# American police departments and the Democratic Party

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**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [February 2, 2020, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-police-departments-and-the-democratic-party/847354 "2020-02-02T01:31:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![Chingon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chingon/32/17645_2.png) [@Chingon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chingon)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2020, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-police-departments-and-the-democratic-party/847354/13 "2020-02-03T22:15:14Z")

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Sounds to me like you have an idea. What part of your previous post is unclear to you?

> [@Why do the Democrats seem so ineffective?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-the-democrats-seem-so-ineffective/845081/45):
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> Exactly. Democrats run on a platform of victimhood and "white, police, this, police are evil, etc.
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> Yes, white supremacy is prevalent in America and there is a policing problem, but the way how a lot of far-left people demonize police day in and day out doesn’t bode well.
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> The Republicans run on a platform of “immigrants this, immigrants that”. Climate deniers, union busters, etc.
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> The Democratic Party has a party of tribes and coalitions but with a bigger demographic share in the future.

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