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There's another issues, both parties are courting the more extreme views within their parties. That is, the Democrats are looking further left/liberal, and the
by buro9 10y ago
There's another issues, both parties are courting the more extreme views within their parties.
That is, the Democrats are looking further left/liberal, and the Republicans are looking more right/conservative.
Neither is looking after the centre, they only seek to appease the more vocal within their ranks... the extremists.
Typically when the pendulum swings things average out, but politicians have learned over the past several decades that if they want to gain 10 miles of political position they should negotiate for 100 miles from the outset and beat the other party into submission before settling on 20 miles (everyone's a winner).
The entire system seems to promote seeking an extreme position even if such a position isn't desired by anyone.
- gjolund 10y agoNot true. Bernie was pretty far left and he got crushed by neo-con Hillary.
- int_19h 10y ago> That is, the Democrats are looking further left/liberal, and the Republicans are looking more right/conservative. True, but misleading without comparing the degree of the same on either side. For example, on the right, the manifestation of partisan polarization was the emergence of the Tea Party, which had successfully ran many candidates across the country, and significantly redefined the party platform at its peak of prominence. What's the left equivalent? Sanders? He came later, and his successes were far more limited. Here's a very simple exercise you can do. Look up Democratic and Republican platforms for every electoral cycle in the past decade. Observe how much each has changed.