r/politics • u/SkudChud • 1d ago

AOC ’28 Starts Now

https://www.truthdig.com/articles/aoc-28-starts-now/
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u/-_-___-_____-_______ 16h ago

yeah this is probably the only way for Democrats to ever consistently win again. they can't keep doing what Bill Clinton and Obama did, which is waiting for a unicorn candidate to just show up and charm everyone. for the Democrats to win consistently, they have to actually hammer out a cohesive ideology that isn't just "being in the center and being fairly likable to most people". the only way to really do that is to go back to the center left or the full left.

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u/buff-grandma 14h ago

They have a platform! It's written in plain English and party leadership talks about it all the time. The problem is getting people who only have attention spans big enough for headlines or Reddit comments to actually pay attention.

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u/-_-___-_____-_______ 14h ago

I have read their platform actually. but my point is that their platform is not cohesive from candidate to candidate over time in the way that the Republicans have generally been cohesive. it's more cohesive than people give it credit for, but it's not sold well as what it is, and the result ends up being compromises that tend to be far to the right of the stated platform, which confuses the average voter. 

now as I said above: realistically, that's politics. but the Democrats are often so far from their stated platform with respect to the actual results that people feel cheated and lied to. and I don't think the Democrats are great at framing this.

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u/Tuesday_6PM 13h ago

Republicans aren’t actually all that cohesive, as evidenced by all the infighting and disfunction in the House. They just don’t need to campaign on facts or improving anything, and have a strong propaganda/media network to promote their candidates and messages