She should never have associated with an obviously stupid and harmful slogan like “defund the police.” Obviously stupid. Democrats that associated themselves with stupid nonsense like that have their heads so far up their own asses they deserve to lose. Rs are criminals, wish Ds weren’t losers.
How then, in your mind, should she have answered the question "What do you think of the Defund the Police movement?"
“That’s crazy, we should INCREASE funding for police departments. They keep our streets safe and our cities prosperous. But also we should root out abuses, get rid of bad cops, and that policing should be done in partnership *with* the community. I know: I was a enforcement officer myself.”
So basically, advocate to make the problem worse while turning her back on an extremely motivated grassroots movement. People who could have easily been converted into canvassers, doners, phone bankers, etc are now not only dissuaded from voting for her, they're likely to campaign against her.
The movement will continue to use the slogan "Defund the Police" It will still be attached to the democrats. And the people who vote for "tough on crime" politicians still won't vote for her.
Anyone using the phrase “defund the police” is in a death cult. They just want to lose.
The point is you can't shame activists out of using a slogan, nor run from it once its associated with you. Democrats will be attacked as the party of "Defund the Police" for the next 50 years, and that was true from the day the first Fox news pundit heard an activist chanting it. So work with it.
Nope. Big tent. I want a big tent. And BTW I don’t actually think canvassing, donations, or phone banking matters much at all. Winning swing voting by taking popular positions wins.
The more active and enthusiastic people you have on your side, the more your message gets out. The more people encourage their friends and family to vote for you. The more people help register voters and give rides to polling stations. Trump wins on unpopular policies with optimistic enthusiasm.
Democrats lose because they cynically refuse to go for popular policies for fear of alienating people who wouldn't vote for them anyway, which also alienates people who wanted to vote for them, killing their enthusiasm.
What leftist Dem has won a purple or red state?
He wins because he took left leaning positions on economics and won swing voters.
Trump didn't take any left leaning policies, what are you talking about? He ran on hurting immigrants and lgbtq+ people, and getting revenge for being prosecuted for crimes. These aren't widely popular policies. But for the people who do like those policies, they really like those policies.
"Swing voters" are a myth. There is no large cohort of voters who sit at the center of American politics. The real "swing voter" is the person who stays home because they don't think either party has anything to offer them. When they do vote, they largely vote for the same party every time.
Trump was successful at activating a dedicated cohort of these normally apathetic voters by pandering to their worst desires. They continue to come out for him because he continues to pander. Democrats have been trying to appeal to Trump's cohort by pandering less aggressively, and it doesn't work.
They are not a myth. And if you think so you’re just giving up. Lots of voters swung to Trump in 2024: especially minorities and young people. Swing them back.
They didn't. Thats reading the data wrong. Dems lost significantly more voters than Rs gained. R vote gains were roughly in line with population growth. For every voter Rs gained in 2024, dems lost 2 from 2020. 3 if you factor in the growth of the electorate.
Trump gained a greater share of minority & young support compared to 2020, but thats because dems lost serious ground in those cohorts. Not because absolute support went up. They didn't switch support to Trump. They just didn't support Harris. And that was with dems sprinting to the center.
We don’t deserve to lose. MGP does.
You're completely captured the propaganda that being near a "bad phrase" means that Democrats support everything associated with that "bad phrase". Funny how that never happens to Republicans. They're never punished because of an association with a phrase like "they're murderers and rapists".
I didn’t say it was fair, it’s not. I can’t make the world fair. All I can do is fight on an uneven playing field.
Or "grab them by the pussy". Weird, huh?