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Showing Original Post only (View all)On which issues has the Democratic Party moved to the Left since 1984? [View all]
In terms of substance and actual policy records, not in terms of promises and rhetoric.
I'd love to hear about the many issues that the Democratic Party has surely moved to the Left on, in the time since Ronald Reagan and his successors took the GOP to the right.
After all, politics is really "polarized" by "extremists" on "both sides" these days, right?
Right?
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On which issues has the Democratic Party moved to the Left since 1984? [View all]
YoungDemCA
Jun 2013
OP
Actually no, In the time frame you set, the Democratic Party has moved to the right
Egalitarian Thug
Jun 2013
#26
You are right, however the issue is not Democrats, but the Democratic party. A party which has been
Egalitarian Thug
Jun 2013
#43
The Democratic Party has moved to the left on issues of gay rights since 1984.
ZombieHorde
Jun 2013
#20
Hmm. Maybe you're forgetting that Hillary Clinton was the first to champion universal health care.
blue neen
Jun 2013
#40
Most social issues. Although I feel there are more economic Liberals now than 1984.
JaneyVee
Jun 2013
#9
'More economic Liberals now than 1984?' Maybe among younger people in the......
LongTomH
Jun 2013
#29
With the DEMS, moving left is mostly all rhetoric, since the Big Takeover in the '80s.
blkmusclmachine
Jun 2013
#10
Gay Rights, Minorities in office instead of tokens, Women in office instead of tokens, women's
bluestate10
Jun 2013
#28