what you think.
If you make politics for everyone, you make politics for no one.
Poor private healthcare CEOs and shareholders suffering from universal healthcare. Cant lose that demographic against the other 340 million people living in the US
They've become so focused on the needs of every little minority that they've ignored the needs of the majority
I don't think the Democrats should try to make a party for everyone. I don't think that's even possible. Fortunately, democracy doesn't require unanimous consensus. A simple majority will do.
From what I can tell, much of the 49% that voted Democrat is actively rooting for the starvation of America right now. It's not a good look when basic food staples are becoming cost-prohibitive and your party is seen to be supportive of it.
Then there are the Democrats with actual power in Washington, they're just doing what they always do: making speeches and voting for the interests of the wealthy, who don't even need the money anyway.
48.3% of those who voted in the 2024 presidential election, voted for Harris. However, those voters represent less than 1/3 of all eligible voters, far from a majority.