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In reply to the discussion: New York polls are full of warnings for Chuck Schumer [View all]Ziggy Beans
(33 posts)Democrats could win by 20+ points almost everywhere if they simply gave people a reason to vote for them. Democrats like Mamdani, Platner, and Talarico are showing everyone how to do it. Unfortunately, many Democratslike Schumer and others in leadershiparent just ignoring this; theyre actively trying to defeat these Democrats with far less popular establishment centrists.
There are two generations of Americans who have zero interest in either party. They see both as weak, ineffective, or evil. Some in the partylike those I mentioned aboverecognize this and are now running to bring these people back where they belong: as members of a Democratic Party they can be proud of.
Simply supporting Democrats without calling them out when theyre ineffective is exactly why Republicans continue to win