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Here's a thought - the Dems should run Ivanka. She's much more liberal than her father, her husband is Jewish, and she is totally a woman. And Donald would step aside in her favor.
Honestly, I think Democrats would be wise to go with someone from middle America. One of the biggest criticisms of the Democratic Party is that they have abandoned middle American in favor of Coastal SJW's. Running a candidate like Kamala Harris, Corey Booker, Andrew Cuomo, etc. may be enough to oust Trump in 2020, but I don't believe it solves the underlying issue.
Honestly, I think Democrats would be wise to go with someone from middle America. One of the biggest criticisms of the Democratic Party is that they have abandoned middle American in favor of Coastal SJW's. Running a candidate like Kamala Harris, Corey Booker, Andrew Cuomo, etc. may be enough to oust Trump in 2020, but I don't believe it solves the underlying issue.
As a Democrat, I don't want to cater to middle America. The coastal economies are doing so much better than middle America and I have nothing in common with them. IMO let middle America live with Republican policies while the coasts move forward with things like healthcare, college, environmental protections and alternative energy sources on the coasts. Middle America can end Planned Parenthood and live with the resulting unplanned pregnancies, limited availability of birth control, politicians controlled by religion, end minimum wage, reduced availability of health coverage, lack of coverage for pre-existing conditions and prisons for profit. As we move forward, the best result would be increased state independence and the right for states to impose lengthy residency requirements so red staters can't game the system and shop for blue state benefits should they become ill. I don't believe the answer is for Democrats to start catering to middle America.
As a Democrat, I don't want to cater to middle America. The coastal economies are doing so much better than middle America and I have nothing in common with them. IMO let middle America live with Republican policies while the coasts move forward with things like healthcare, college, environmental protections and alternative energy sources on the coasts. Middle America can end Planned Parenthood and live with the resulting unplanned pregnancies, limited availability of birth control, politicians controlled by religion, end minimum wage, reduced availability of health coverage, lack of coverage for pre-existing conditions and prisons for profit. As we move forward, the best result would be increased state independence and the right for states to impose lengthy residency requirements so red staters can't game the system and shop for blue state benefits should they become ill. I don't believe the answer is for Democrats to start catering to middle America.
As a Democrat, I don't want to cater to middle America. The coastal economies are doing so much better than middle America and I have nothing in common with them. IMO let middle America live with Republican policies while the coasts move forward with things like healthcare, college, environmental protections and alternative energy sources on the coasts. Middle America can end Planned Parenthood and live with the resulting unplanned pregnancies, limited availability of birth control, politicians controlled by religion, end minimum wage, reduced availability of health coverage, lack of coverage for pre-existing conditions and prisons for profit. As we move forward, the best result would be increased state independence and the right for states to impose lengthy residency requirements so red staters can't game the system and shop for blue state benefits should they become ill. I don't believe the answer is for Democrats to start catering to middle America.
This mindset is why our party lost the election, though.
Trump won because he catered to middle America because whether we like it or not, their vote matters just as much as ours. I'm not saying that we should develop a more conservative platform but if we expect to rebound from this embarrassing defeat (yes, it is an embarrassing defeat when you consider we lost in Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, and the northern district of Maine), we need to be able to compromise to an extent.
This mindset is why our party lost the election, though.
Trump won because he catered to middle America because whether we like it or not, their vote matters just as much as ours. I'm not saying that we should develop a more conservative platform but if we expect to rebound from this embarrassing defeat (yes, it is an embarrassing defeat when you consider we lost in Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, and the northern district of Maine), we need to be able to compromise to an extent.
IMO I would rather they get exactly what the Republicans give them and I will laugh about it. I have no desire to find commonality with them. This idea that we should "win over" right wingers in middle America? No thank you. I would rather remain in my blue state and ignore them as much as possible.
IMO I would rather they get exactly what the Republicans give them and I will laugh about it. I have no desire to find commonality with them. This idea that we should "win over" right wingers in middle America? No thank you. I would rather remain in my blue state and ignore them as much as possible.
As a Democrat, I don't want to cater to middle America. The coastal economies are doing so much better than middle America and I have nothing in common with them. IMO let middle America live with Republican policies while the coasts move forward with things like healthcare, college, environmental protections and alternative energy sources on the coasts. Middle America can end Planned Parenthood and live with the resulting unplanned pregnancies, limited availability of birth control, politicians controlled by religion, end minimum wage, reduced availability of health coverage, lack of coverage for pre-existing conditions and prisons for profit. As we move forward, the best result would be increased state independence and the right for states to impose lengthy residency requirements so red staters can't game the system and shop for blue state benefits should they become ill. I don't believe the answer is for Democrats to start catering to middle America.
As Democrats, we NEED to appeal to middle America.
Not all of middle America is Republican. Democrats live in red states as well.
I spent 20+ years in the party doing voter education, registration, and as a state delegate.
By your logic, then these people should be ignored since they are --goddess forbid---not in the lofty coastal areas.
My job involves a good deal of travel and yes, the coastal areas are doing well but so are quite a few areas in middle America.
I think that it's pretty short-sighted to think that only Democrats in larger cities or coastal areas matter. In fact, it is that kind of thinking that will ensure another GOP victory in 2020.
Middle America is what helped decide this election against our party. The blue states overwhelmingly of course went Democrat but a lot of the purplish states swung red--some of them for the first time in many years.
Even if the people are not Democrats, shouldn't we show them what they could have under the Democrats?
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