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The DNC has failed the voter base. People got excited when Obama first ran. No one wanted Clinton or Biden, but the DNC forced them through, which certainly showed with voter turnout.
They could use this moment we are in right now to win some of the base back. Hold town halls, where all they do is listen to communities. Use all of that to develop a platform people actually get excited for. Put forth candidates who reflect those values. ???? Potentially get the ship pointed in the general direction that might lead us to something better than what we have now.
They both did better than leftist. Which is expected because centrist are the largest voting demographic.
Leftists could do this also but I’ve seen more liberals doing it this election season than leftists. Which is expected because leftist have so few voters.
I think the people here have a massively skewed idea as to how many leftist voters are in the US. Bernie literally lost the primary, and they still act like Kamala would have won if she had pandered more to the left.
You’re right and if no one steps in and tries to bring them back to reality they will try to run a campaign without the support of the voters and America with slide further right as a result of their delusional thinking.
Happy cake day! Do we say that on Lemmy?
I agree. I doubt that leftist candidates would be popular in the context of what I said. I see it realistically as short of revolution, the dems are not going anywhere. If they actually listened to America, they might hear our voices too. This would help get our proverbial foot in the door, where we could actually push the party from center-right to at least left adjacent. I’d also support us simply experiencing a paradigm shift spontaneously, but I get the feeling that won’t happen…yet.