Democratic political strategy

  • spujb@lemmy.cafe
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    13 hours ago

    /genuine question, asides from the obvious of republicans adopting left policy, what would have to happen for another party switch to occur?

    like, i know it happened once. wondering what circumstances and context brought that about and if that’s even a realistic framing to think about today’s world?

    • ZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.works
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      10 hours ago

      There is also the Whig party for reference. They were one of the two parties until they refused to take a meaningful stance on slavery. They were the ‘bipartisanship states rights solves it’ party versus the ‘pro-slavery’ party.

      There is no longer a Whig party and the slavery party went to war over a decade or so after the anti slavery parry formed.

      So there’s that alternative to Party switch.

      • NABDad@lemmy.world
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        9 hours ago

        I agree. I think we’re at the stage where the Democrats are the Whig party. They aren’t going to change, they need to be replaced with a true progressive party.

        Assuming that we continue to be as much of a democracy as we were, now might be the time for that replacement to happen.