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JBTaurus83

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4. It's pretty easy to believe

Reply to PeaceWave (Original post)

Tue Mar 10, 2026, 03:34 PM

19 hrs ago

My entire family and many in my orbit are Dems. They don’t see the party as standing up to what is going on. I think when a party has no power, the voters also take it out on their own in frustration. This doesn’t mean Dems won’t show up to vote. We have won all of the special elections.

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The Democratic Party as an institution is more unpopular than ICE and AI? [View all] PeaceWave 19 hrs ago OP

It pisses me off to hear registered Democrats bad mouthing our party Walleye 19 hrs ago #1

Nothing, and no one, is above criticism... appmanga 17 hrs ago #15

True but I'm not talking about criticism. I'm talking about the repetition of Republican talking points by Democrats. Walleye 17 hrs ago #16

This floors me. moonscape 19 hrs ago #2

I couldn't believe it either. NBC News poll too. PeaceWave 19 hrs ago #3

It's pretty easy to believe JBTaurus83 19 hrs ago #4

Post removed Post removed 18 hrs ago #5

Agreed. That matches with more from the poll that I found... PeaceWave 18 hrs ago #7

Winning is more important than wanting to be popular JI7 18 hrs ago #6

Hardly surprising when DJ Synikus Makisimus 18 hrs ago #8

People have been talking about a third party for decades. All it's ever been is talk. PeaceWave 18 hrs ago #10

Third parties are systemically impossible in our system. DJ Synikus Makisimus 18 hrs ago #13

Instead of one, the better idea would be two. Prairie_Seagull 15 hrs ago #19

Hm. MorbidButterflyTat 18 hrs ago #9

You'd almost think there had been a concentrated media attack against them for the last 50 years. Midnight Writer 18 hrs ago #11

yeah.. ALMOST. B.See 18 hrs ago #12

So GOP fuckheads answer the phone and get in the survey. Most Democrats will not. GreenWave 17 hrs ago #14

AND YET DEMS ARE WINNING ELECTIONS AND Cha 16 hrs ago #17

Not surprised SocialDemocrat61 15 hrs ago #18

Howcome we keep winning elections? Kingofalldems 15 hrs ago #20

That's a real Puzzler.. Dems Keep Winning Big Cha 15 hrs ago #21

A lot of Democrats are giving the party bad ratings because they are angry with Jack Valentino 14 hrs ago #22