It’s really up to the voters. I don’t think you can convert these people into Kamala Harris or Joe Biden or another corporate Democrat voters, but some anti-oligarchy pro middle-class candidate would have a chance. Because while Republicans love their racism and bigotry, when polled on individual issues they all support that economic agenda. They can still be racist and bigots while not having to live paycheck to paycheck.
I think as long as it’s the “Democratic” party, in name only, these people won’t cross the line. Maybe if a far left party were to emerge and the Democratic party was more publicly viewed as the conservative party they are, some people might switch. That I think would unfortunately benefit the Republican party shirt term unless that new party gained traction extremely quickly.
I agree that Democratic party is toxic, but I disagree that those voters wouldn’t cross the line for the right candidate, since we know they can. They already did that for Bernie Sanders, but sadly he was intentionally sabotaged by the DNC at the time. In the current environment I think it’s even more likely where actions of Luigi Mangione were universally praised, you have cross-party hatred of robber barons and the myth of “Republicans are good for the economy” being shattered.
It’s really up to the voters. I don’t think you can convert these people into Kamala Harris or Joe Biden or another corporate Democrat voters, but some anti-oligarchy pro middle-class candidate would have a chance. Because while Republicans love their racism and bigotry, when polled on individual issues they all support that economic agenda. They can still be racist and bigots while not having to live paycheck to paycheck.
I think as long as it’s the “Democratic” party, in name only, these people won’t cross the line. Maybe if a far left party were to emerge and the Democratic party was more publicly viewed as the conservative party they are, some people might switch. That I think would unfortunately benefit the Republican party shirt term unless that new party gained traction extremely quickly.
I agree that Democratic party is toxic, but I disagree that those voters wouldn’t cross the line for the right candidate, since we know they can. They already did that for Bernie Sanders, but sadly he was intentionally sabotaged by the DNC at the time. In the current environment I think it’s even more likely where actions of Luigi Mangione were universally praised, you have cross-party hatred of robber barons and the myth of “Republicans are good for the economy” being shattered.
Did people cross the line for Bernie or did people show up for Bernie?
I just think the dem party is poison right now, with very little to suggest that that will change any time soon.
They showed up and crossed the line, yes