The Trump DOJ goes "woke" and will target free speech.
- By mark46
- American Politics
- 93 Replies
Do you believe that there of the far left in the US? How many and how do they vote?Democrats are not part of the far left, and never have been.
The far left has been part of the Democratic Party for a century. I do recall that when Humphrey formed his alliance: The DFL Party (Democrati, Farmer Labor), the Democrats were forced out of the Democratic Party.
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Perhaps, this is all a matter of definition. There is indeed a US political spectrum which is less and less useful. There are a signifcant number of those who are at the far left of the political spectrum. The vast, vast, Majority identify as Democrats and vote in Democratic primaries.
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Consider the House of Representatives. Should any be considered far left. If not, perhaps I should simply say those in the leftist 20% of American politics. Let us consider a truly evenly divided county, with a shrinking center. We have those on the far right (10%), the 30% right of center, the 20% centrists, the 30% left of center, and the 10% on the far left. And I well understand that the center is moving more and more to the right.
Those on the 10% far left are Democrats. Without their votes, the Democrats would have won many fewer elections. To be more blunt, when they are so dissatisfied with the democrats that they choose to stay home (or vote for a monority 3rd party), Democrats are much more likely to lose.
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Just BTW, I do not consider Sanders a member of the far left. He has much, much more in common with the left of center liberals than those of the far left. Actually, he has more in common with the centrists that with the far left.
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