Democrats

Back in the 50’s the democratic party was composed of different groups including organized labor, ethnic minorities, Catholics, Jews and educators. These were considered working people. It was FDR who started the ball rolling with the New Deal toward protecting these working groups and LBJ continued with the Great Society. This was an effective strategy and the democrats controlled the congress for 65 years from 1930 until 1995 and the senate for most of those years. Things began to change over the past 30 years and that change accelerated in the Trump era. The democrats with all their power moved too far left especially with cultural issues and the working groups moved toward the conservatives. Today the democratic party is trying to move back toward the center with policies but the far left is holding on to power using emotional issues. Instead of concentrating on economic issues the left is swallowed up with anti-Trump feelings. He is a dictator who will end democracy. He is a racist, homophobic, xenophobic man who hates women. The new leaders like AOC and Mamdani are all about emotion and very little about policy. This anti-Trump policy was tried and 2024 and failed but the hangers on are still in control. If this continues the party will stand for nothing when Trump leaves office. Some new leader who is offering policy changes to help the working people must step forward. The old standby of income redistribution will be a good start but it cannot be bogged down with cultural issues.