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Republican politicians are significantly to the right of their constituents. Democratic politicians are also significantly to the right of their constituents. A
by banannaise 3y ago
Republican politicians are significantly to the right of their constituents. Democratic politicians are also significantly to the right of their constituents. And the solution of mainstream Democrats appears to be... embracing the left wing of the Republican party, while rejecting the left wing of their own party, thus ceding significant power to the Republican party as a whole (the left wing of which happily goes along with the right wing's lunacy).
Is it good that we have to play "my team/your team" with politics? No, but it becomes a simple prisoner's dilemma. One team plays "always defect" and the other team... insists that not defecting is the right thing to do, and thus loses repeatedly.
- the_snooze 3y agoI think the solution is simple: Democrats need to vote in Republican primaries and pull that party back closer to the center. Primaries are low-turnout affairs, so a Democratic bloc can put the scare in any nutso incumbent.
- leereeves 3y agoUnfortunately Democrats do the opposite. They interfere in Republican primaries to push that party further to the right and nominate the extreme candidates (the pied-piper strategy). https://theweek.com/speed-reads/1015258/the-pied-piper-strategy https://theweek.com/speed-reads/1015258/the-pied-piper-strat...
- the_snooze 3y agoIt's such an idiotic tactic. It completely undermines any legitimate concerns that the GOP has an extremism problem. If one truly believes those extremists are dangerous, then they should be defeated at any stage of the election process, not cynically advanced to a general election. The smart example is crossover voters helping Georgia's Brad Raffensberger win over his Trump-backed primary opponent.