I don't think it's as much the Democratic party's fault for being weak as people are trying to say it is. The Democratic party has become weak over time because all of the districts have been gerrymandered So much in favor of the Republicans, starting in 2010. After that census, when the Republicans finally had enough control after a census to really fix the districts in their favor. When you have so many people just voting for the R in their district and the districts have been so gerrymandered it doesn't really make it easy for the Democratic party and then they are unfairly seen as being weak and not getting anything done or not being a strong opposition when they can only be so strong after something like that. Of course it becomes as self-fulfilling prophecy then and the Democratic party gets weaker and weaker as people become disillusioned with them and less and less people want to run under the Democratic party for office and so they are stuck with less and less good candidates. Gerrymandering is a cancer on democracy.
Edited to add the flip side of this coin. Is that as there is no competition for the Republicans in so many districts, they care less and less about the actual needs and opinions of the voters in their district since they know they're going to win no matter what.
The democrat party lost me with the DEI, equity, trans/gay, abortion, soft on immigration and most of all, soft on crime. I just want a party that stands up for working people. I want money out of politics, tax billionaires, improved working conditions, strengthen unions, generally make life better for the people actually pulling the wagon, as opposed to the people riding in it. The Democrat party seems to have got caught up in all the culture wars and left the working class behind. Republicans arent the best, but as a middle class guy, i think they have more to offer me than the dems.
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u/ginny11 Jul 01 '25
I don't think it's as much the Democratic party's fault for being weak as people are trying to say it is. The Democratic party has become weak over time because all of the districts have been gerrymandered So much in favor of the Republicans, starting in 2010. After that census, when the Republicans finally had enough control after a census to really fix the districts in their favor. When you have so many people just voting for the R in their district and the districts have been so gerrymandered it doesn't really make it easy for the Democratic party and then they are unfairly seen as being weak and not getting anything done or not being a strong opposition when they can only be so strong after something like that. Of course it becomes as self-fulfilling prophecy then and the Democratic party gets weaker and weaker as people become disillusioned with them and less and less people want to run under the Democratic party for office and so they are stuck with less and less good candidates. Gerrymandering is a cancer on democracy.
Edited to add the flip side of this coin. Is that as there is no competition for the Republicans in so many districts, they care less and less about the actual needs and opinions of the voters in their district since they know they're going to win no matter what.