Here's a free access link. Excerpt:
There are still more Democrats registered nationwide than Republicans, partly because of big blue states like California allow people to register by party, while red states like Texas do not. But the trajectory is troublesome for Democrats, and there are growing tensions over what to do about it. Democrats went from nearly an 11-percentage-point edge over Republicans on Election Day 2020 in those places with partisan registration, to just over a 6-percentage-point edge in 2024....
It must be quite a crisis or I don't think the NYT would openly call it a crisis. They even used my favorite word, "flummox": "... Democrats are divided and flummoxed over what to do."
A big part of the problem is that they can't use nonprofits the way they used to:
For years, the left has relied on a sprawling network of nonprofits — which solicit donations from people whose identities they need not disclose — to register Black, Latino and younger voters. Though the groups are technically nonpartisan, the underlying assumption has been that most new voters registering would vote Democratic.... It’s a battle with hundreds of millions of dollars at stake, pitting partisans against philanthropists and some of the Democratic Party’s most important constituencies against one another....
The word "philanthropist" means a benefactor of humankind, but in this context it means rich donors who want a tax deduction.
Aaron Strauss, a data scientist who has spent years studying how to elect Democrats, wrote that the old way of registering voters — working through nonprofit groups to enroll young people and people of color in general rather than explicitly seeking new Democrats — might actually backfire in 2024.
“If we were to blindly register nonvoters and get them on the rolls, we would be distinctly aiding Trump’s quest for a personal dictatorship,” Mr. Strauss wrote in the memo, which The Washington Post reported at the time.... Registering voters without regard to their political beliefs remained cost-effective for Democrats only with Black voters.
That's a lot of money that can't be raised and spent because the device for seeming nonpolitical won't work anymore (except with black people... at least for now).
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All D's--> If you're still a democrat - you embrace lies and corruption.
All the left have is Trump hate. People are waking up because they see the difference with their own eyes - between Biden's crime-ridden America and Trump's law and order.
Democrats - We put the Mess in Messaging.
I say keep these nitwit Democrats bumfuzzled. They should be voted out of office and be treated as sick and twisted artifacts of a sordid era of American history.
partly because of big blue states like California allow people to register by party
…but mostly becaue big blue states like California allow ineligible people to register Democrat…
Ken Martin is toast.
My wife and I changed from Independent to Democrat solely so we could vote in a NY primary against the Woke, Jew-hating candidate.
I see a tall wall and I want it painted black.
"the device for seeming nonpolitical won't work anymore (except with black people... at least for now)."
This is also the reason why the Democratic apparatus, meaning politicians, political operatives, members of the media etc., care so much about maintaining majority minority voting districts. To those people it has nothing to do with 'representation' (the underlying idea of which is internally inconsistent with the principles which justified civil rights protections to begin with,) and everything to do with more members of congress with D after their name.
“If we were to blindly register nonvoters and get them on the rolls, we would be distinctly aiding Trump’s quest for a personal dictatorship.”
Well, now we know why “dictatorship” is replacing “democracy” as the watchword in the Democrats’ fear campaign.
The solution for them is to cheat and use the pre-tax nonpartisan political money for partisan political activity.
I suppose one tidbit of good news is that the Democrat registration drives can never run out of dead people.
Their party deserves destruction for what it's been doing since 2008....and nothing of value was lost. The end.
“Half the harm that is done in this world is due to people who want to feel important. They don't mean to do harm; but the harm does not interest them. Or they do not see it, or they justify it because they are absorbed in the endless struggle to think well of themselves.” - T.S. Eliot
He got one thing wrong, some of them absolutely "mean to do harm".
Aaron Strauss, a messaging scientist who has spent years studying how to elect Democrats, says it's a dying art.
"We've basically reached the cardboard at the back of the message pad. There are no more messages. They've all been sent."
Just yesterday the Dept of Ed prohibited work study students from working on political activities. -
https://primarynewssource.org/sourcedocument/u-s-department-of-education-prohibits-federal-funds-from-supporting-political-activism-on-college-campuses/
Wealthy White Leftists are shipping themselves to DC to protest that fact that Trump is making life better for DC's working class population - mostly blacks.
Rich white leftists are the epitome of racism.
For years, the left has relied on a sprawling network of nonprofits...
ALL funded by our tax dollars as the DOGE/USAID disclosures showed in spades. Everybody in the Uniparty was on the take, had an NGO funneling money to them, in addition to funding every single kooky leftwing cause that one could concoct AND financing all the progressive GOTV efforts (cash for bums etc.).
I'll be surprised if Trump doesn't balance the budget next year by culling the waste fraud and abuse Republicans have been carping about for 50 years while doing nothing. Shout out to retired senator Proxmire (a good D) and hid Golden Fleece, but THIS is what real change looks like.
"...Though the groups are technically nonpartisan, the underlying assumption has been...."
Part of their problem is the inherent bias that they use as a cudgel, like this example. There was never anything nonpartisan associated with Democrats. The party is the exemplar of partisanship. They use labels that are convenient and helpful to the cause, and the media that passes on their communiques is cooperative to the extreme, because they are the same organism. The DataRepublican has done some excellent work showing how Democrats use non-profits and NGOs to launder money, attracting it in the door with reputable organizations that sift it ever downward through increasingly dubious ones, ending up in coffers of all the worst troublemakers you can imagine. The trail is indelible, and methodology finally clear, which is why Congress is finally getting around to pretending action on things like ActBlue and other flagrant violators of dark money fundraising. If you use the word 'honesty' around Democrats, you'll get blank looks, unless you use it in the context of something deceptive.
Trump should make it illegal to fund NGOs with tax payer money.
It should also be illegal for any teacher/ anywhere/ to say the words "Don't tell your parents."
Democracy doesn't work for Democrats. They're strongly pushing the alternatives.
Notice the subtle bs that Texas doesn't allow registration, rather than it simply not being required.
@Boyd, here's a message they haven't thought of: Democrats – The Party Your Horrid Ex-Wife Belongs To!
Leland - yeah - leftist media weave lies, half-truths and BS all the time.. another reason anyone with a braincell is turning away.
Aggie 8:16 - nicely done. THAT.
Yes, Peachy, @8:17AM!
It ain’t teh meat it’s the messaging
That makes these Dems dumb as a rock
Why do all our nonpartisan media corporations continually obsess over the Democrats electoral prospects? So strange.
h/t Maria Muldaur
Democrats suck at governing but you have to be amazed at their ability to find ways to have taxpayers pick up the tab for their electioneering operations.
Leland said...
“Notice the subtle bs that Texas doesn't allow registration, rather than it simply not being required.”
That jumped out at me too. I think it ties into the belief common on the left that people only do things they are allowed to do, either by the government or society. This is the opposite of the belief that people can do what they want unless prohibited from doing so.
,”Just yesterday the Dept of Ed prohibited work study students from working on political activities. -“
So, we see that government under USAID has funded Democrat party ops, University students have been paid to run political ops, and NPR was funded to be a partisan political mouthpiece. The Democrats were funded by the taxpayers and boo hoo, it’s stopping, find a judge quick.
Why is anyone’s political (supposed) affiliation registered with the government?
Prove me wrong: This is just one of the ways to enforce the duopoly.
I think the Democrats are running into the fact that no one wants what they are trying to push. "Come vote for the party that wants to rape your elementary school kid, let illegals rape and murder your wife and daughters, you'll get mugged on the street and you are the one arrested, killing babies on taxpayer dimes, and we hate Christians and Jews! Plus we'll raise your taxes and make sure government is totally useless and gets nothing done!"
And they wonder why no one wants them?
“ Democrats suck at governing but you have to be amazed at their ability to find ways to have taxpayers pick up the tab for their electioneering operations.”
Grifters gonna grift…
Why do all our nonpartisan media corporations continually obsess over the Democrats electoral prospects?
This the beauty of Trump 2.0, his absolute across-the-board assault on the Deep State and it's intertwining Uniparty-DNC nexus. My neighbor Jeff Childers does a fine job in assessing this as we go, but the Big Picture remains:
Democrats BIGGEST mistake was giving Trump 4 years to digest what he learned Term1 and assemble the perfect team and the perfect plan to systematically transform government unlike any president since FDR, smoothing the way to dismantle the funding pipeline from the Treasury to leftists everywhere via USAID. He's done it lawfully and his enemies have taken the bait launching suits that the SCOTUS has batted down like a pickleball champ, further empowering Trump to downsize lefty government employees en masse, deport illegals en masse and maximize changes as needed.
The misunderestimated him AND threw the kitchen-sink lawfare at him, THEN gave him four years to plot his revenge.
I mean, seriously: Why should we vote for a Democrat any more? OrangeManBad is the only thing I hear from the left and the Democrats. And how everyone who doesn't march lockstep under the hammer and sickle is racist/nazi/sexist/bigoted/evil/irredeemable etc. Just look at the leftists who post here, like Inga, Freder, Rich, TeaBag, etc: What's the reason to vote for them? They don't do anything other than screech about how evil Trump is and how evil Republicans are and the coming fascist dictatorship.
Well, they've been screaming that for ten years now, and I'm still not being forced to seig Heil and worship Trump or be killed. I did get forced to take a Covid shot by Joe Biden, their guy. And we all found out what Democrats actually do in schools.
Trump wants to Make America Great Again. And Democrats... don't. They revel in not making America great, because making America great is being a Nazi or something.
And who wants to vote for that besides white cat ladies?
Save "Our Democracy" by having fewer people vote? That's a new one. What fueled the Leninism of Democrats in recent years was the idea that if everyone could vote and voted the Democrats would win every election. Democrats could do whatever it took to make sure that the election results would resemble those that would occur if "everyone" (convicts, felons, illegals, the homeless, etc.) voted. All obstacles to "Our Democracy" had to be taken down, things like the Electoral College and the Senate. But if a majority opposes the Democrats, what then?
The Democrats flummox is gored
Read the comment section on this NYT article. It is somewhat heartening to see the left leaning commenters express utter disgust with the Democratic party bosses.
The democrats know how to cheat.
According to the OED, flummox is a dialect word originating in several of the English counties that form the border with Wales, first attested in the writings of Charles Dickens, which is quite late for British English. For a native-born English word, as opposed to foreign loan words and other flavors of English, ending in x makes it exceptional. Offhand, box, ax, and cox are its the only partners I can think of in the ending in x category. Box is authentic Old English, but cox is a jargon term, a shortening of coxswain (pronounced COCK-sun) the guy who works the tiller of a boat. Ax is also genuinely ancient, but it acquired its final e in Chaucer's day along with many other Anglo-Saxon terms. I learned it as axe, but lately ax has returned.
Flummox means to confuse in a decisive manner. If you're flummoxed, you're confused to the point of defeat, you're fund of knowledge is exhausted, you're mentally bankrupt.
Then there's flabbergast, another English dialect word, this time from the eastern counties, chiefly Suffolk. If you're flabbergasted, you're not as desperate as one who's flummoxed. If your kid brings home a stray kitten and it turns out to be a skunk, that's when you're flabbergasted. Dealing with the consequences of that case of mistaken identity might leave you flummoxed.
My current favorite word is absquatulate, which is American English from Dickens' day. It means to depart in a hurried manner, particularly from a seated position. It is particularly appropriate for someone who, accustomed to ease and comfort, finds it necessary to make himself scarce. As the Russia-Russia-Russia subpoenas start circulating, I think I'll have many opportunities to use absquatulate.
I routinely receive political junk mail that presumes sympathy based on my zip code or something else. The creepiest postcard ever said "We can't tell what party you belong to, but we know where you live and Trump is doing XYZ."
I once replied to a local senator and said that his shallow propaganda had backfired. He listed many accomplishments out one side of his mouth and simultaneously slammed the other party for blocking his goals! I said "The other party MADE YOU and you OWE them. This mailer is incoherent and increased my respect for the other side."
Though the groups are technically nonpartisan, the underlying assumption has been that most new voters registering would vote Democratic.
For years, everyone watched multibillion-dollar media conglomerates like Viacom promote "nonpartisan" efforts like "Rock the Vote" knowing it was partisan, but impolite to point out.
That kind of mass delusion is obviously not healthy for society.
“Democrats are for they/them. Republicans are for you.”
You can’t change anything until you change that.
For most of my life, it was an act of rebellion to register as a Republican. Democrat was the norm. You would be judged if you were a Republican. Democrat was conformity and Republican was non-conformity. Mostly I think this was due to Democrats smearing Republicans as racists for all of my life. If you wanted to avoid that smear, you would register as a Democrat or an Independent, and vote Republican in secret.
Somewhere along the way, the tide has completely shifted. Now it's Republicans who want to be color-blind, and Democrats who are explicitly racist, against white people. Democrats are in favor of illegal immigration, and people using drugs and surgery to attempt to change their sex.
The Republican brand is now normal, while the Democrat brand has become abnormal, non-conforming, and strange.
I think the horrible Biden presidency escalated this phenomenon. And the collapse of trust in the media helped re-orient the Republicans as normal and the media as dishonest, weird, and outside the norm.
Peachy said...
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It should also be illegal for any teacher/ anywhere/ to say the words "Don't tell your parents."
Part of Scouting Youth Protection standards- if anyone says don't tell your parents, tell your parents or other authorities. That's telltale grooming behavior.
@Saint Croix: "I think the horrible Biden presidency escalated this phenomenon. And the collapse of trust in the media helped re-orient the Republicans as normal and the media as dishonest, weird, and outside the norm."
The left/change party routinely breaks apart over time as their internal views evolve and diverge (e.g., see unions vs. immigrants; Israel vs. Palestine; Women vs. Transgender, etc.). They love to be led by revolutionaries and bowing to the symbolism of huge portraits (e.g., Lenin, Stalin, Mao, Kim, Obama).
The right/conservative party routinely adopts lefty dropouts over time, as some reject change and become satisfied with where they were before (e.g., see Ronald Reagan, Trump, Tulsi, Vance, Joe Rogan, etc.). Conservatives love to be led by consolidating former Democrats.
When a key Democratic strategist was asked whether the Democratic Party was losing popularity, he responded, “Oh no. No, no, no, no, no. No, not at all. I just think that our appeal is becoming more selective.”
"The word "philanthropist" means a benefactor of humankind, but in this context it means rich donors who want a tax deduction."
Funny, but also a concise description of a Democratic strategy that made them temporarily successful in a few states but both lazy and more indebted to the donor class as time went by. Big, but not mega-big donors, who needed a tax break if they were going to throw a million bucks into politics, could, for a time, use allegedly "nonpartisan nonprofit voter registration" organizations to curry insider status with the DNC -- the sort of status that bought you big political clout. But then the TEA Party happened, and Trump happened, and a lot of voters from both Parties became Independents, even if they didn't bother to change their voter registration affiliation.
The reporters try pretty hard to avoid talking about anything besides what is being dictated to them by the very "nonpartisan nonprofit" directors and political analyists who are terrified of their money spigots running dry, so the article reads like a grant application and is just about as honest as one. Or, worse, like a giant SOS from the badly performing Democrat machine.
I think this political strategy also just sort of ran out of new, qualified voters to register: they spent a lot of money and put a lot of boots on the ground for a long time. But that's the last thing any political operative will admit: redundancy.
"But if a majority opposes the Democrats, what then?"
Isn't it obvious? That's fascism.
I fully support Trump's effort to outlaw or severely curtail mail-in voting. Voting is a civic duty that should be onerous, or at least inconvenient. Voting is a consequential deed that requires thought, reflection, and even soul-searching. Mail-in voting reduces an honorable responsibility to the level of returning one of those Publishers Clearing House sweepstakes entry forms (Is that still a thing? I always chucked 'em directly from the mailbox to the rollout garbage bin.) Someone who favors mail-in voting is someone whose lack of conscience and gravitas ought to disqualify him from voting. If you can't be troubled to plan your movements on Election Day, then don't vote. Your opinion is as flippant as you are.
DEMOCRATS in Blue Cites and States are Sanctuary for illegals - and they are actively trying to harm efforts to remove violent illegals and other illegals.
In COLORADO - our one party rule dictator-Democrats budgeted $50 million per year for free health care for illegals.
Mike (MJB Wolf) said...
The misunderestimated him AND threw the kitchen-sink lawfare at him, THEN gave him four years to plot his revenge.
8/20/25, 8:43 AM
Don't forget trying to kill him. We are fundamentally looking at the aftermath of a failed assassination against Julius Caesar. The Democrats are lucky President Trump isn't putting them up on crosses. Then again, the term isn't even a quarter done.
Q 9:33 -
YES!
Saint Croix 9:03 - yes.
Vance said: “and who wants to vote for that besides white cat ladies”
White cat ladies and government employees
The current crop of elected Democrats has to have the lowest political IQ on record. Honestly, they are unable to objectively evaluate where they stand wrt the electorate on any given topic. If they do understand, they purposefully do nothing about it because doing so aligns with MAGA/common sense. Funny that! Hate does indeed have a home in the Democrat party. They epitomize loserdom.
I begin to wonder about Google Ngrams. They tell us that "flummox" and "lummox" are riding high in this century, higher than in the last. "Flummox" I hear only rarely. "Lummox" not at all. "Big Moose" in the Archie comics was a "lummox." That may have been the last time I saw the word in print. Half a century ago.
"But the trajectory is troublesome for Democrats, and there are growing tensions over what to do about it."
They could improve their policies.
Just a thought.
"partly because of big blue states like California allow people to register by party"
Little blue state Maryland had us all register by party and primaries were restricted by that registration. It made no sense to.register as anything other than Democrat. The primary was the only election that counted. So I have always believed a large number of registered Dems were really Independents and Republicans. Your mileage in your state may vary.
Act Blue is being investigated for massive fraud. Democrats don't care about the law, they care about winning. By any means neccessary.
I have been conducting a little experiment on Reddit. There's the current flurry of activity, particularly in California, supposedly in reaction to possible redistricting in Texas. In posts on the topic, I comment that the model to follow is Massachusetts, which has 40% Republican votes but 0% Republican Representatives! Success!
So far, results are a modest favoring of this comment, and zero pushback about how this situation might possibly be a bit undemocratic. Or might result in backlash.
But Reddit, of course...
Dear Democrats, I urge you to run Obi-Wan GavNewsom for President in 2028. He's your only hope.
PM, he's Jar-Jar, not Obi-Wan. But watch out, Newsome could probably be trained not to be an ass in public, and the guy is plenty slick.
I’m waiting for the Newsom NFTs, watches and crypto. Can’t afford to buy everything.
Can't wait for the Gavin bible and gold sneakers.
Yes, Peachy at 8:17AM: "Trump should make it illegal to fund NGOs with tax payer money." How can it, by definition, be a "non-governmental organization" if it is funded by the government?
"If we were to blindly register nonvoters and get them on the rolls, we would be distinctly aiding Trump’s quest for a personal dictatorship,” Mr. Strauss wrote in the memo, which The Washington Post reported at the time.... Registering voters without regard to their political beliefs remained cost-effective for Democrats only with Black voters.
But, but but. I thought Democrats wanted more voters registered so they could exercise their democratic right to choose their governors. Does this mean the Democrats were lying? Surely not? And, more worryingly for Democrats, existing non voters are presumed, by Democrats, to be more likely to vote R.
The Dem's entire ecosystem is built around fraud, around converting tax-payer dollars into organizing advantage. Take away the laundered money and they have nothing to fall back on.
Some of their social media trolls work for free, so they still have that.
May the Democrats go the way of the Whig party and the Republican party get a number twelve up the backside and a two-by-four upside the head.
Kak gives plenty of evidence that he’s braindead with his praise of Gavy Newsom. Newsom has had a BIG hand in ruining the state of Calunicornia and he’s viewed as a malevolent clown by a majority of the state’s residents. He is supported by the MSM, but even that is melting away.
Trump Wants Universities to Show Him the Money, or No Deal ~ NYT
“Critics call it extortion” But we prefer “tribute”. 💰
A Pre-Emptive Break Up
"I am breaking up with you.
But I have hand.
And you're going to need it."
Can't stand ya.
It's that click you hear when you are out of bullets, because you fired everything you had out of panicked derangement without imagining that you could miss that badly. This is what the Dems did both figuratively and literally.
I think that's the first time I have ever used the word "literally", because it was literally the word I needed.
“But, but but. I thought Democrats wanted more voters registered so they could exercise their democratic right to choose their governors. Does this mean the Democrats were lying? Surely not?”
The Dems need the registrations, not the voters. With the registrations, they have more illegal votes that they can cast. Motor Voter, registration drives, etc register low propensity voters. That’s a feature, not a bug, for Democrats.
Marcus Lemonis
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Official statement regarding
@BedBathBeyond
We will not open retail stores in California.
This isn’t about politics — it’s about reality.
California’s system makes it nearly impossible for businesses to succeed, and I won’t put our company, our employees, or our customers in that position.
“On the flip side, Gov. Gavin Newsom decided to use today’s news to tout his state’s business-friendly climate: “FUCK YOU. BYE.” his press office account tweeted in response.”
—— Stephen Green
Definitely a Leftist down to his diseased bones.
I used to wonder why D voters could not see the writing on the wall.
Then I realized many of those with the ability to read have already moved to R.
And a fair percentage of those remaining D attended public schools and reading isn't in their skill set.
Shout out to retired senator Proxmire (a good D)
My dad was Navy Liaison to USCG HQ when they tried to close a barely-used (2 incidents/yr vs. avg. 100+) station in WI. He screamed bloody murder and stopped it. Pork for me but not for thee.
Earnest Prole said...
When a key Democratic strategist was asked whether the Democratic Party was losing popularity, he responded, “Oh no. No, no, no, no, no. No, not at all. I just think that our appeal is becoming more selective.”
If we’ve told you once, we’ve told you a hundred times: Put the Democrat above the Puppet Show.
Ann, Is it true that these voter-registration groups are C3 charitable corporations, charities for which donors can take a tax deduction, and not C4 non-profit social welfare corporations, which are tax exempt but donors don’t get any tax deduction for donations?
Rocco said...
Why is anyone’s political (supposed) affiliation registered with the government?
Because it's impossible to have an honest Primary if people aren't forced to register as a member of a single political party well before the primary.
If you're not willing to say to the world "hell yes, I;'m a Republican", you should have NO say in who represents teh republicans in the General election
Sorry Greg, but you didn’t quite answer Rocco. A party has every right to demand only members vote in their primary. A party isn’t, and I’d argue shouldn’t be, the government. The only reason I can say a government has any say in party affiliation is making it easier to obtain access to a ballot for the registered politician, and even that I think isn’t necessary. I registered with the Texas Secretary of State like every other politician and didn’t need to mention a party. I can be on a ballot, if anyone ever decided to want my job (and I had any interest in fighting to keep it).
The government holds the elections.
Therefore the gov't needs to know whose Primary you're allowed to vote in
Therefore the gov't needs to know what Party you belong to, NOT just which Party you want to screw over this Primary.
The TX system sucks, because it means someone who is not a Republican, who hates the Republican Party, and who would never in a thousand years say "I'm a Republican" in public, nevertheless can vote in the republican Primary to decide which candidate will represent the Republican lichen Party in the general election.
And that is bullshit
"If you're not willing to say to the world "hell yes, I;'m a Republican", you should have NO say in who represents teh republicans in the General election"
Agreed.
In the past election, there was a proposition on the ballot to force open primaries with the argument that it's not fair to independents that they don't have a voice in choosing candidates. WTF??? Of course they have a choice- register as a member of the party whose candidate you want to choose. How hard is that?
And if that's not bad enough, the proposition also included ranked choice voting, which the pro-Prop 1 advertising neglected to mention. Ranked choice voting is bullshit. You hold an election and the person who gets the most votes wins. End of story.
The people who push for this shit are either deluded or evil.
The Republican base is about 30% of the electorate and these people are very litmus test oriented. There is always a constellation of issues that have great attractive power to these people. They will invariably reject pragmatism if it conflicts with a core-defining litmus test issue. The term "prag" is an epithet with the Republican base. They rarely ever switch to voting for a Democrat; when they are extremely disgruntled they might stay home. But in general the Republican base is made of sterner stuff -- they will trudge out to the polls in sleet, snow, and rain. (That's why Trump wants to outlaw mail-in voting; it's an automatic 5-10% pickup for Republicans.)
But the cohort on the right side of the spectrum from 30-50% is more indifferent to litmus test issues and more attuned to maintaining the middle class status quo. They lean "traditionalist" but probably keep a close eye on what they perceive as their interests.
The Democrats are not challenging for the 51% because they've let the steady state middle-of-the-roaders go. The Democrats are being defined by the media faces of the liberal left activist band, often strongly "social justice" rather than "social democrat" where social justice stands for activist-group clientelism and social democrat stands for broad-based benefits. This is the special pleader versus the everyman.
The Republicans have strong traditional appeals to both rural and suburban "everyman" and "everywoman" types.
I watched last summer as the Democratic Establishment rejected James Carville's excellent plan for how to select a nominee in an open process and then win the election. We have all listened to these hapless apologists explain away the Democrats' defeat ever since. It was a rigged game; it was also a stupid game.
The Democratic Establishment doesn't do county fairs.
I support Spinal Tap references, Earnest!
Greg TCT, MasonG,
Greg inadvertently points out the true problem:
> The government holds the [primary] elections
Why should the government come at taxpayer expense, hold an election to decide who gets to represent particular party? Let the parties worry about that! (That could possibly include contracting with the county election departments, on a paid basis, to run their primaries for them, on the basis of who else has more experience at running large-scale elections?)
But the government's only role qua government should be to enforce the prohibition against fraud - - serious consequences for anyone who runs in the general election claiming to be endorsed by a party a group who didn't in fact endorse them
Fred Drinkwater said..."I comment that the model to follow is Massachusetts, which has 40% Republican votes but 0% Republican Representatives!"
Connecticut is the same way. Roughly 40% GOP voters in presidential elections, but no GOP congressional representatives since 2009. The GOP even managed to split the state senate in 2016.
“If we were to blindly register nonvoters and get them on the rolls, we would be distinctly aiding Trump’s quest for a personal dictatorship,”
At least they're admitting it now. The pretense that the Dems wanted everyone's voice to be heard was so obviously untrue that it was laughable.
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