Yeah well when parents can see tiktoks of teachers saying wild things like they're transitioning children in the classrooms without informing parents, and then CA leans hard into it, people are going to nope themselves away from voting D. |
Well, women’s rights that are in conflict with trans rights is actually an electoral issue. You saying it should not be does not change electoral reality. Also, with reproductive rights so limited nationwide and women literally dying because of that, I would hardly say women’s rights have “already been addressed.” |
You take it up with the teacher, the principal, the school board, etc. You know what most rationale people would do. You do not burn the entire country down. Beyond comprehension. |
Tried that. It had to go all the way to SCOTUS because the school board lost all common sense. See recent SCOTUS ruling. |
Look, the fact that this is an electoral issue at all suggests that voters feel they are not being heard at the local level. If voters felt that school boards, teachers, principals, etc were actually listening, this would not have been the resonant issue it was in November 2024. This thread is full of Democratic partisans who seem to still believe, in spite of all evidence to the contrary, that they can stomp their feet and demand voters only care about the issues that these partisans deem acceptable for voters to care about. That is frankly delusional. You need to embrace reality if you want to ever win at the national level again. Meet the voters where they are. |
We could have this conversation if Trump won by an overwhelming majority, he didn’t. |
It does not matter whether he won by three votes or 30 million votes. The point is that trans rights and gender ideology is and was an electoral issue, whether you like it or not. The closeness alone makes it an electoral issue. Please face reality. As someone who thinks it is important for the future of this country to get MAGA out of power, I am begging you and all other Democratic partisans to face reality on this issue. |
I know many Dems who voted for Harris and many Republicans who voted for Harris (I'm this voter) who are also against the gender ideology radical movement. It simply wasn't their top electoral issue when it came time to vote....but it was an electoral issue nonetheless and it's this issue that caused many to vote 3rd party or not vote at all. Wake up. These 3rd party voters and non-voters are who you need to figure out -- why did they vote 3rd party or why they didn't vote? |
Freedom of speech
Freedom of religion Freedom of thought Freedom of the press Freedom to represent clients the president does not like Freedom of choice And so many more |
+1 The Democrats can’t afford to be ideological purists and reject voters who do not agree with them on every single issue. Trump’s they/them ad is widely recognized as one of the the most impactful of the campaign, if not the most impactful. Pretending that this wasn’t an election issue is plainly stupid. |
I am not a Democratic strategist. So no need to beg me to do anything differently. But: Democratic policies are aligned with where most voters are in this country: -healthcare -common sense gun legislation -addressing climate change -women’s reproductive rights -protecting voting rights |
What you list are simply valid electoral issues - not the actual policy/political platform of what the Democratic party is going to stand for related to these electoral issues. Oh...and you forgot: -Illegal Immigration -Crime -Foreign Policy -Economy Some of these crucial electoral issues also caused voters to flock to Trump. |
Yet they lost the presidency to an appallingly unqualified felon despite spending a fortune of donor money. Every single swing state went red. The demographics of POC and yourh voters moved red. Surely you can admit now that this “hope and prayer” approach failed miserably? And, given where party approval polls are now, is a bad idea for the midterms and next presidential race? |
They probably will be more than that, such as, look at those spineless elected people. |
Project 2029 says they will stand for professional Democrats continued careerism and nothing else! |