POTUS Election thread

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Democrats always do better in years with a presidential elections, since more than a third of eligible voters come out to vote. Simple fact is, Republicans are just much better at mobilizing the ones who are more likely to vote, via large influxes of cash to pay for commercials and signs and all that fun stuff. When I went to vote in the latest election, 90% of the people I saw at the polls were elderly. Who tend to be more conservative anyways.

No, the republicans are better not because they have the money to mobilize, but because they mobilize. The Democrats could do the same tactic if they wanted to, there is no limitation or imbalance of money between either party. Most donors give generously to both sides so they win no matter what.

What the Democrats fail to do is realize that people connect better to the issues on a local level. The Democrats are morons that want to shove every single issue they care about onto the national stage, they refuse to use acknowledge the Federalist structure of the US to their own deficit. There was no reason to push for a supreme court ruling on gay marriage when time was on their side. All that came about was a big pat on the back for being "on the right side of history" followed by massive right wing backlash and mobilization There is no reason to make gun control an issue since states that want gun control generally have it and states which don't want gun control generally don't. All that came about from gun control legislation is further alienation of swing states that like the big government programs but want to pretend that the US is still the land of the triumphant individual.

Democrats NEEDED to make health care Obama's number 1 priority despite the fact they got crushed in the 90s and they nearly got crushed again by having to pass what was essentially Romneycare AKA the Republicans 1992-1993 alternative to Hilarycare. Then once they finally got their big Federal bill passed, Democrats repeatedly fail to bother fighting for it on the state and local level by leaving millions of Americans to remain uninsured under Republican governors.


The real irony is that the Republicans who obstruct the Democrats at every turn are actually the loyal opposition that the Founders envisioned. They appealed to their constituencies and won a majority in the house along with majorities in the majority of state legislatures and are using the system the way it was intended to be used. The Democrats plan of having their voters come out only once every 4 years to sweep POTUS, the House and the Senate is a tactic that ONLY works due to the 17th Amendment. Because of the direct election of Senators, Democrats pull this bullshit of sweeping a presidental election year, passing what they want in the two years they have and then attempting to hold on after the midterm elections sweep congress back towards the Republicans. Without the 17th Amendment, Democrats would have to respect the state legislatures and it would force them to think on a local level and cater to the needs of individual communities. This is why current liberalism is lazy and ill-conceived.