What Will The Democrats' Platform Be In 2020?

[Belsnickel]

(06-14-2019, 10:07 AM)Benton Wrote: If Democrats are smart, this is what they'd focus on. Healthcare is one of the things that's both noticeably gotten worse and directly attributable to republican policy. There's also no shortage of people with 'i didn't have health insurance' horror stories. Toss in a dash of 'mcconnell already took your insurance, now he's coming for grandma's medicare.'

But that will likely be a back burner issue for them compared to issues like corruption, taxes and equal rights. Which is dum. Those issues are all important, but they don't tend to pull voters from the middle.

They can do both if they're smart. Democrats are terrible at running for office, though, so who knows. Like I said in my first post, talking about how things haven't changed and, in the case of healthcare, have gotten worse in some ways is important. Talking about Trump ignoring the voters he courted to line his own pockets is a natural way to tie the corruption and the healthcare issue together.

Those social issues are the most important things to talk about, though. They are things that help all people.

Another political maneuver they need to make is to drop the whole gun control thing. It alienates a lot of voters from the party that could otherwise lean their way. There are so many hunters out there that are in favor of conservation efforts, recognize the effects of global warming, would favor progressive policies in other ways, but are scared shitless of Democrats because of gun control. There are other reasons I could go into about why they need to drop it, but I'm just focusing on the political for right now.