Anonymous wrote:Well, it’s one of the main reasons the GOP has become so anti-democratic. They are big into voter suppression and doing whatever they can to take real issues out of the hands of voters. If they can’t win elections due to demographic trends, they can just destroy our democracy and run it like an oligarchy.

Anonymous wrote:Maybe if elections were decided by the popular vote. But maybe the goal is to make places like Florida hostile to anyone voting blue ensuring that state always go red in the presidential election?

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Anonymous wrote:I am a lifelong Democrat and a minority. Honestly, what have Democrats done? Border is a complete disaster, crime is out of control, fringe issues have taken full control of the party. Currently, people like me are not being represented by Democrats, Asians and Hispanics are two groups that could potentially move to moderate GOP candidates.

Democrats are too smug and are taking certain groups for granted, It won’t shake out well. Voters like me, we want border control, as a country either you have a border or not. Current situation at the border is not sustainable. There were two murders in DC ( both Asian men), Mayor Bowser couldn’t be bothered to share a message of sympathy, instead she twisted herself into a pretzel trying to explain why the criminals weren’t so bad.

Are we blaming the victims now just so we can protect certain groups? As an Asian, if any Asians commits crime, go ahead and make an example out of him/her so that our kids can learn better.

I live in McLean right next to Tysons and crime has increased tremendously in last 4-5 years. No, before you brand me as racist, I used to live in the exurbs with all kinds of ethnicities as our neighbors ( it’s true even now but DCUM doesn’t think McLean has right kind of diversity), they were majority good people trying to live their lives.

You are a reasonable Democrat - a dying breed.
I told my spouse when the metro station opened in Tysons that crime would go up. It did. That, and the influx of illegal migrants who come with few skills and little education.
Your experience has caused you to question the policies of the Democrats. I believe most of the people posting here are a bit "sheltered" from the crime in the area. Until it is something you deal with on a regular basis, it isn't an issue for you.

Anonymous wrote:I'm not a fan of either party, both are dominated by their extremists.

But to worry about GOP survival is weird. They came close to winning 2020 and won the majority of house votes cast in 2022.

The GOP does have a bizarre obsession with extreme abortion rights (not quite offset by the Democrats' bizarre obsession with trans rights and cruel indifference to the border crisis and identity politics that is more divisive than healing). But you might ask yourself why the Democrats, if they're so much better, apparently, aren't blowing out the GOP in every election?

I daresay most Americans would be happy for both parties to completely self destruct and start over from scratch.

Anonymous wrote:Not at all.

The more bat$hit crazy the Democrats get, the more comfortable I am, as a Republican, that reasonable Democrats will start to defect from the Democratic Party.

Walk Away, if you will.

Democrats seem to be all about government censorship, government control, demonizing law enforcement, over turning Constitutional Amendments, open borders, and supporting teachers unions - NOT supporting parents and students.

Joe Biden's presidency is the cause of reasonable Democrats and classical liberals to rethink their affiliation with the Democratic Party.

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Anonymous wrote:Not at all.

The more bat$hit crazy the Democrats get, the more comfortable I am, as a Republican, that reasonable Democrats will start to defect from the Democratic Party.

Walk Away, if you will.

Democrats seem to be all about government censorship, government control, demonizing law enforcement, over turning Constitutional Amendments, open borders, and supporting teachers unions - NOT supporting parents and students.

Joe Biden's presidency is the cause of reasonable Democrats and classical liberals to rethink their affiliation with the Democratic Party.

wow. talk about projecting.

I'm sorry, who is it banning books and controlling medical care for women and trans people?

Nobody is banning books. I am fine with making sure certain books are not available in school libraries. That is not banning.
Placing limits on abortion? I am all for it. The life inside the woman matters.
And, who is limiting care for trans people? You think that CHILDREN should have life changing medication and surgical procedures when are not of the age of consent?

The woman matters the most.

And, if abortion is needed for the left of the woman, I am all for that. I think all states agree with that.

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Anonymous wrote:Not at all.

The more bat$hit crazy the Democrats get, the more comfortable I am, as a Republican, that reasonable Democrats will start to defect from the Democratic Party.

Walk Away, if you will.

Democrats seem to be all about government censorship, government control, demonizing law enforcement, over turning Constitutional Amendments, open borders, and supporting teachers unions - NOT supporting parents and students.

Joe Biden's presidency is the cause of reasonable Democrats and classical liberals to rethink their affiliation with the Democratic Party.

wow. talk about projecting.

I'm sorry, who is it banning books and controlling medical care for women and trans people?

Nobody is banning books. I am fine with making sure certain books are not available in school libraries. That is not banning.
Placing limits on abortion? I am all for it. The life inside the woman matters.
And, who is limiting care for trans people? You think that CHILDREN should have life changing medication and surgical procedures when are not of the age of consent?

Stop lying. Underage trans children cannot get surgical procedures until age 18. Many doctors/surgeons will still not do certain surgeries until 21.

Hormones are not "life-changing" in the way you mean it. If a person born female begins taking testosterone to transition to male, they will begin de-transitioning if they stop taking the hormones. Same with a male to female trans person. Hormones ARE life-changing in that it affirms their outward appearance with how they see themselves. Gender-affirming care is critical in preventing suicide.

You vomit talking points you hear and clickbait headlines you read.

Proponents of putting gender-confused children on puberty-blocking drugs have long said there’s no harm in pressing pause on their physical development while they take time to consider their identity. “It’s completely reversible,” said Stephen Rosenthal, a pediatric endocrinologist at the University of California, San Francisco, in a 2016 cover story for UCSF magazine. “You take them off it, and they resume puberty.”

But a long-term study by the United Kingdom’s leading facility for treating gender-dysphoric children found otherwise. Contrary to common beliefs about puberty-blocking drugs, the majority of children who take them do not resume puberty.

Anonymous wrote:I am a lifelong Democrat and a minority. Honestly, what have Democrats done? Border is a complete disaster, crime is out of control, fringe issues have taken full control of the party. Currently, people like me are not being represented by Democrats, Asians and Hispanics are two groups that could potentially move to moderate GOP candidates.

Democrats are too smug and are taking certain groups for granted, It won’t shake out well. Voters like me, we want border control, as a country either you have a border or not. Current situation at the border is not sustainable. There were two murders in DC ( both Asian men), Mayor Bowser couldn’t be bothered to share a message of sympathy, instead she twisted herself into a pretzel trying to explain why the criminals weren’t so bad.

Are we blaming the victims now just so we can protect certain groups? As an Asian, if any Asians commits crime, go ahead and make an example out of him/her so that our kids can learn better.

I live in McLean right next to Tysons and crime has increased tremendously in last 4-5 years. No, before you brand me as racist, I used to live in the exurbs with all kinds of ethnicities as our neighbors ( it’s true even now but DCUM doesn’t think McLean has right kind of diversity), they were majority good people trying to live their lives.

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Anonymous wrote:Not at all.

The more bat$hit crazy the Democrats get, the more comfortable I am, as a Republican, that reasonable Democrats will start to defect from the Democratic Party.

Walk Away, if you will.

Democrats seem to be all about government censorship, government control, demonizing law enforcement, over turning Constitutional Amendments, open borders, and supporting teachers unions - NOT supporting parents and students.

Joe Biden's presidency is the cause of reasonable Democrats and classical liberals to rethink their affiliation with the Democratic Party.

wow. talk about projecting.

I'm sorry, who is it banning books and controlling medical care for women and trans people?

Nobody is banning books. I am fine with making sure certain books are not available in school libraries. That is not banning.
Placing limits on abortion? I am all for it. The life inside the woman matters.
And, who is limiting care for trans people? You think that CHILDREN should have life changing medication and surgical procedures when are not of the age of consent?

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Anonymous wrote:Not at all.

The more bat$hit crazy the Democrats get, the more comfortable I am, as a Republican, that reasonable Democrats will start to defect from the Democratic Party.

Walk Away, if you will.

Democrats seem to be all about government censorship, government control, demonizing law enforcement, over turning Constitutional Amendments, open borders, and supporting teachers unions - NOT supporting parents and students.

Joe Biden's presidency is the cause of reasonable Democrats and classical liberals to rethink their affiliation with the Democratic Party.

wow. talk about projecting.

I'm sorry, who is it banning books and controlling medical care for women and trans people?

Nobody is banning books. I am fine with making sure certain books are not available in school libraries. That is not banning.
Placing limits on abortion? I am all for it. The life inside the woman matters.
And, who is limiting care for trans people? You think that CHILDREN should have life changing medication and surgical procedures when are not of the age of consent?

The woman matters the most.

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Anonymous wrote:I am a lifelong Democrat and a minority. Honestly, what have Democrats done? Border is a complete disaster, crime is out of control, fringe issues have taken full control of the party. Currently, people like me are not being represented by Democrats, Asians and Hispanics are two groups that could potentially move to moderate GOP candidates.

Democrats are too smug and are taking certain groups for granted, It won’t shake out well. Voters like me, we want border control, as a country either you have a border or not. Current situation at the border is not sustainable. There were two murders in DC ( both Asian men), Mayor Bowser couldn’t be bothered to share a message of sympathy, instead she twisted herself into a pretzel trying to explain why the criminals weren’t so bad.

Are we blaming the victims now just so we can protect certain groups? As an Asian, if any Asians commits crime, go ahead and make an example out of him/her so that our kids can learn better.

I live in McLean right next to Tysons and crime has increased tremendously in last 4-5 years. No, before you brand me as racist, I used to live in the exurbs with all kinds of ethnicities as our neighbors ( it’s true even now but DCUM doesn’t think McLean has right kind of diversity), they were majority good people trying to live their lives.

I am voting based on abortion, gun control & environmental protection.

mostly same, except I will add human rights

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Anonymous wrote:The GOP is extremely worried about their dwindling numbers. Their voter base skews old and its members are dying off.

This is why they are doing so much education reform in many states. The GOP knows it cannot get most of the educated young populous to join its ranks.

If they change what kids can learn and how they can learn that information, the GOP controls the narrative.

The GOP likes to toss around the term woke but what they really mean is educated. They aren't scared of a woke society. They are scared of an educated. Society is more educated than ever before and the masses are no longer dumb enough to fall for their tricks and talking points.

When I was in HS in VA, THE clubs to be part of were the Young Christians Club and the Young Republicans Club. Both had so many student members that they had to meet in the auditorium and lunch rooms, respectively. Their club photos in the yearbook took up full pages to two full pages some years. The Young Democrats club had maybe 3 dozen students and met in a normal classroom and had a small block in the yearbook.

Now, at the high school my teens attend, the PRISM GSA club has the most members and the second largest club is the Young Democrats. There are only a few handfuls of students in the Young Republicans club and maybe a dozen or so in the Christianity Club.

Certainly does not include you.

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Anonymous wrote:Have you been paying attend to voting in Southern Texas? Hispanics delivering the country to progressives doesn't seem to be working out as predicted

Lol. Southern Texas.

The Rio Grande Valley used to be heavily blue.

Democrats should think long and hard before they rely on the "demography is destiny" strategy. Between 2016 to 2020 Trump improved his standing with every single demographic group except for white men.

This. The Rio Grande Valley was supposed to predict the future of Texas as the Hispanic vote grew, now the Hispanic vote there is deep red. It seems strange to rely on votes from a group that is very opposed to a large portion of your platform, but I guess that's the plan

Look what voting R has gotten them: https://www.texasmonthly.com/articles/rio-grande-valley-tops-list-of-americas-poorest-cities/

OK, they are still voting R though.