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DoomTheGyarados posted...

Let's put that to the test. That's what I keep hearing but frankly Obama, and he is sane and intelligent so god bless him, got little done the two years they had a majority in both houses of congress because only one side knows what the word compromise means and for all of the things I disagree with Republicans on you have to admire their willingness to say fuck you until their near dying breath.

So I guess we will see. I think the Florida election in November will be a telling one. Gillum is incredibly liberal. Let's see who Florida votes for, it's only the most important swing state in the union.

Neither side is really willing to compromise. They both are only willing to compromise on some details whenever their party is dictating the path.

Democrats comrpromised just as little under Trump as Republicans have under Obama.

During Bush, bipartisan efforts had to happen due to 9/11. The country was too shook to not come together, but we saw how that looked towards the end.

The problem is that the spectrum is like this.

Far Left - Left Center - Center - Right Center - Far Right

The majority of voters fall into the left to right center.

You have a much smaller amount on the Far Left who many either vote Democrat or are fuck political parties types. And you have the Far Right which is much smaller also (smaller than the Far Left) but will vote R no matter what.

So then you have the two parties fighting for that center.

If democrats move further left. They risk losing the center and even maybe some center left at the possible benefit of trying to gain the Far Left. Does the vote benefit justify the move? The answer is likely not. You are trying to woo the fuck political parties end into voting Democrat at the expense of maybe losing the center.

In a perfect world they would retain that center and pick up the Far Left, but it's a huge risk and generally just not a good choice. Democrats can win easily enough in the center-area for the most part. They do win in this area in many races. It is just can they woo the true center and fringe opposite end center better than the other party.

You throw away any fringe opposite end spectrum in that move further down the end. And possibly lose the center. It is just a huge huge and costly risk.

It works in Democratic bastions some, but not so much in more evenly proportionated areas. Democrats hold the numbers in registered voters as is where they are.
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