The ultimate challenge is structural in where voters live and how our Republic maps onto that...namely in gerrymandering House districts and overall Senate bias toward rural red states, and finally the Electoral College (same House bias). To win Dems need votes from those not socially liberal.
100% this. And even w/i liberal areas and historically Dem-voting groups, Ds will lose - already hv lost - votes if they push the bounds too far on various social issues.
To me the boundary is "weird", which is not the same as "different". Being gay is different. Being black is different. Denying that you can define what a woman is or that there are two sexes is...weird. Like eugenics/IQ stuff on the right. It's weird.
I guess "different" is another way of saying "atypical" or "in the minority". Dems need to stick up for different without being weird.
And Ds need to stick up for things that are just good policy. Police reform, social programs that help lower crime? Yes! And also enough legit police presence to deter/catch criminals. Civil rts for trans & other minorities? Yes! Essentially unregulated medical transition for minors, no. Moderate…
rates of immigration, from all over the world, under a reformed and rational system? Yes. The chaotic system we’ve had, no; guaranteed to cause a backlash.
I feel like all of that is 100% right.