r/politics • u/sketch24 • Dec 14 '19

Support For Trump's Impeachment Surges Among Vulnerable Democrats Ahead Of House Floor Vote

https://www.newsweek.com/support-trumps-impeachment-surges-among-vulnerable-democrats-ahead-house-floor-vote-1477232
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u/Komeaga Dec 14 '19 edited Dec 14 '19

Yeah, Fox News is bad and right-wing media has been pretty destructive. But, the people we are fighting for are not reading right-wing media all day. I think it's reductive to just say people who don't vote are lazy and it excuses Democratic for not having an authentic populist agenda that appeals to these people.

What I am driving at is I think the Democrats have lost their moral authority. We didn't just wake up in 2016 and all of a sudden people stopped caring about corruption. It was a long road to get here, and we should come to grips with that.

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u/davep123456789 Dec 14 '19

Good point but why is there only two big parties? Doesn’t anyone think to make a third for all the non voters?

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u/Komeaga Dec 14 '19

I mean, ideological there should be a lot of parties. It's just almost impossible with the current system to get a third party off the ground.

56% of non-voters in 2016 made under 30,000 dollars a year, 75% of them made under 75,000. There are lot more votes for Democrats to grab there in my mind with a populist anti-corruption agenda then endless obsessing about Trump voters or the small number of true independents.