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In reply to the discussion: Has the democratic party drifted to the right over the past 40 years? [View all]crickets
(25,988 posts)Women's issues are holding fairly steady, support eroded not by Democratic party change but by the unrelenting attacks from the right; other civil rights and social issues are trending left in spite of same*. Fiscal and labor issues are mixed. Big business gets far too cosy with legislators through PACs and lobbyists, and while labor gets verbal nods, in practice it is definitely not supported as strongly as in the past. It's a mixed bag but overall, certain positive social changes notwithstanding, it's further right. Overton window and all that.
*I should clarify: the racial divide in this country has grown and racial civil rights are eroded much the same as women's rights have been and for the same reasons. It's not that Democrats have changed but that the pushback has been so virulent. Sexual orientation civil rights on the other hand have made great strides and we are the better for that.