Jason Carter: Georgia Democrats should take the middle path in Trump era

[brooklynite]

Atlanta journal-Constitution:

Georgia Democrats should appeal to disenchanted Republicans and moderates who are skeptical of Donald Trump in the 2018 election rather than cater their message to left-leaning voters, the party’s last gubernatorial nominee said in what could be a preview of another bid for office.

“Some people in the party are going to give up on the Trump voters and say we’re going to go with people who already agree with us. That to me is a recipe for division,” said former state Sen. Jason Carter. “Or we will say there’s a real opportunity for people to come together, to create a lot of room in the middle.”

Carter struck the heart of the debate facing Democrats ahead of next year’s elections in his remarks to a bipartisan group at a breakfast sponsored by the University of Georgia.

Do Democrats try to expand their coalition of younger, diverse voters and capitalize on shifting demographics to try to retake the state? Or do they craft policies to appeal to white voters who helped Trump run up the score in rural and exurban parts of the state?

[Wounded Bear]

1. I'm not sure what I think about the Red state problem...

I get that it is foolish to alienate voters, but there should be a vigorous campaign of "Look what you've done" coupled with a "Did you really want that to happen" and a link to "You voted for that" when addressing Repub supporters.

Outreach to non-voters is probably the real key. They need to get the "hey, this is what not voting gets you" message somehow.

It's not just a "red state" problem, of course. We have numerous red districts in my blue state, to be sure. Sometimes I wonder if those aren't easier to reach. That falls under the "all politics are local" rubrik, of course.

[brooklynite]

4. I've never been a supporter of the "admit you made a mistake" approach...

...just focus on the mistakes the Administration makes and built them into a "throw the bums out" message.

[atreides1]

6. Really

How about the "take responsibility for your actions" approach?

[guillaumeb]

2. The middle he is talking about sounds like the center-right to me.

Would he have the Democrats become a moderate version of the GOP?

[brooklynite]

5. Can you get progressives elected in Goergia?

[guillaumeb]

7. I think the question should be:

Can progressives break through the right wing media noise and attract people in Georgia.

[brooklynite]

8. So, if not for Fox News and Rush Limbaugh, Georgians would support single-payer health care?

RW media is successful becaue it builds on the biases that conservative voters already have.

[LanternWaste]

9. Post hoc ergo prompter hoc

"RW media is successful becaue (sic) it builds on the biases that conservative voters already have..."

Post hoc ergo prompter hoc. Now try this one, "Conservative voters are successful because they were commercially branded by the biases that conservative media already has..."

Six of one, half a dozen of the other... and each lacking objective evidence to support it as anything other than a logical fallacy.

[guillaumeb]

10. True for some, possibly for most.

Whenever we travel, it is rare to hear progressive radio. Talk radio seems to be overwhelmingly conservative.

[geek tragedy]

3. For Georgia that sounds about right. There aren't enough votes for liberals there, and won't be for

decades