The gap between Trump's economic approval cratering and Democrats still polling poorly on trust speaks to decades of delivering rhetoric without results. People aren't asking for perfection, they're asking for someone who will fight as hard for them as Republicans fight for billionaires. The Mamdani example is instructiv because it shows enthusiasm follows substance, not the other way around. When you actually address housing costs, healthcare, and economic precarity, suddenly young voters who were supposedly checked out become organizers.
I saw a headline of Hakim Jeffries being asked if Madani is the future of the democratic party and he answered "no". I think progressives are hopeless to think that you can change the party, besides a mayor election here and there, without taking away the huge sums of money people like Jeffries handle, which require them to side with those wealthy donors. That's a fundamental unbalance since Republicans are the party of oligarchs so the system makes sense for them
I remain astonished that Trump polls as high as he does. I guess his psychopathy has not trickled down to enough people yet. Regarding the Democrats low polling: Public perception of Democrats is largely based on their view of the Democratic leadership and the old guard - the ones who only ever nibbled around the edges of of the corrupt, unequal society of the last 40 years to improve things for the average person. There are a number of Dems who advocate and work for real change - AOC, Eric Swalwell, Jasmine Crockett, Lauren Underwood, Chris Murphy, Elizabeth Warren etc. And then, of course, there's Bernie, an Independent, but a leader for reform. Schumer and Jeffries are the face of the party so public perception of Democrats is based on their corporatist, centrist, status quo politics. Leadership change will be necessary for people to realize that, unlike any Republicans, there are Democrats that give a crap about ordinary Americans, want to improve our lives and circumstances, and do work toward that goal.
Democrats in office both statewide and nationally have got to start leading in promoting expansion of Medicare to ages 55 and up as well as expanding the benefits of Medicare to include hearing aids, dental care, and eyeglasses. Yes, Obamacare is nice and helps many but it also has shown it is vulnerable- only political fools mess with Medicare- people feel they own it. On the state level Democrats need to promote reforms that boost voter turnout but also save millions of tax dollars which need to be put into free universal voluntary Pre-K and free college. These reforms such as universal vote by mail (less vulnerable to intimidation) and combing the local elections with the even year midterm elections, not only boosts voter turnout and saves millions but results in more women and more minorities being elected to local offices. This also would reduce the dominance of the GOP in local elections ( they dominate in all but large city elections).
The gap between Trump's economic approval cratering and Democrats still polling poorly on trust speaks to decades of delivering rhetoric without results. People aren't asking for perfection, they're asking for someone who will fight as hard for them as Republicans fight for billionaires. The Mamdani example is instructiv because it shows enthusiasm follows substance, not the other way around. When you actually address housing costs, healthcare, and economic precarity, suddenly young voters who were supposedly checked out become organizers.
I saw a headline of Hakim Jeffries being asked if Madani is the future of the democratic party and he answered "no". I think progressives are hopeless to think that you can change the party, besides a mayor election here and there, without taking away the huge sums of money people like Jeffries handle, which require them to side with those wealthy donors. That's a fundamental unbalance since Republicans are the party of oligarchs so the system makes sense for them
I remain astonished that Trump polls as high as he does. I guess his psychopathy has not trickled down to enough people yet. Regarding the Democrats low polling: Public perception of Democrats is largely based on their view of the Democratic leadership and the old guard - the ones who only ever nibbled around the edges of of the corrupt, unequal society of the last 40 years to improve things for the average person. There are a number of Dems who advocate and work for real change - AOC, Eric Swalwell, Jasmine Crockett, Lauren Underwood, Chris Murphy, Elizabeth Warren etc. And then, of course, there's Bernie, an Independent, but a leader for reform. Schumer and Jeffries are the face of the party so public perception of Democrats is based on their corporatist, centrist, status quo politics. Leadership change will be necessary for people to realize that, unlike any Republicans, there are Democrats that give a crap about ordinary Americans, want to improve our lives and circumstances, and do work toward that goal.
Democrats in office both statewide and nationally have got to start leading in promoting expansion of Medicare to ages 55 and up as well as expanding the benefits of Medicare to include hearing aids, dental care, and eyeglasses. Yes, Obamacare is nice and helps many but it also has shown it is vulnerable- only political fools mess with Medicare- people feel they own it. On the state level Democrats need to promote reforms that boost voter turnout but also save millions of tax dollars which need to be put into free universal voluntary Pre-K and free college. These reforms such as universal vote by mail (less vulnerable to intimidation) and combing the local elections with the even year midterm elections, not only boosts voter turnout and saves millions but results in more women and more minorities being elected to local offices. This also would reduce the dominance of the GOP in local elections ( they dominate in all but large city elections).
Democrats are imploding
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