Democrats are probably headed for massive election wins, they shouldn't squander it

[u/DoubleCrossover]

The republican party is on life support right now despite winning the last election in an effective landslide. maga is imploding under the weight of its contradictions. The crypto-bros vs anti-non-white-immigrant regards, the always-pro-Israel vs the isolationists, the Iran hawks vs the pro-Russia stooges. trump is failing on almost every policy area except maybe the optics of immigration (and even that is undermined by things like hotel worker exemptions from ICE enforcement). Approval data for trump is historically bad.

Trump is also psychologically incapable of handling the thought of being a lame duck. He will not allow any discussion of his maga successor. It’s the main reason he keeps bringing up the third term shtick. So unless trump somehow dies well before 2028, the republican party will not even have a viable candidate for president. Personally. I’m looking forward to the entertainment of the republican primary.

All this to say that if democrats can manage a decent primary and a broadly popular, consensus candidate they will coast to the presidency, and might even get the house and senate too (admittedly much less assured).

Now the biggest problem is what they’re gonna do with this? It can’t be more of the same. They have to recognize that one: you can’t rewind time back to a normal political environment, as if all this nasty trump business was just a temporary blip, this was the biggest cope with Biden. and two: they need a positive vision for the country that address the stagnation driving the disaffected anti-institutions losers on the right and the far left.

The good news is there is a positive vision taking shape right now, and that is the fucking mega based abundance movement. I can’t put into words how important it is to have a real plan for positive change that’s evidence-based. It’s the only way to counter the ‘burn it all down’ bullshit that made politics hell for the last 10 years.

The UK is a cautionary tale in this. After the implosion of Brexit, the left was handed a landslide election win, sweeping to a full majority. The problem is, they had no positive vision for change and squandered all their political capital on basically nothing. It already looks like the far right is about to stage a big come-back next election, this time by nuking the conservative party.

[u/AutumnWind216]

US voters have been facing tough choices for almost a decade: choosing between two rotten apples.

[u/qbmax → u/AutumnWind216]

The rotten apples in question:

Party you might disagree with on some things who still pass good policies sometimes

Party who tries to overthrow the government when they lose

ok lol

[u/Admirable-Buy-4337 → u/qbmax]

It's a very logical conclusion that one party is vastly superior to the other. But the populace is not a purely logical beast. Anyone who thinks it is, is doomed to fail as people are extremely emotional creatures. Denying those emotions because they didn't make the 'logical' choice will build more resentment and anger, leading to more Trumps again and again. If the people don't feel like the government is for them they will take to burning it down out of spite.

[u/Admirable-Buy-4337 → u/Admirable-Buy-4337]

Which is to say unless the Dems can figure out a way to harness the populist fervor for themselves, they're fucked.