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In reply to the discussion: No More F*cking Around. We elected you. Start acting like it (what I want to see today from Dems) [View all]TiberiusB
(490 posts)You can't blame forum posts for Democrats losing. Gerrymandering and voter suppression are clearly to blame in many areas, along with a tendency to promote "republican lite" democrats in redder districts which often leads to a "why vote for an imitation Republican over a real one" problem. The party swing away from economic policies that protected and benefited the working class during the Reagan years and ramped up in the 90's further muddied the waters and legitimized Reagan's "government is the problem" attitude.
Today, social media has a hard right slant, and there is a lot of data showing Facebook's influence in our political discourse. None of it appears to be good. That gives nearly anyone in the U.S. or globally, with the money and resources, the ability to sway election outcomes.