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In reply to the discussion: In their own words. An "intellectual buyout" of the Democratic Party. [View all]wyldwolf
(43,875 posts)Here's the cliff's note summary.
Since Nixon's southern strategy, Democrats have often under-performed in midterms.
Core Democratic groups (Young people, Hispanics) don't vote in mid-terms in large numbers. This trend pre-dates the DLC by many election cycles.
Independents swung right in '10 and '14.
Obama proved to be a major liability in the 2010 election. Fifty-five percent of voters disapproved of the way the president was handling his job, including 58 percent of independents. Of those who disapproved of Obama, 86 percent voted for a Republican House candidate. Even more to the point, 37 percent of voters overall, as well as 37 percent of independents, claimed a reason for their House vote was to express opposition to President Obama.
These are not 'excuses,' they are facts. Unlike your stated opinion that people were ignored.
Then why have 'progressives' NEVER done it? I can guarantee you this. If you and I are still on DU in 10 years, we'll have either a centrist Democrat or a Republican president and you'll still be posting the same posts on an almost weekly basis that do little more than collect recs and dittos.
post a few.