Unfortunately, Obama contributed to the leftward shift in his second term. He blamed the war on drugs for mass incarceration, even though state and local prisons (which held the vast majority of American prisoners) held far more people convicted of violent and property crime than drug crime. Cancelling Keystone XL was a mistake, as was federal officials saying anything whatsoever about transgender students and bathrooms.
A couple of requests for future iterations: (1) How much decline in references to "rural" and "farmers"? (2) Disentangle the LGB from TQ to get better data on public opinion.
This is a great article and should be shared with Democrats who wonder how Trump and the Republicans took power -- and what can be done about it. By ignoring and abandoning the median voter, the far left democrats played a critical role in electing Trump and the Republicans. That may be disheartening, but this is a time for realism, not idealism.
To use the old "visitor from another planet" metaphor: A visitor from another planet examining the 2024 document would conclude that democrats were racists, ethnocentrists and genderists. I'm assuming they would adhere to an honest definition of each term, which would be stereotyping of a human group based on race/ethicity/gender fashion.
Unfortunately, Obama contributed to the leftward shift in his second term. He blamed the war on drugs for mass incarceration, even though state and local prisons (which held the vast majority of American prisoners) held far more people convicted of violent and property crime than drug crime. Cancelling Keystone XL was a mistake, as was federal officials saying anything whatsoever about transgender students and bathrooms.
A couple of requests for future iterations: (1) How much decline in references to "rural" and "farmers"? (2) Disentangle the LGB from TQ to get better data on public opinion.
This is a great article and should be shared with Democrats who wonder how Trump and the Republicans took power -- and what can be done about it. By ignoring and abandoning the median voter, the far left democrats played a critical role in electing Trump and the Republicans. That may be disheartening, but this is a time for realism, not idealism.
To use the old "visitor from another planet" metaphor: A visitor from another planet examining the 2024 document would conclude that democrats were racists, ethnocentrists and genderists. I'm assuming they would adhere to an honest definition of each term, which would be stereotyping of a human group based on race/ethicity/gender fashion.