Democratic Party Struggles

You might think that most people hold that view and I would guess that a lot of the people I socialize with would agree but the majority of Americans don't. That's why people like Jon Huntsman didn't win the Republican primary in 2012, Chris Dodd got almost no votes in 2008, and plenty of other candidates have fallen into the same trap (Chris Kelly, for instance, lost badly in the 2010 California Democratic Primary for Attorney General). If Americans really didn't agree with

They vote for the person who is not saying "we will continue business as usual," which has been the Democrat message.The Democrats have succeeded at suppressing the populist wing of their party, which led to them being defeated by the populist wing of the Republican Party.

Because that would empower minor candidates. The parties that are in power aren't going to change the system in a way that disadvantages themselves and perhaps even poses an existential risk. That means if you vote democrat or republican, you're voting against your proposal. Neither party is so kind-hearted that they'll cut off the branch they're sitting on!

I'm not sure about that. I lean to the left but my biggest complaint is how easily democrats get pushed around.. My guess is that after a month of editorials in the WSJ and the constant drumbeat on the trail, they'd offer to vote on a centrist candidate, the republican in office would nominate someone pretty far right, and then to save face, they'd vote anyways and lose the vote.

Interesting to see how Democratic party has been captured in order to win elections.

This is blatantly untrue to the level of fear mongering. The politician can’t do whatever he wants. The election simply moves from republican candidate against democrat candidate to the primaries where the top 3 politicians from the dominant party are running against one another for the nomination. If they adopted policies the majority of their party didn’t like they would be replaced by another member of the party in the next election.

Whichever choice has the least favour is malleable. Right now, by switching up their candidates and policies, the democrats can't do any worse than they're already doing, which is losing. If the democrats next time, then the republicans will have 4 years with nothing to lose.

The fact that your opponents' party got into power recently and just barely got defeated in the last presidential election says that there jolly well can be differences of opinion whether you like it or not. Instead of futilely insisting otherwise, it's time to start figuring out how to appeal to the electorate so your opponents don't gain power again.

Voting for Democrats is the alternative.If the Republicans get voted out and become powerless, they (or the successor party) will have to be better to regain power.Anything else is some accelerationist nonsense.

Wrong question. The question should be: Is the Democratic Party worried yet? They sure don't seem to be, e.g. "CNN Poll: Democratic Party’s favorability drops to a record low" (https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/16/politics/cnn-poll-democrats/i...). If the leadership is not making any changes to win th