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And the modern Democratic party is...? Just curious where you stand and what your biases are.
by dimitrios1 3y ago
And the modern Democratic party is...? Just curious where you stand and what your biases are.
- JumpCrisscross 3y ago> the modern Democratic party is An amorphous blob. A winning strategy against an opponent who cedes the centre.
- Tanoc 3y agoA right of center stone dais. The majority in the Democrats don't actually want progress, they just want to maintain the previous "normal." That is despite their opposition pushing further and further right and making parts of the new "normal" facets of the old extreme. Most of this ceding of ground and drift further right has been to foster a large authoritarian surveillance system that they both benefit from. It's hard to tell if the cooperation with the Republicans towards that system is fully intentional or just a useful secondary effect of the Democrats' tactics of trying to appeal to the broadest voter base possible. Maybe a bit of both depending on the official (such as Joe Manchin).
- dclowd9901 3y agoA foil to capture people who don’t identify as Republican, but with actions that align pretty firmly on “right of center”.
- nxx788 3y agoCenter right, by any reasonable analysis. Largely pro corporate, fairly disinterested in change from the status quo. Very, very few even question capitalism, let alone call for its replacement.
- junofan 3y agoA more accurate answer is that the Democratic Party is a coalition party with several factions. As a coalition party, it’s not driven by an ideology.
- TRiG_Ireland 3y agoBut overwhelmingly those factions are all centre right, and so therefore so is the party as a whole.
- nxx788 3y agoI judge parties by what they do. And what they've done is monumentally center right, with small local exceptions.