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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Perhaps something like this has been mentioned but maybe we don't need the DNC to spend millions on wonks (who never face voters) crafting a "strategy" that might doom us just like it did in 2016 and 2024. 2020 was too close for comfort.

Dems are doing very well. See last night's results from TEXAS.

How about the DNC just spends money on candidates and the people can vote. Isn't that how we ended up with Obama in 2008? A democratic process? Obama got 365 EV. [/quote]

You cannot say Dems are doing well when they are benefiting from an anti-Trump sentiment. They have not won the people because of enthusiasm for the Democratic Party. People need to get that through their heads. Once Trump is gone that’s when you begin to tell whether the Dems may be doing well.

The real litmus test is 2032/2036 not 2028. Of course by then we may really need to gird our loins because both current major parties want to be the only major party. [/quote]

This is insightful.  "We dislike Trump" is not a sustainable strategy, is a useless long-term rallying cry, and ignores the fundamental policy deficiencies and misplaced emphases in the Democratic party platform which led to widespread losses in the first instance.

Focusing on social policies which are not widely popular, instead of on economic issues of broad interest, is going to result in future losses.  The immigration fiasco is incidentally about perceptions of being soft on crime, but more fundamentally is rooted in beliefs that illegal aliens cost taxpayer money which could be used for the benefit of citizens, and in assertions that employment opportunities for citizens are adversely impacted by undocumented workers who labor for less money.  Those perceptions may be misguided, but they exist.

Being seen as soft on crime, supportive of open borders, in favor of higher taxation, often antisemitic/pro-Palestinian, and strongly advocating for fringe social policies like men in women's sports, are all losing stances.  Centrists and undecideds will not vote in favor of candidates who stand for those; neither will moderate Republicans.  Winning requires moving more towards the center, repudiating the extreme left, and emphasizing the issues most people actually care about - the loudest voices in the Party often reflect fringe/minority perspectives, something which needs to be recognized as unrepresentative of what most voters actually care about and want.  [/quote]

Well said. [/quote]

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