You can’t overlook the deliberate prioritization of certain issues over other issues.
The Democratic Party is a coalition of people who agree on “bigger government offering more services” and little else. Obama as a populist and social moderate in 2008 and got Obamacare with several Senate votes in socially conservative Midwestern states. Since then Democrats tacked left on social issues and kicked the “deplorables” out of the coalition. They’re mad at Sinema and Manchin, who are holding onto seats deep in GOP territory, but should be mad at the party that lost labor and agriculture voters in South Dakota, Iowa, etc.
Folks I know were talking about kicking Joe Manchin out of the coalition for being pro life before the 2020 election. About 1/4 of the Democratic Party identified as “pro life.” 1/6 (mostly Black and Hispanic people) oppose same sex marriage. 1/10 want to restrict immigrant (and that’s after Trump converted a bunch of those voters in 2016). Kick all those people out of the party and give capital owners exactly what they want.
The Democratic Party is a coalition of people who agree on “bigger government offering more services” and little else. Obama as a populist and social moderate in 2008 and got Obamacare with several Senate votes in socially conservative Midwestern states. Since then Democrats tacked left on social issues and kicked the “deplorables” out of the coalition. They’re mad at Sinema and Manchin, who are holding onto seats deep in GOP territory, but should be mad at the party that lost labor and agriculture voters in South Dakota, Iowa, etc.
Folks I know were talking about kicking Joe Manchin out of the coalition for being pro life before the 2020 election. About 1/4 of the Democratic Party identified as “pro life.” 1/6 (mostly Black and Hispanic people) oppose same sex marriage. 1/10 want to restrict immigrant (and that’s after Trump converted a bunch of those voters in 2016). Kick all those people out of the party and give capital owners exactly what they want.