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Originally Posted by killer_carlson
I think that number is high. And I think it grows when you add the disenfranchised on the left as well. Half? Getting there.
Democrats need to start recognizing that the status quo doesn't work for a large percentage of Americans.
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If the right could get passed the social issues you could have a disenfranchised party of the proletariat that could be a significant force. However the social wedge between the what the left would call racist misogynists and what the right would call immoral hethans prevents that from happening.
However I see a republican move to the left coming as a result, so that means the dems will have to go back further left as well. Once the Scotus issue isn't such a critical election issue The left can stay home / vote third party to pull the dems back to the left.
The issue on the left right now is that the Republicans have ceded so much ground in the middle that the Dems don't need to attract the left.