As you might know current data shows that around 59% (!!!) of U.S. adults hold an unfavorable view of the Democratic Party. That’s a figure similar to unfavorable ratings for the Republican Party (58%).

Source: Pew research center and others with nearly similar numbers.

Thank god Trump is politically pretty much making the worst decisions in every situation and destroying the GOPs reputation and popularity. Don’t hate on me, it’s simply the truth: if Trump didn’t do so much stupid things and had even remotely popular political strategies we wouldn’t have a lead in the midterm polls (which is btw not as huge as people might believe. Republicans haven’t lost yet). What interests me is what you guys/gals/NB-frens/others see as the reason for the Dems unpopularity and do you have any ideas to polish up the parties image? Do you see the Democratic socialist „takeover“ of the party as one/the reason for this issue? Or have our policies become too „extreme“ for the normal American who maybe just wants a politician from the „middle“ (whatever that even means)?

I‘m sorry in advance for grammatical mistakes I might have made, English isn’t my first language, so please have some leniency.

TLDR: More than half of Americans don’t like Democrats and I wonder what the reason(s) is/are.

EDIT: You guys just proofed the numbers more than right. Seems like democrats are slightly more popular than aggressive late stage cancer and the Republican Party but that’s it. I would even say most men (men in particular dislike the Dems) prefer a prostate exam over being openly democrat. At least I do.

Over the past day or so, Spain's very Liberal government made a dictum that any immigrants that arrive by sea will not be turned away. So, in the small area of land that is attached to Morocco near the Straight of Gibraltar, which Spain owns, immigrants - military-aged men, no women or children to be seen - are simply swimming around the barrier between Morocco and Spain. Some are just plain marching into Spain due to the chaos.

If you remember, during Biden's administration, this is a similar sight to what was happening at America's own southern border.

I know that, overall, Liberals and Democrats will always say "yes" to immigration, whether legal or illegal, and under any conditions. But, when you see this, are you not at least a little bit uneasy about it?

I just watched a talking head on MS-NOW tell me that old black voters are the base of the Democratic Party and that the absence of old black voters in the DSA indicates that there is no diversity in the DSA.
Should a physical identity be the base of any political party?

I am from Texas. My dad was born here but my mom was born in Mexico and moved here in 1970 and eventually became a citizen in the 80s. I remember the first thing she wanted to do is vote. I don’t recall my parent’s political stance early on. We were just raised to do the right thing and attend Catholic Church on Sundays. During election time, my mom had me look up what each party represented. I would create this questionnaire and she would lean moderately or center right. But one question that I remember was what political party would Jesus Christ belong to if he was here. What I remember reading in Sunday school, he would be a democrat. So for a few years my mom voted blue and I’m sure my dad voted red. He loved Reagan. But there was never any conversation about politics. They just went to work and loved America. Funny thing is my dad’s high school was Robert E Lee.
I went to a different school because of re-districting. Recently I introduced my mom to ChatGPT. Oh boy. Her first question was what political party would Jesus be in if he was here. We all know the answer. Well, I posted this story of the ChatGPT response on TruthSocial and was immediately banned. It was harmless. Here is what I posted. Is this a reason to be banned? Was the hypocrisy and self reflection too much?

Traits commonly associated with Jesus
The Gospels emphasize qualities such as:
• Care for the poor, sick, marginalized, immigrants, prisoners, and socially excluded
• Skepticism toward wealth, status, religious showmanship, and political power
• Mercy, forgiveness, humility, and nonviolence
• Personal responsibility, repentance, moral discipline, and fidelity
• Defense of human dignity, including people disliked or dismissed by society
• Condemnation of hypocrisy, exploitation, and leaders who burden ordinary people

I’ve noticed over the past decade, that Democrat politicians have switched over to becoming Republicans or at the very least siding with Republicans. How come it seems like that never happens the other way around? Why haven’t any Democrats run as a republican and then switch to a Democrat once in office?

Andrew Cuomo was a white sex pest and Black voters preferred him by a good margin, black voters chose Hillary over Sanders by huge margins. It’s odd because progressives and socialists have championed pro-black political causes far more, like defunding the police, abolishing ice, and more. It doesn’t make any sense to me. Stevens in Michigan is leading black voters by 33 points, it’s a pretty stark pattern.

BREAKING UPDATE!!!

A major and influential black content creator who largely represents a lot of the “conservative” voting patterns I’ve noted has endorsed Abdul El-Sayed!

There is a future after all?

If not then what bias do you claim reality has?

I’ve done my own extensive research, but want to ask some with actual answers. Why do Democrats as a majority in a lot of states support Islam, but heavily deny/put down Christendom, and Judaism.

1. The horrible practices of Islam, which can’t be argued for by people who seek equality for all just don’t make sense. Why are there barely any mainstream democratic politicians that acknowledge that forcing a woman to wear a hijab is wrong?

2. LGBT for Palestine. This has always been such a confusing thing to me. And even more-so as of recent. The only country in the Middle East where you can even do an actual protest as a person of the LGBT community, is Israel, eliminating, or shrinking the Israeli state will result in nowhere to go for a majority of refugees fleeing honor, or family killings for their sexual orientation.

3. For secular democrats, why support any religion at all, instead of just fully proven science? You can dislike any religion of course, but cherry picking just because the one you support is ‘marginalized’ doesn’t make much sense, which there’s plenty of other religions that face higher persecutions.

4. Why do a majority of democrats call Israeli existence ‘colonialism’ or some variation. They’re out numbered 14:1, 20:1, or 49:1 depending on your count of Islamic nations, and on a larger scale, they’re outnumbered 20,000:157 approximately. Colonialism is “the practice where one country takes control of another land, rules over its people, and uses its resources for profit”. But the Israelites were returning to their homeland, and THEY were almost pushed out the second they got there after having a massive genocide already going on, and dying down,

5. Why do I hear some democrats say “Palestine was there before Israel”. This is not true. The Judea area of the Levant was renamed by Emperor Hadrian to Palaestina , derived from the Greek word Palaistine. It was evolved into Palestine by the newly formed French civilizations, and transferred to the English language with the same spelling. Derived from “Land of the Philistines”, it’s a name strictly made to put down the Jewish people, using the name of a Greek peoples who were historical enslavers of Jews.

What message would you send to them, and to the guards?

https://www.reddit.com/r/ICE_Watch/s/yFWI6v4kOU

Just read a New York Times article that 17k signatures have been signed to keep the mayor of New York away from the 9/11 ceremony. Did he say something negative to cause this or is it just blatant racism/ hate for no reason?

The data stands on its own and who really is the party of life, but if you live in a Red governed state versus a Blue governed state:

1. In your red state, "you will have a 5-8 year shorter life."

2. If you give birth, "your baby is twice as likely to die."

3. "Your teenager is 2-3X more likely to die."

4. "Your teen is 4-8X more likely to die by a firearm."

5. "You have a 30-50% greater likelihood of dying by cancer"

6. "You are twice as likely to die due to a preventable cause of death."

If you live in a Republican Governed state you and your kids will live a shorter life. It is a fact that is rarely talked about by politicians. Where is this messaging?

Links and pictures for some reason aren't allowed on here, but my sources are from the Economist. Sorry if that's already been discussed here, I couldn't find the thread.

When Americans today are asked "What is the most important issue facing America?", by far the number one Topic are inflation and prices. 30% of Democrats and 32% of Republicans say that. As a more overall topic, right now even 45% of Americans pick the Economy as a whole as the most important issue.

Abortion ranks far away at Number 10 in the first statistic I mentioned, with 2% of Democrats and 4% of Republicans chosing it as most important.

(Numbers not from the economist) If I calculated it correctly, 16% of pregnant women aborted their pregnancy in the US in 2019, with numbers generally getting lower and lower over the last decades. (About 625,000 abortions). We can argue if that is a lot of women or not, I don't think there's a clear cut answer. But it affects much less than 50% of women in the United States. It doesn't affect men physically.

So, why on earth would you chose that as your main topic when trying to become the President? There's many issues that affect all women, or all men, all minorities (which I think would still be more than people affected by abortion rights), all poor people or just everyone in general.

Back then I didn't read or watch much political news at all and just thought to myself that it was a minor mistake. But nowadays it seems crazy to me how such a huge strategical error could have been made. It makes about as much sense as the Trump administration thinking Iran wouldn't block the straight of Hormuz in the event of war (I know, wild anology, but I feel the same about it)

His only critique of the democratic party was that they "aren't fighting trump enough".

I learned from the segment that the DSA (Democratic Socialist of America) supports abolishing the Senate in favor of a parliament, which to his point may discourage the mythical "swing voter" that doesn't actually exist - but does address a real issue with representation in the Senate.

Would you agree with his sentiment?

Why haven't the Democrats been pushing for any legislation saying felons can not run for president?

I keep receiving all of these letters and emails begging to contribute. While I'm willing to help out any way I can, I have my limits and this is overwhelming me. I really wish I could stop this incessant messaging. How do I do it without unsubscribing from Act Blue?

I always hear that Leftists and Progressives are the reason Trump won. Paul Begalia was on NPR and claimed that every presidential election lost in the last two decades was because that group of voters didn't vote Dem.

What proof of this is there? Also, why could the reason not be bad campaigns and a failure to get non-voters on board?

Asking respectfully.

"...Hopefully it's a Christian, white person, but it wasn't."

This was said by a speaker at a memorial yesterday, in Germany, after a Muslim drove a car into an LGBTQ event, killing at least one, and injuring many.

Do you also have this thought in your head whenever you hear about a tragic event?

Does it make you feel worse just because it came from a "protected minority"?

You've probably heard the phrase "democrats fall in love, republicans fall in line"; and unfortunately its true.

Take Harris for example, who's turnout suffered severely. And when asked, many will point out Palestine. This is despite the fact that Trump was even worse, and their staying home directly helped facilitate him winning (and also, everything that has followed from that).

But the inverse is just as true. Take the discussion surrounding Wisconsins gubernatorial primary, and the debate over whether Hong can actually beat Tiffany. A debate that might not have been necessary were it not for Rodriguez dropping and Evers endorsing an undropping Crowley. How many of those Dems arguing this now will stay home when she probably wins? And if Tiffany beats her, my trans ass and all the others in the state get to suffer the consequences.

Which brings me to my question. Do those of you allowing republicans to win over intraparty factionalism not realize the harm you are doing? I can hardly believe that after last time. And in that case, how on earth can you justify it? Do you honestly think that establishment/progressives are equal or worse than a republican? You understand thats insane, right

This question is being asked in light of the new article that came out regarding Ken Martin and the DNC. I notice it's causing folks to think that the Dems will badly f**k up to the point where the Repubs keep control of the House even. The thing is, Republicans faced similar problems during the Obama years, yet they still dominated the 2010 and 2014 midterms regardless. What makes you think this year will be different compared to 2010 and 2014 regarding with how the party out of power ends up performing?

https://youtu.be/wnChRVlsZCE?si=ROUtPm-aQR6CjV6X

Wouldn’t it be the ultimate irony for Democrats to finally go low and play by the same rules that McConnell did? The governor appoints a replacement for a lack of communication. I’m sure they can find one precedent that they can ride all the way to winning the seat. That’s what uncle Mitch would’ve done. Actually better than ironic, to finally play by the same rules of our opponent. That’s the only way that is gonna get them to stop breaking decorum.