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Aerows

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114. While true on a global scale

Sun Nov 16, 2014, 05:22 PM

Nov 2014

Last edited Mon Nov 17, 2014, 01:06 PM - Edit history (1)

On a national scale the US and US citizens ultimately are the ones that decide in our elections. (And if you realized that I caught that you are neither in the US or a US citizen, good). Your opinion is noted.

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Where did all the loyal Democrats go? [View all] kentuck Nov 2014 OP

"Not as bad as the other guys" is not motivating enough. vi5 Nov 2014 #1

Exactly true A Little Weird Nov 2014 #32

And it's downright insulting. vi5 Nov 2014 #38

.... 840high Nov 2014 #89

I guess we are going to find out what worse than the other guys is going to mean liberal N proud Nov 2014 #126

No, I chose the lesser evil vi5 Nov 2014 #133

If FDR Democrats were still running, there wouldn't be a problem. Warpy Nov 2014 #2

Someone tried to suggest that FDR Dems weren't "socialist and progressive" earlier. moriah Nov 2014 #6

I'm an old labor socialist Warpy Nov 2014 #10

No system flourishes in the presence of Skidmore Nov 2014 #108

No 'try' about it. FDR was deplored by the left and the right in his time. wyldwolf Nov 2014 #12

Still, he instituted programs people hadn't even thought of at the time. moriah Nov 2014 #13

Many facets of the New Deal were not new ideas - it closely follow the ideas of John Maynard Keynes wyldwolf Nov 2014 #16

People were starving, he had to cut deals to keep peace while his programs had a chance Warpy Nov 2014 #45

Exactly, Historic NY Nov 2014 #34

Landon won 8 electoral votes pscot Nov 2014 #41

I'll vote for anyone that hates corrupt corporations and hates the 1%. L0oniX Nov 2014 #70

+1000 theHandpuppet Nov 2014 #23

The perfect answer. H2O Man Nov 2014 #101

Democrats seem to turn out only during Presidential years. moriah Nov 2014 #3

More and more people are fed up with politicians and politics in general. Tierra_y_Libertad Nov 2014 #4

Maybe because the base can no longer depend on a loyal Democratic Party. Autumn Nov 2014 #5

THIS^^^^ OffWithTheirHeads Nov 2014 #7

+1 However, we can depend on them to tell us they're "not as bad" and beg for money. Tierra_y_Libertad Nov 2014 #19

I gotta say, it's obvious for a lot of Democrats that's not working at all any more. Autumn Nov 2014 #20

maybe you are not the base VanillaRhapsody Nov 2014 #26

No, I'm pretty darn sure I registered as a Democrat well over 40 years ago Autumn Nov 2014 #29

Same here. nt Zorra Nov 2014 #33

I can tell a Democrat from a democrat, it's a piece of cake. Autumn Nov 2014 #35

Try winning without us. CrispyQ Nov 2014 #96

+1 JimDandy Nov 2014 #110

you're on a Democratic fundraising list? nt arely staircase Nov 2014 #72

Yes. One of the more annoying aspects of belonging to the party. Tierra_y_Libertad Nov 2014 #77

Next time you get something call the campaign or party and explain arely staircase Nov 2014 #95

It's hard to win without white, male voters pscot Nov 2014 #42

Treated with contempt? alarimer Nov 2014 #55

I have no agenda. pscot Nov 2014 #64

Is it fair to say the Democratic Party suffered.. Anansi1171 Nov 2014 #59

Nixon's Southern strategy depended on it pscot Nov 2014 #99

Could you explain Aerows Nov 2014 #66

It's not my premise pscot Nov 2014 #100

How do you preach tolerance Aerows Nov 2014 #103

It's not about me pscot Nov 2014 #111

It might not be about you Aerows Nov 2014 #112

If we don't get this sorted pscot Nov 2014 #113

While true on a global scale Aerows Nov 2014 #114

Why is this shit allowed here? YoungDemCA Nov 2014 #84

Hammer meet nail! n/t Aerows Nov 2014 #65

What the Democratic Party can no longer depend on... 99Forever Nov 2014 #8

Yep, you said it. theHandpuppet Nov 2014 #25

Same here. I'm done. vi5 Nov 2014 #39

And the socialist will not get the votes for sure. Thinkingabout Nov 2014 #61

Are you talking about the socialist who shut out Mnpaul Nov 2014 #107

No, I am talking about on a national level. Thinkingabout Nov 2014 #123

Why be surprised that the party that stands for things with great consistency has more loyalty TheKentuckian Nov 2014 #9

Why do you think things were different in the FDR era? wyldwolf Nov 2014 #11

Where did all the Democratic reps go? onecaliberal Nov 2014 #14

The Third Way drove them off by taking over the party and then standing for Zorra Nov 2014 #15

or maybe the far left helped depress the vote... VanillaRhapsody Nov 2014 #27

Nuts! pscot Nov 2014 #43

Well when the Far Left are ALSO bashing Democrats (meanwhile hypocritically voting for them) VanillaRhapsody Nov 2014 #52

And yet liberal, pot legalizing equal rights giving Oregon had the country's best turnout Bluenorthwest Nov 2014 #51

Yes but they don't vote for candidates that way.... VanillaRhapsody Nov 2014 #54

Maybe the doom & gloom emails from party leadership depressed the vote. CrispyQ Nov 2014 #98

Maybe the doom and gloom from the Far left contributed to that too! VanillaRhapsody Nov 2014 #105

More Third Way corporatist fantasy. When the 3rd Way stops lying about the left, the left Zorra Nov 2014 #104

No actually its idealists with their heads in the clouds do not see the reality on the ground... VanillaRhapsody Nov 2014 #106

I think party loyalty is largely a fiction. Now policy loyalty, that's a different thing. Scuba Nov 2014 #17

Thats because you are not one...... VanillaRhapsody Nov 2014 #109

I'm policy-loyal. Seems like your loyalties are not to policies, but to people/party. Scuba Nov 2014 #115

that's what members benefits are..... VanillaRhapsody Nov 2014 #116

So when Dems pushed Social Security and Medicare you were something else???? Scuba Nov 2014 #117

Uh what? VanillaRhapsody Nov 2014 #118

I wasn't born or was a child.....but I fail to see how that is even relevant. VanillaRhapsody Nov 2014 #119

At least you're honest in admitting you support party, regardless of policy. Scuba Nov 2014 #120

Yes as a matter of fact I DO support the Democratic Platform.....don't you? VanillaRhapsody Nov 2014 #121

Parts of it, yes. Scuba Nov 2014 #122

And has he? VanillaRhapsody Nov 2014 #124

Yes. Scuba Nov 2014 #125

I'm not a young voter, LWolf Nov 2014 #18

Yes, what LWolf said Lydia Leftcoast Nov 2014 #57

I bet I can guess who you're talking about dflprincess Nov 2014 #88

I'm sure you can Lydia Leftcoast Nov 2014 #92

racism.nt WhiteTara Nov 2014 #21

This definitely has a LOT to with it YoungDemCA Nov 2014 #85

I live in Arkansas WhiteTara Nov 2014 #93

The party left its base, and the base no longer trusts party leaders. polichick Nov 2014 #22

because the party's public face is split between "we need to puff up our 'accomplishments' more: MisterP Nov 2014 #24

When will they ever learn... Mike Nelson Nov 2014 #28

They're around. Where did the Democratic Party go? TransitJohn Nov 2014 #30

Go ask Alison. ucrdem Nov 2014 #31

For what it's worth... kentuck Nov 2014 #36

I don't doubt it. ucrdem Nov 2014 #78

Right or wrong.. kentuck Nov 2014 #80

These days conventional wisdom is easily purchased. ucrdem Nov 2014 #81

"Mrs. Grimes, why did you lose in a red state to a powerful incumbent?" Ykcutnek Nov 2014 #40

She performed abnormally horribly. It was a debacle of fucking epic proportions, not a joke. TheKentuckian Nov 2014 #56

Coal country helped widen that margin. Ykcutnek Nov 2014 #82

Politics and emotion mix well in the abstract seveneyes Nov 2014 #37

You see it right here. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Nov 2014 #44

Republicans give their base what they want. Dems give more to the Repukes than to their base Doctor_J Nov 2014 #46

We shouldn't expect the Democratic party to move to the left NobodyHere Nov 2014 #47

How do you know the left did not show up to vote?? kentuck Nov 2014 #48

The fact that the places where Democrats won this month were largely the most liberal areas Bluenorthwest Nov 2014 #53

Yes, Minnesota kept all its national and statewide Dems Lydia Leftcoast Nov 2014 #58

They won't show up to vote for "representatives" who hate their guts Doctor_J Nov 2014 #79

It's not a question of loyalty but a question of motivation HereSince1628 Nov 2014 #49

The West Coast? The recent election went pretty well here. I think looking at the reasons some Bluenorthwest Nov 2014 #50

Progressive dems Nite Owl Nov 2014 #60

I Wonder Why they didn't Support Russ Feingold JI7 Nov 2014 #62

Feingold was a target of highly motivated WI teajadism HereSince1628 Nov 2014 #67

still doesn't explain why all the liberals didn't come out to vote for him JI7 Nov 2014 #68

in 2010 Wisconsin had voter turnouts by count as high as 76% HereSince1628 Nov 2014 #71

but how about all the liberals ? JI7 Nov 2014 #73

WI takes all dem votes and counts them the same. HereSince1628 Nov 2014 #74

If you don't offer voters an incentive to go to the polls Aerows Nov 2014 #63

Voting for filthy rich people is disgusting. L0oniX Nov 2014 #69

This election felt a lot like 2000 Nevernose Nov 2014 #75

An inverse ratio of money spent to citizens voting. JEB Nov 2014 #76

A lot of those "FDR" Democrats have been leaving the Party for decades YoungDemCA Nov 2014 #83

Maybe they saw this: Brigid Nov 2014 #86

Thanks for the link. CrispyQ Nov 2014 #97

Democrats by definition need a democracy to function in. woo me with science Nov 2014 #87

Holy crap. You're joking, right? cheapdate Nov 2014 #90

This message was self-deleted by its author kentuck Nov 2014 #91

Message auto-removed Name removed Nov 2014 #94

We're still here. I have voted in every election but one since 1975 peacebird Nov 2014 #102

People do not understand what the democratic party stands for. It is wishy washy and all over the RKP5637 Nov 2014 #127

How do the Democrats communicate madokie Nov 2014 #128

Evidently every Democrat in America reads DU........so there ya go. n/t djean111 Nov 2014 #129

Blow me over Brutus madokie Nov 2014 #130

Not in our election for Governor. The 3 biggest cities in CT had a superb ground game to GOTV CTyankee Nov 2014 #131

Well Aerows Nov 2014 #132