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genxlib

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2. Here is the problem

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Thu Nov 4, 2021, 09:15 AM

Nov 2021

Based on individual politics, we are a center left country

Based on structural politics, we are center right (or even a right wing) country.

That has to do with structural bias in the Senate, Electoral College, voting restrictions, gerrymandering not to mention the secondary effects that those biases have on the courts and other institutions.

This is what makes it so frustrating to be a Democrat. Being in the majority isn't enough to actually get things done and it sucks.

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"This is not a center-left country," Manchin says to @JohnBerman on @NewDay [View all] demmiblue Nov 2021 OP

West Virginia is not a center left area lapfog_1 Nov 2021 #1

Here is the problem genxlib Nov 2021 #2

Good insight. Mike 03 Nov 2021 #5

Historically, "populist" political movements are not majorities... Wounded Bear Nov 2021 #15

good post about the reality of the ideological scales in the US Celerity Nov 2021 #6

Well stated. demmiblue Nov 2021 #8

It's not really center left either . But it depends on the issue. Even blue states vote against JI7 Nov 2021 #9

I think what you are getting at is all true genxlib Nov 2021 #10

He's scampering around like crazy in search of cover for saying "No" to Mike 03 Nov 2021 #3

Senator, who cares . .. Lovie777 Nov 2021 #4

Center/center-right countries don't want crumbling bridges and a fascist government unblock Nov 2021 #7

Why is he a Democrat? Omnipresent Nov 2021 #11

Because he can't make it through a GOP primary? haele Nov 2021 #12

And yet, a super majority of voters support most of the elements of BBB. Nt Fiendish Thingy Nov 2021 #13

Nope Deminpenn Nov 2021 #14

Looking at BBBB polls, I'd say we are left, not center-left. lagomorph777 Nov 2021 #16