The Democratic supermajority in the late 70s was nuts. The leaders decided to push through “deep changes” without consulting the base. The result was things li

The Democratic supermajority in the late 70s was nuts. The leaders decided to push through “deep changes” without consulting the base. The result was things like the ERA. They knew they had to placate centrists - so did things like outlaw federal funding for abortion and random deregulation nobody (especially the deregulated industries) wanted. Which pissed off their base. Plus the very unfortunate economic situation did not help. The biggest results was a bunch of ex-Democrats and a very left wing judiciary.