The dems have no power against a unified GOP front, and they already look pretty weak on issues like this. They are trying to figure out how they can mollify their base while attracting enough centrist voters to retake Congress later this year. I don't care for the dem leadership but I feel a little sympathy for them. Catering to their loudest supporters is a pretty big reason they are the minority party right now.

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overfeed 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

> Catering to their loudest supporters is a pretty big reason they are the minority party right now.

By "loudest supporters" - are you referring to the donor class? Money is speech, after all.

The Democratic party has an identity crisis: it's failing to balance special interests and their traditional constituents - post-Goldwater/ southern-strategy. Instead of activating their base, they seem to be courting the political center that has been hollowed out by Maga and polarization, incidentally matching the desires of their donors who abhor any kind of populist leftist politics, including anything in instituted by FDR.

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rootusrootus 3 hours ago | parent [-]

> By "loudest supporters" - are you referring to the donor class?

No, I don't believe so. I'm talking about the people who convinced them that culture wars were the right way to do battle with a conservative opponent despite that being automatically an uphill battle. The dem leadership focused on issues that polled well with a small group of loud people on a crusade, and largely ignored bread & butter issues that resonate with people less politically inclined. But centrist votes are counted just the same as partisan ones, and more plentiful.

	▲	overfeed 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		> The dem leadership focused on issues that polled well with a small group of loud people on a crusade Which dem leadership? The only crusade I remember was Kamala Harris going on a national tour with Liz Cheney and brightly signaling her rightward shift. Somehow, "Republicans for Kamala" failed to save her campaign in the swing-states.

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hdgvhicv 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Where trumps Republican Party have spent the last 10 years not catering from their loudest supporters?

Either the majority of Americans want this war, in which case the Dems have to be quiet, or they don’t, in which case the dems should be making it the number one issue.

Sadly I suspect the answer is not in the side of the Hollywood version of post ww2 America.

Now is the time to insert the “are we the bad guys” meme.

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dontlikeyoueith 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

> Catering to their loudest supporters

Name one instance of this actually happening. I'll wait.

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Saline9515 3 hours ago | parent [-]

I'm pretty sure that before they made it a central topic, most Americans didn't care about transgenderism, which after all affects a very tiny population. Especially compared to other issues, such as paid maternal leave, for instance.

	▲	appointment 9 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		I assume you are aware that "they" are the Republicans? The Harris campaign avoided talking about it whenever possible, while Republican groups spent $200 million on anti-trans ads.