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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDemocratic Party is not too Progressive
It's too weak. People want backbone.
That is a quote from Morris and I happen to agree and the polling appears to support it.
When asked which word most describes a Political party respondents said:
"Tough" 31% said Democrats but 59% said Republicans
"Cruel" 31% said Democrats but 51% said Republicans
"Extreme" 42% said Democrats but 60% said Republicans
"Ineffective" 41% said Republicans but 47% said Democrats
"Weak" 32% said Republicans but 48% said Democrats
There were rays of sunshine as well:
"Elitist" 43% said Democrats but 57% said Republicans
"Competent" 41% said Republicans and 46% said Democrats
"Principled" 41% said Republicans and 49% said Democrats
"Empathetic" 31% said Republicans and 54% said Democrats
These results were through 1,566 respondents identifying as Democrats, Republicans and Independents.
Morris also did a breakout of just the results from Independents which is even more harsh against Republicans than Democrats.
I'm linking both the Blue Sky post and the website link that Morris stated he turned off the paywall on this article
Link: https://www.gelliottmorris.com/p/new-poll-democrats-real-problem-isnt
The entire Democratic strategy debate â "moderate" or move left? fight or compromise? â is based on a misreading of data. Voters don't think Dems are too progressive; they think Dems are weak. The actual math on what to do about this isn't even close!
— G Elliott Morris (@gelliottmorris.com) 2026-02-27T13:02:14.078Z
New: www.gelliottmorris.com/p/new-poll-d...
QueerDuck
(1,388 posts)Meaning what?
This numbers heavily favor Democrats but we do have vulnerabilities, the very vulnerabilities that liberal progressives, line myself, have been complaining about for awhile.
LudwigPastorius
(14,492 posts)make you appear weak.
We've got a "chicken/egg" thing going on here.
Do people think Democrats are weak because they currently hold none of the levers of power in government? Or, do they hold no power because people think they are weak?
I think the obvious answer is that it's the former case.
angrychair
(12,055 posts)As I do, that how you act, even when out of power, is important. When last Republicans were in the minority they did a pretty effective job at slowing Democratic progress in the House and Senate.
I mean single senator held up military promotions for months.
I would guess we are not going to stop this surgeon general vote, even though allowing a incompetent grifter that doesn't even have a medical license to fill that roll is absolutely insane.
We should absolutely block it and block it for months.
There are absolutely things they can do to show resistance. They should do every one of them. Every. Single. Day. For the next two and half years.
Omnipresent
(7,379 posts)But the voters in the middle only want so much.
I have to say I am so fucking tired of this Seesawing of power where we hold the Congress for 2 to 4 years and then it gets handed back to the repugs!
Has anyone else noticed this reoccurring pattern before?
LuvLoogie
(8,723 posts)We are always caving to the GOPs' perverse punitive lust.
progressoid
(52,986 posts)They are very adept at finding the weak links in the Democratic party and exploiting them.
JI7
(93,429 posts)People are full of shit. Most of these fools don't vote in local elections also.
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