I don't think the "genocide" story is very convincing. On the contrary, it would have signaled that the Democrats lost further ground to rather extremist elemen

I don't think the "genocide" story is very convincing. On the contrary, it would have signaled that the Democrats lost further ground to rather extremist elements. Also, the conflict came later and the polarization was already present. I think the problem is that this "base" is really seen as the base for Democrats and why quite a few people would never vote for what they stand for.