Who proposed improving family and medical leave? Who proposed credits for entrepreneurs? Etc.

And exactly what have Republicans done or proposed that would better address the economy, inflation, or any other issue these voters say they care about? It was Rs who kept bringing up identity politics, not the Dems.

Egg prices are by-and-large, artificially high mainly because so many henhouses have been culling hundreds of thousands of laying hens because of a few cases of bird flu.

Stop killing the entire henhouse for a few sick birds and eggs will start coming down again.

Neither Biden nor Trump are a direct cause for the spike in egg prices....New parameters for henhouse quarantine would probably help tremendously instead of knee jerk culling of millions of healthy birds.

Politicians just don't want us to have them.

our members of Congress will continue to go along to get along and try to reconstruct the US using its broken foundation.

If the $$ we allocate for the administration and payment for all social programs, SNAP, Medicaid, etc., were instead to go in one pot that guarantees UBI without conditions I think we'd win elections. Even better IMO we'd be on an irreversible path towards a better future.

and give them subsidies than give people actual Healthcare.

That we keep electing dumbassed unqualified Nazi criminals

Nobody gives Dems credit for anything...

That was a Dem who said that so credit to HRC.

They would have gone all-in back in 2010 when it had a snowball's chance of becoming a reality...

national healthcare. That's all bullshit. It's too expensive. Well the CBO has proved time and again that is not true. In fact it would be much cheaper than what we have. American people will believe anything the news and politicians, who make big money (bribes) from insurance comanies, tell them. America does the best propaganda.

public option. Guess what?

Senate Dems withheld their votes until the PO was dropped...

And I don't know where you live, but where I live people were screaming to high heaven about not having "socialist" healthcare...

And to make things worse, Dem voters stayed home during the midterms, opening the door for the current batshit insane Trumpers who are plaguing us today...

and Obama dropped it. Maybe Democrats stayed home during the midterms because of what Lieberman did. Stupid people always complain about socialism. It's a republican trait.

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Any names?

I'm quite progressive, but I also realize the pie-in-the-sky nature of many progressives. If Americans as a whole were clamoring for these policies that are being pushed primarily by elected politicians in super blue areas of the country, where are those that won office running on these policies in red/purple areas?

Consider the sources. NYT and WaPo have sold their integrity to Frump.

I just spent yesterday canvassing in rural Wisconsin. The people I listened to understand quite well what is going on. They consider Democrats the force that can oppose the firehouse of excrement.
(The few Maga I encountered were sullen or absolutely shut down, like good little cult dolts. They told me, "Go away.&quot

If they are to stupid to see the repubs are about to crash the economy that’s on them. The democrats have consistently tried to focus on economic issues and have made the country better. The republicans block any and everything that will help the majority of Americans. Americans love a bully and they have one. A tariff so Canada will become the 51st state. Please stop pushing divisive bullshit. Focus on the people who are trying to destroy us and make a plan.

People keep electing people who don’t give a damn about them.
Alabama, Georgia, Florida and many other red states don’t want that communism and socialism, they constantly vote against everyone’s interest.
Look who we have for president.

I also think if approached right, the economy should be. The job creation numbers should be a major cudgel against the normal story that Republicans are better. Still would have been a hard sell in 2024 given inflation, but given the likely economic issues from the tariffs and a possible debt ceiling fight, it can be in our favor in 2026 and going forward.

Anybody who says Dems don't have "economic priorities" wasn't paying any fucking attention to Harris and Walz... Either that or they get all their news from Faux

These are racists and sexists. Trump gives them permission to unleash their inner bigot.

They are unsalvageable. They are about to learn the hard way their precious GOP doesn't give a shit about anything other than Reverse Robin Hood, the ONLY issue the party has cared about since the Reagan years and "trickle on" economics.

Democrats seem to miss the point. Too much time arguing but Dems do care about the economy and the price of eggs, too much time blaming voters for being too dumb to know they care and not enough time creating their own Project 2025 with bold plans and crafting a cohesive message. I don’t care that some voters are too stupid to know better. I care that the party I joined more than 50 years ago is no longer seen as the party of FDR.

These people who voted for Trump are unsalvageable. They can't be reached because what drives them IS racism and sexism.

It has been this way since the "hardhats" of the 1960s.

These people ARE stupid, and the blame needs to fall squarely on them.

I can't believe the naivete of people around here who think it is about "perception" and "messaging."

JFC on a cracker. They will NEVER vote Democratic, understand?

JFC you misunderstand everything I wrote and the information presented in how Dems are perceived. I’ve never been behind the idea that Ds should court R votes. I hated how the Harris campaign went from picking a progressive like Walz to muzzling him and courting Liz Chaney. I’m talking about how voters have become disenfranchised and the perception of the party has changed and in order to win we should be doing outreach to the non voters and the disgruntled voters.

But hey thanks for sharing your insights and commentary. When I read such extraordinary perceptive winning ways I know the Democrats will continue on their winning streak.

We have to flip voters or else we lose and keep losing.

Those who didn’t vote. The hard core racists etc. can’t be won over until their personal ox is gored.

Perception is reality.

Some statements called "platitudes" are pretty good guides for life.

"First, do no harm"
"Live and let live"
"Play nice"

I will not vote for those who embrace torture, the death penalty, banning birth control or abortion, denying basic human rights for people of certain ethnicity's or sexual identities.

I will bend on many issuers but there are limits.

garbage in-garbage out

MSM continues the fail.

Dems have been playing defense on social issues, instead of just calling out the GOP and pivoting to the economic issues.

Um okay. I guess all the stories about climate refugees is just bs.

And those statements are delusional bullshit. People say all sorts of nonsense all of the time.

Do Democrats need to do a better job getting people to vote for them? Yes, of course. Obviously.

Does that mean people are correctly identifying what Democrats need to do or not do to get their votes? If the track record of the American public's self-awareness is any guide, probably not.

The respondents said the economy, inflation, and health care were top issues and voted for the guy whose stated plans would clearly make those worse, and against those whose plans would clearly make those better. So either the public is terminally stupid, or they are full of shit about their priorities. That is the question whose answer tells Democrats how to act going forward.

School children and letting out J6 criminals.

The WP must have some great suggestions
.

Part of our problem is the oligarchs that control the 5 mega-firms that own 90%+ of the major media controls messaging that at best furthers their agenda, but certainly does not harm their agenda, to control the masses.

...so I'm voting for a criminal and his cadre of billionaires!" Is such a weird flex.

We didn't need to lead with LGBTQ in 2016, 2020, and 2024. Tolerance and freedom would have been universal and more subtle.

Health care, Democrats didn't deliver???? If not for Democrats there would be no health care. Obamacare.

Immigration???? Can't wait to see home repairs without roofers and landscaping, restaurants without busboys, fast food without workers.

Life is going down the tube here. It won't just be about cost. Availability - supply - is in doubt too.

Demanding concensus is mistaken, and likely won't ever occur.

How about agreeing to disagree, and finding leaders smart enough to handle such.

Democrats get to choose their own priorities, not Republicans for them. Republicans glued Kamala to the sex change for inmates issue and puffed it up to seem like it was her signature issue and a pillar of her platform. It was little more than an off-hand statement she made long before she was the presidential candidate.

She didn't address it at all. So the republicans paint the picture.

Clinton beat Bush by understanding that "It's the economy, stupid."

That's more than half the country thrown under the bus in the name of cheaper eggs.

But also the Biden administration did a LOT and got shit on for it by the right, constantly, incessantly.

The news media is pro-GOP. ALL of it. Biden is old, feeble, etc. And Trump is not old and feeble, somehow?

Not buying it.

The Democrats could obviously do better. They should be calling for things like Medicare for All (or some kind of true universal health), some kind of basic income maybe. But mostly, STOP LISTENING TO CONSULTANTS. Just stop with the focus-grouped nonsense. Stop caring more about your next election and being a corporate toady. Stop putting your thumb on the scale against progressives. That is the single biggest turnoff for me, at least.

Who decided Walz should stop calling them "weird" and to stop being himself? That was a grave error. Also, who the fuck cares about Liz Cheney? Enough with trying to cozy up to disaffected Republicans. Stop doing that.

Leopards will FEAST.