Why should I be a Democrat?

[Proud Liberal Dem]

54. I'm not exactly sure I understand

what you think that the Democratic Party needs to seriously change in order for you to be happy with it? The Democratic Party is a huge tent and accommodates a pretty wide variety of groups and interests, not just "corporatists" (whoever exactly they are) and seeks to promote the general welfare of the entire country. Unfortunately, due to electoral issues and partisan obstruction, the Democratic Party hasn't had many opportunities to accomplish much on a national level since the 1980's. Since the 1980's there's been unified Democratic control of Congress and WH for a grand total of.........4 years. All of the rest of the times, a Democratic President has had to work with a complete or partial Republican Congress or a Democratic Congress has had to work with a Republican President, which means compromising on some things to keep government functional, which has usually tend to skew policy-wise towards the right. Presidents Clinton and Obama were able to advance positive policies at the federal level, at least the ones that the Republicans weren't able to successfully block in Court, and pick some judicial nominees that have served the people well.