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In reply to the discussion: Since we no longer care about doing the right thing, let's talk about math and black women [View all]Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)That was the point I was making.
The party represents the interests of all of its members. They pay the most attention to the donors, if truth be told. They need the donations.
Different groups are important in different states. You don't cater to the interests of union workers in the rust belt, to the detriment of voters in other states. Each party has to find a way to represent all of its voters. If it doesn't, those voters will go shopping for someone who will represent their interests. This is partly what happened in 2016, as the Democrats lost the formerly reliable rust belt.
The party represents them all.
And we, the voters, actually support measures that help the other demographic groups but not necessarily our own. Wealthy and upper middle class Democrats wanted the ACA, even though they didn't need it, recognizing their fellow Americans w/o health care needed something to be done. We are all in this together.