# What should the Dems plan of attack be for 2020?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-the-dems-plan-of-attack-be-for-2020/772792>\
**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [November 23, 2016, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-the-dems-plan-of-attack-be-for-2020/772792 "2016-11-23T04:28:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2016, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-the-dems-plan-of-attack-be-for-2020/772792/41 "2016-11-24T23:42:19Z")

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> [@elucidator](#):
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> A bit fuzzy here, on what exactly “…manipulated the system to attempt to increase turnout…” means.

Opposed voter suppression and sought to increase and ease voter registration and access, I must conclude from all the exchanges on the subject.

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**Author:** ![up\_the\_junction](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f1d935/32.png) [@up\_the\_junction](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/up_the_junction)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2016, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-the-dems-plan-of-attack-be-for-2020/772792/42 "2016-11-24T23:48:13Z")

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> [@elucidator](#):
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> They’ve been had, haven’t they? The good jobs aren’t coming back, for the most part.

In the US paradigm, yes

Of course there is Europe in an alternative world; Germany is at full capacity with full employment, for example. The Mediterranean countries have had serious post-2008 problems but haven’t lost jobs to _globalisation_.

Globalisation is a bogus argument. It’s about corporate profiteering supported by a bribed political class who sold US workers down the river for more campaign donations.

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**Author:** ![adaher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2016, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-the-dems-plan-of-attack-be-for-2020/772792/43 "2016-11-25T06:14:29Z")

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> [@elucidator](#):
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> A bit fuzzy here, on what exactly “…manipulated the system to attempt to increase turnout…” means.

Early voting, same day registration… None of these things were considered particularly necessary until Democrats started losing elections due to turnout problems. When turnout was low but affected both parties equally, Democrats had no particular interest in figuring out how to get more people voting.

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