So...remember that democratic autopsy that was cancelled because they decided "well, we're winning again so it's best not to reflect on that..."? Yeah...it leaked, and the argument is that Gaza cost democrats votes.
Here's the thing, the democrats dont wanna learn. Like, really, we've been in this tug of war with the party for a decade and they literally just ignore whatever voter feedback they get. Rather than admit that they suck and dont listen to their voters, they keep trying to sweep dissent under the rug and push forward anyway.
It's NEVER the time to discuss this apparently. If we discuss it in an election year, we're helping trump win. if we discuss it now, well, it's not important, blah blah blah. The fact is, these guys dont wanna discuss it.
But let's face it, they KNOW. They KNOW they're unpopular. They know alienating progressives costs them voters. This is why they work so hard to bully us into voting for them. Because they know they need us. But they dont wanna admit that. As i said, on the republican side, the politicians fear their voters. Their voters are crazy so they're also crazy. On the democratic side, the voters are beholden to the party. It's like being in an abusive relationship. You wanna leave but they keep forcing you to stay. And quite frankly, one of these days we gotta push back.
Only reason Im not as harsh on these guys as I was in 2016 when I was full bernie or bust is because of the growing fascism problem on the republican side. Like, when we're experiencing real democratic backsliding as a result of republicans getting elected, the democrats have us by the balls and we can't realistically fight them like I would want to. So I'm kinda playing ball...for now.
But at the end of the day, we still NEED to have this convo, and we NEED to eventually have the voters show the party who is REALLY boss.
I dont even particularly care about gaza. if anything I was pro dem establishment on that one. And while I've been pulled left there too due to the emerging reality of THAT situation as well, let's be honest, I was pretty much pro israel for the first year of the conflict, and didnt believe the issue was worth defecting from the democrats over. I STILL dont see it as a top priority, honestly, but I do think the anti israel people have a point at this point.
And ultimately...I keep saying it, democracy ultimately belongs to the voters. not the parties, assuming the process is fair of course. Democrats have to earn votes, and if failure to shift left on gaza was a failure that cost them net votes, well....that's their fault. They didn't read the room. Funny how we love to talk about electability when it comes to what centrists want, but not the left. I keep saying it, elections are won by enthusiasm. And democrats suck at motivating and enthusing their base. because they betray their core values regularly with their pursuit of the center.
As a matter of fact, let's go over this autopsy a bit more. It wasn't just gaza. There are actually 5 reasons they lost:
Voter Disenchantment: Losing a whopping 6.8 million voters who supported Biden in 2020 proved pivotal in this extremely close election. Harris’s inability to mobilize these pro-Biden voters may have been the campaign’s biggest failure.
No crap, this is what i just said. They failed to motivate those voters.
Biden’s Betrayal: Former President Joe Biden’s disastrous decision to run for reelection, and his stubborn refusal to step aside until very late in the process, robbed voters of a Democratic primary process, created confusion and chaos, and severely hindered Democrats’ chances.
Yeah, although to be fair, keep in mind what I recently just got done talking about with how establishment dems are like buzz lightyear action figures. They're cookie cutter and all the same. Still, we saw the effects Biden's age and cognitive decline had on poll numbers.
Abandoning the Working-Class Base: With millions of Americans already disenchanted and desperate due to inflation, the Harris campaign lost this essential Democratic base by focusing on courting Republicans, kowtowing to corporate donors’ interests, and failing to confront the role of corporate greed in escalating inflation.
YEP. And this was the BIG ONE. Not gaza, THIS. If there's a single #1 reason why the dems failed to bring out voters, it was this.
The Gaza Effect: There is ample evidence that Harris lost many voters, especially young voters, Arab-Americans, and critical support in Michigan and elsewhere, due to the campaign’s failure to shift or even signal a potential shift in policy on Israel and Palestine.
I havent seen other proof that this in itself could have swung things, but suffice to say, it was a hot button issue and the dems were tone deaf on it. And again, I'm saying this as someone who was aligned with the establishment on this one. Even if it seems like a dumb issue to hyper focus on, if that's what the voters want, you gotta listen or find yourself BTFOed.
Losing Young Voters: Extensive evidence shows a huge drop-off in both turnout and Democratic support among young voters aged 18-29.
Because democrats arent aligned.
here's the thing. The democratic party's civil war is generational. Gen X and boomer dems are more moderate, while millennials and zoomers are more progressive. The democrats appeal to that older brand of politics. You actually see that in the previous post I wrote. It's a generational different. Younger people want candidates who will actually improve their lives while older ones just want a return to the pre trump status quo. Of course, older people are more reliable voters while younger ones arent, so that's why the establishment wins. It's that simple.
But yeah. The democratic party is just out of sync with what a lot of voters want, and they fail to bring out voters. We can go on and on about imaginary moderates who want fiscally conservative candidates who dont happen to be fascists, but in reality, if we really wanna talk electability, we need someone who actually motivates a younger generation to come out and vote. We need to revive the obama coalition and how tons of millennials came out for him, only to stop showing up when he turned into another centrist dem. Again, elections are won by enthusiasm, and dems don't seem to understand that, or dont care.
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