Gallup: Number of voters Identifying as democrats has dropped

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3. Not enough to win an election.

True for Repuglicans as well.

This why it is so important to have candidates that can appeal to moderates, liberals and progressives.

Too many Democratic candidates think they have to cater to conservatives in order to win, eg., Hillary Clinton.

But that dooms Democrats because the country is a lot more left leaning than they think.

Democratic candidates need to appeal to the more liberal base to win.

It is the opposite for Repuglicans since they have moved so far to the right -- they ought to be distancing themselves from their base to win a general election.

This has been true for quite sometime: the Democratic establishment (like DWS and Clinton) really have contempt for the base of the Democratic Party; Repuglican candidates are so enamored of their base that they let it destroy them.

Once again, a case for the Sandersization of the Democratic Party -- become a genuine, progressive party of the people and we can't lose.