BOOM!! Inadequate Dem Brand is what hurt *NOT* Defund Police!! 2nd Dem 2020 Report to say so.

[SharonClark]

51. The "problem" with Dem messaging is that we're up against right-wing talk radio, Fox lies, and

evangelical churches who constantly push emotional messages about abortion, culture, safety, military, etc.

To the GQP-persuaded, Dems hate America, will take away your guns so you can't defend your families, want to give money to lazy poor people, will ban your religious-beliefs, will force your daughter to use a bathroom with a big and menacing man, leave cities in the hands of gun-toting rapists, arsonists, and murderers, open the borders to thugs and murderers who take your jobs, and indoctrinate your children in public schools and universities. Did I miss anything?

Dems, who do not use as much emotional and fear-laden language, always hope to persuade using logic. Dems spend a lot of time trying to persuade every alphabet-soup constituency to join us but those constituencies hear the same right-wing garbage as the rest of the public. Some are low-information and infrequent voters.

With voter-suppression, GQP obstructionism, and the inherently anti-democractic electoral structure at the federal-level and in some states, it will become increasingly difficult for Dems to win elections regardless of any brilliant message they may develop.