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> In any case, the Democrats have a few large, obvious subgroups The elected Democrats, yes. What about Democrat voters? > The Republicans have big divisions
by thomastjeffery 3y ago
> In any case, the Democrats have a few large, obvious subgroups
The elected Democrats, yes. What about Democrat voters?
> The Republicans have big divisions too. Trump and DeSantis have very different visions for the party.
Absolutely, but that doesn't stop the average Republican/conservative voter from supporting either candidate at the end of the day.
> I've seen this movie too many times to put much stock in left-wing pundits' prediction that the Republican party will actually fall apart.
I was literally just advocating the opposite prediction. I get that you want to read between the lines of my comment, but I am not the one writing there.
- jjoonathan 3y agoDemocratic voters come together on election day too -- otherwise our coalition wouldn't have beaten your coalition in 2018 and 2020. It must be awkward to lose to a coalition that you don't believe exists, lol. Pundits always say "THE (OPPOSITE PARTY) ARE FALLING APART!!!!" because everyone wants to believe it. Your pundits say it and our pundits say it. There's an important meta-lesson to extract from this: if you lob this meme across party lines, it will land like a whoopie-cushion because your opponent is guaranteed to be even more familiar with its inverse.
- thomastjeffery 3y agoSo why are you lobbing it at me? Democrat voters voted for the winner of their tent. It took coordination and convincing: most of which happened after Bernie dropped out of the race. My entire point is that we are all stuck in a two-party system; and politically that is advantageous to conservatives and moderates, and disadvantageous to progressives.