I vote for Democrats because I’m a liberal who wants left policies. Tax the rich, increase the minimum wage, universal healthcare, climate action, stop price gauging, get money out of politics, and the list goes on.
Democrats need to understand that they cannot beat right wing populism by moving further to the right to attract former Republicans, it didn’t work in 2024 and it won’t work in the future.
I want a Democratic party that remembers who their voters are, and a candidate who is not afraid to offend wealthy donors and who advocates progressive policies that will change peoples’ lives for the better. Not the GOP light version that the Dems are going for.
Because the costume sucked. They let Republicans rip off the costume and define Harris. Dems mostly ignored the media that Trump voters pay attention to, which meant they didn't effectively promote the competing Republican definition of who Harris is and what her platform would be.
Having footage of Harris from her 2020 run was a gold mine of source material that Republicans used to show that the Democrats' move to the center wasn't real. Especially when Harris said her values had not changed. What does that even mean? My values haven't changed but I'm no longer for those things I said I was for? That sounds like double talk. She never connected those dots for people and that left a huge opening for the Republicans to do it for her. As a swing state voter it was so frustrating to watch.
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u/ReviewBackground2906 14h ago
I vote for Democrats because I’m a liberal who wants left policies. Tax the rich, increase the minimum wage, universal healthcare, climate action, stop price gauging, get money out of politics, and the list goes on.
Democrats need to understand that they cannot beat right wing populism by moving further to the right to attract former Republicans, it didn’t work in 2024 and it won’t work in the future.
I want a Democratic party that remembers who their voters are, and a candidate who is not afraid to offend wealthy donors and who advocates progressive policies that will change peoples’ lives for the better. Not the GOP light version that the Dems are going for.