Welcome to DU!
The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards.
Join the community:
Create a free account
Support DU (and get rid of ads!):
Become a Star Member
Latest Breaking News
General Discussion
The DU Lounge
All Forums
Issue Forums
Culture Forums
Alliance Forums
Region Forums
Support Forums
Help & Search
2016 Postmortem
Showing Original Post only (View all)Thom Hartmann - How Stupid Has the Democratic Party Become? [View all]
Republicans havent taken over red states; Democrats have lost them by not running as real Democrats.
Thats my big takeaway from Alec MacGillis fascinating look into the biggest political mystery of our time: why poor white people in red states are not bothering to turn out to vote, leaving the field to Republicans elected by more affluent whites in those states.
There a lot of theories as to why this happens.
http://www.thomhartmann.com/blog/2015/11/how-stupid-has-democratic-party-become
InfoView thread info, including edit history
TrashPut this thread in your Trash Can (My DU » Trash Can)
BookmarkAdd this thread to your Bookmarks (My DU » Bookmarks)
86 replies, 6597 views
ShareGet links to this post and/or share on social media
AlertAlert this post for a rule violation
PowersThere are no powers you can use on this post
EditCannot edit other people's posts
ReplyReply to this post
EditCannot edit other people's posts
Rec (105)
ReplyReply to this post
86 replies
= new reply since forum marked as read
Highlight:
NoneDon't highlight anything
5 newestHighlight 5 most recent replies
What an out and out fabrication. Any time Thom has given out wrong information is because his source
Cleita
Nov 2015
#49
Bullshit. Vallian Senegal ran for LA Senate in 2014 as a strongly progressive Democrat
Recursion
Nov 2015
#68
Big Money (like Goldman-Sachs) has coopted the leadership of the Democratic Party.
rhett o rick
Nov 2015
#10
I disagree. Social issues aren't "minimal". Economic issues are important, but so are social ones.
winter is coming
Nov 2015
#70
You consider making strong political speeches in support of issues to be nothing?
Kentonio
Nov 2015
#77
So that negates the decades of support for gay rights reaching back to the 1970's?
Kentonio
Nov 2015
#79
I will not accept the concept of a moderate Republican equaling a center left Democrat.
Enthusiast
Nov 2015
#24
The Democratic Party is so stupid they are trying to run Bernie Sanders out of the race and
Todays_Illusion
Nov 2015
#14
"Stupid" isn't the right word. Better words & phrases for this phenomenon would be . . .
cer7711
Nov 2015
#39
Louisiana Democrat John Bel Edwards wib running as a pro-life Democrat.
Agnosticsherbet
Nov 2015
#54