Reply #16: This is incredibly condescending, and misses the real point

[kcwayne]

The Democratic party has long been made up of the working class of America. The KNOWLEDGE of working people in this country is largely influenced by the educational opportunities they have, which is influenced by many factors such as home stability, income levels, generational legacy etc.

The INTELLIGENCE is another matter. If IQ tests that are not based on educational attainment were applied to the population, my guess is that you would find that there is not a large differential between either party on the matter of intelligence.

It is a losing strategy to assume that because people are not responding to events the way that you do, that they are stupid. It is more likely that they don't care about the events.

What Republicans are doing now effectively, that Democrats are not is mobilizing the party followers. Elections are decided by a small perecentage of the population. California has 33 million people. Something around 7 million voted in the election.

The right wing has been very successful at using the Christian coalition to mobilize a block of voters that represent the minority opinion to get to the polls and exert their will on the majority.

If the Democratic party is going to succeed, it simply must find those core issues that mobilize a block of voters and get them to the polls. In my life, I have found that telling people that they are stupid pond scum is not a way to get them on your side.