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16. Because that's what "consultants" and/or cable news tells them they need to do....

Reply to Yavin4 (Original post)

Fri Oct 12, 2018, 09:48 AM

Oct 2018

.....Too many of our politicians and/or candidates view those two things as at best, their connection to the voters and at worst their primary constituents.

And both of those groups get paid big money to sell that lie to Democrats. The massive centrist victory and uprising is always just around the corner and it can never fail, it can only be failed by the dirty stinking hippies.

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Why do some Democratic candidates focus on winning over marginal Republicans instead of building up [View all] Yavin4 Oct 2018 OP

Well, maybe that will build up our base there? we can do it Oct 2018 #1

Yeah, the strategy should depend on the district. Zing Zing Zingbah Oct 2018 #17

You are not wrong Gothmog Oct 2018 #2

I think that there are White working class voters that will support a progressive candidate Yavin4 Oct 2018 #5

Yes but they are already members of the Democratic Party Gothmog Oct 2018 #7

Some think it is easier to win over people who always vote instead of people who seldom/never vote. LonePirate Oct 2018 #3

Potato potatoe....pol scientists debate this one quite a bit. Funtatlaguy Oct 2018 #4

Democratic candidates span of campaigning is limited. WeekiWater Oct 2018 #6

Beto is losing..... brooklynite Oct 2018 #12

I don't expect Beto to win. I didn't think I put that assumption out there. WeekiWater Oct 2018 #13

The topic was the choice between attracting more base voters vs appealing to marginal Republicans brooklynite Oct 2018 #14

"My hypothesis is that building up the Democratic base in so-called red states takes time, " WeekiWater Oct 2018 #15

You cannot expect one candidate in one election to change everything over night. Yavin4 Oct 2018 #18

Because that has been the media narrative for years NewJeffCT Oct 2018 #8

It's difficult for an individual candidate to motivate a lot of MineralMan Oct 2018 #9

"Please cite evidence where that has worked ANY WHERE. " brooklynite Oct 2018 #10

Partly because our base refuses to vote manor321 Oct 2018 #11

Because that's what "consultants" and/or cable news tells them they need to do.... vi5 Oct 2018 #16

Which also explains why Republicans have gotten crazier and crazier. Yavin4 Oct 2018 #19

there aren't enough of "our" supporters in some states JI7 Oct 2018 #20

How do you know that? Yavin4 Oct 2018 #21

they aren't "our" voters in that case. JI7 Oct 2018 #23

You've hit upon our central problem as Democrats Yavin4 Oct 2018 #24

Because the dominant narrative says the Democratic Party has moved way left. Garrett78 Oct 2018 #22

Good question. ck4829 Oct 2018 #25