I just read an article two days ago claiming the opposite. I don't buy anything in election years.
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Biden is outraising Trump by a lot but this isn’t about that or other federal races
The problem with democrats in my view is they have a diverse constituency. You have your liberals, your socialist, democrat nationalist, progressives, and even conservative democrats that span different racial groups, classes, and cultures. You vote democrat for government help such as welfare, minimum wage, basically the cynic against corporations and the rich. Conservative democrats who believe in aggressive American foreign policy don't resonate with young voters. You can tell Joe Biden tries to encourage American people to support the foreign policy, saying his foreign policy is every American's foreign policy.
This looks more like evidence of red State governments becoming more red or rather, the wealthy interest groups trying harder to keep it red. I think the majority of Americans are not brainwashed conservatives. Churches are losing membership. Spirituality is falling, as well. With a proven economic gain from rational science based reasonings it's a lot less likely there will be any regression unless society is destroyed. And I think, in the end, Republicans and conservative groups at large are just going to cheat to win. Consistently. They will rig votes and do all the things they accuse the Democrats of. Democrats really need to expose that for what it is. Give it the ol' Conservative media spin like they do. Stop focusing on trump but keep talking about conservatives at large. Expose more churches and private schools and sensationalize the shit out of them.
Liberals rarely seem all that interested in state and local elections. Maybe liberals don't feel connected to their state or to a community. I think liberals move around more than conservatives, maybe that has something to do with it. You're less likely to be involved in local politics if you never put down roots anywhere.
No. Liberals are just as invested in local politics.
I don't think that's true. As the article points out, during Obama's first term the Republicans built their tea party movement at the state and local levels, while Democrats were primarily focused on Washington. As a result, a majority of state legislatures became Republican controlled, which, I believe, is still the case today.
Democratic party is not equal to liberals. It's the party with power closest to liberal ideas.
Who could have imagined that doing what your base wants would bring in more donations than ordering your base to be happy while you do what the other party's base wants.