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Dems should run on this list in the 2026 mid-terms: (Original Post) applegrove Dec 9 OP
Those are all good issues for us to be sure senseandsensibility Dec 9 #1
FFS they've been running on that for decades leftstreet Dec 9 #2
SCOTUS SCOTUS SCOTUS SCOTUS BSDemon Dec 9 #3
Destruction of part of the White House Norrrm Dec 9 #4
Sorry "green new deal" isn't bringing anyone to the polls fujiyamasan Dec 9 #5

senseandsensibility

(24,236 posts)
1. Those are all good issues for us to be sure
Tue Dec 9, 2025, 03:17 PM
Dec 9

but it will take a very skillful communication strategy to break through on all of them at the same time. It would require much more self-discipline and planning than I've seen so far.

leftstreet

(38,777 posts)
2. FFS they've been running on that for decades
Tue Dec 9, 2025, 03:22 PM
Dec 9

healthcare premiums / medical debt
utility bills
inflation
wages

If the numbers the Trump administration's blocking are as bad a everyone suspects, by the midterms it's a crushing recession. No one will give a shit about Citizen's United or Green new deals

BSDemon

(100 posts)
3. SCOTUS SCOTUS SCOTUS SCOTUS
Tue Dec 9, 2025, 03:25 PM
Dec 9

That is crucial, otherwise Alito, Thomas & gang will make the next Democrat administration powerless.

fujiyamasan

(1,219 posts)
5. Sorry "green new deal" isn't bringing anyone to the polls
Tue Dec 9, 2025, 04:16 PM
Dec 9

I’ve seen democrats selling this (or a watered down version) for years. No one is buying it. Few people know what citizens united even is. As for the Supreme Court, everyone knows it’s corrupt. The chance to reform it was when Biden was president. He punted on it.

Why do these issues not resonate with the public? Because it’s not directly tied to people’s day to day struggles.

This is the problem when you listen to some bone head on twitter or bluesky or overpay some hack consultant.

The rest are ok. Get back to the basics. Healthcare. Inflation: cost of food, housing, and energy. ICE abuses and accountability.





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