How do we rebuild the Democratic Party?

[jeff47]

29. By solving people's problems.

People vote for the party that solves their problems. It's been a very long time since Democrats solved people's problems, and then ran on solving those problems.

For example, the economy's doing a hell of a lot better than 2008. We didn't run on that. We didn't point to what we got done. We didn't point to where the Republicans made it worse. We didn't run on Obamacare. We didn't run on decimating al-Qaeda. We ran on....not much.

We've also spent the last 20 years ignoring most of young GenX's problems. While older GenX tends to be teabaggers, younger GenX tend to be liberal, and would happily vote Democrat if Democrats actually addressed their problems. Instead, they're extremely apathetic. And it's easy to see why - their problems don't change regardless of the letter after their senator's name.

We're also repeating the same error with Millennials. Who are also turning out in very low numbers. And for the same reason - the party isn't solving their problems.

So how do we actually fix it? We have to get very involved with our local party and our local candidates. Not just handing out flyers, but actually work our way into running the party. So that we can get the party to actually solve people's problems and then run on those successes instead of running on what the high-priced consultants say is important.