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Originally Posted by GirlySports
The Democrats have moved right because they do not support once leftist ideologies that are now considered mainstream or center.
Examples.
Raising the minimum wage. Once seen as a radical 'how to we afford this' leftist idea is now agreed on as a centrist position that workers should get a livable wage. Democrats continue to oppose at $15 minimum wage long before it starts so they are now right of a centrist position.
Going against unions. The Democrats were once known for standing up for unions. But when workers go on strike against Amazon, they support or bail out Amazon.
Immigration. Instead of passing immigration laws and paths to citizenship, they just throw up their hands and tell people to not come, we're overflowed.
And since elections are won and lost in the middle, the policies of the two parties are fairly similar to court the same voter.
When Republicans are in power, or even sometimes not, they pass bills and move the country right. When Democrats are in power, it's status quo as they obstruct the left.
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That doesn't sound like moving right. It just sounds like staying in the same spot they were before.
The bolded isn't true. Neither party passes much of anything. Trump got some tax cuts through and that's it. Biden got some gun control passed. Obama obviously got Obamacare passed - Trump couldn't get a bill to reverse it through.