# Why do the Democrats seem so ineffective?

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**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [December 19, 2019, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-the-democrats-seem-so-ineffective/845081 "2019-12-19T14:44:22Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 22, 2019, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-the-democrats-seem-so-ineffective/845081/45 "2019-12-22T00:55:59Z")

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> [@msmith537](#):
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> I feel like because of the left-ed ness of this board, people really don’t “get it” when it comes to why Democrats lose.
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> Republicans run on a platform of “Make America Great!”. Get government out of people’s way so they can be successful! Make Big Business successful so they can make products Americans want and need and create jobs for them to work at! Take on those “shithole” countries using underhanded trade practices and “stealing” our jobs! Whether it’s “true” or not, it’s a message that excites people.
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> The Democrats run on a platform of “victimhood”. It’s all about how the wealthy, big business, White People, the police, whoever is “screwing” this group or that group. It’s not enough to tell us how crappy Trump is. Or come up with unworkable pie in the sky ideas about saving the environment.
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> The Democrats need to put someone out there who can get people excited about their ideas (whatever those are). I mean we are at less than 4% unemployment and haven’t had a major war or terrorist attack since Trump took office. So what do the Democrats want to change to make America “better”?

Exactly. Democrats run on a platform of victimhood and "white, police, this, police are evil, etc.

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.

The Republicans run on a platform of “immigrants this, immigrants that”. Climate deniers, union busters, etc.

The Democratic Party has a party of tribes and coalitions but with a bigger demographic share in the future.

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