2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Bernie Sanders did NOT ... NOT say ditch identity politics !!! [View all]forjusticethunders
(1,151 posts)is a political anchor, because too many whites prioritize their ethnocultural cultural identity over the economic interests they share with black and brown workers. So even after the Bush 2008 collapse, which SHOULD have kept Republicans out of power for 40 years, the Repubs are literally at post Civil War levels of power (for the exact opposite reason), and even directly after they were barely able to get legislation through.
Until we can somehow break down these prejudices, or reach out to enough non-voters (I think that's where a Bernie-style economic populist campaign, COMBINED with strong outreach to diverse populations, COMBINED with, because black and brown workers want economic progressivism to give them a reason to fight through voter suppression, is needed) to overwhelm the angry racists at the polls, this is going to be a consistent problem.