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SWBTATTReg

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38. Some more fyi on the Overton window...

Sat Dec 7, 2019, 03:32 PM

Dec 2019

I didn't know what this was, this is fyi to others...thanks for putting up your post, very fyi to me.

The Overton window is the range of policies politically acceptable to the mainstream population at a given time. It is also known as the window of discourse. The term is named after Joseph P. Overton, who stated that an idea's political viability depends mainly on whether it falls within this range, rather than on politicians' individual preferences. According to Overton, the window frames the range of policies that a politician can recommend without appearing too extreme to gain or keep public office given the climate of public opinion at that time.

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Has the democratic party drifted to the right over the past 40 years? [View all] redqueen Dec 2019 OP

Reagan and Eisenhower would be Dems today aeromanKC Dec 2019 #1

Eisenhower yes edhopper Dec 2019 #18

Reagan WAS a Democrat until 1962 and in fact he was a strong union advocate at one time: George II Dec 2019 #34

Yes, but edhopper Dec 2019 #36

Reagan turned R thanks to Nancy's father Freddie Jan 2020 #55

Nixon would definitely be a democrat! Greybnk48 Jan 2020 #54

Bull --- Check govtrack and see it is more liberal. LiberalFighter Dec 2019 #2

+1000 UniteFightBack Dec 2019 #3

Certainly it is more socially liberal but in its heyday the party was economically liberal. hedda_foil Dec 2019 #42

The decline of support for labor & workers rights has really appalachiablue Dec 2019 #45

Kick for visibility appalachiablue Dec 2019 #46

Preach! redqueen Dec 2019 #48

Well done synopsis n/t Bradshaw3 Jan 2020 #52

"How we got here" in a nutshell. Thanks. nt Atticus Jan 2020 #57

Any PoliSci 102 class will show that. TheBlackAdder Dec 2019 #4

Same with a US History 101 course (where I first learned it). redqueen Dec 2019 #7

After WWII there was a bonus. The Republican Party used Prosper Dec 2019 #5

Bernie is no FDR, and the country is a very different situation than it was during his ehrnst Jan 2020 #50

Yes, and we really need to track left. marble falls Dec 2019 #6

It's not a yes or no question Recursion Dec 2019 #8

Interestingly, support for legal abortion wasn't always a partisan issue. nt redqueen Dec 2019 #9

Yes, it was. Democrats weren't always solidly pro-choice. The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2020 #53

got there first stopdiggin Dec 2019 #39

I agree that it's mostly a mixed bag within 40 yrs. Overall... WePurrsevere Jan 2020 #59

No. For most of the last 40 years, it held fairly steady. Recently, it's shifted left a bit. Garrett78 Dec 2019 #10

Democrats moves significantly to the right economically Fiendish Thingy Dec 2019 #31

The Democratic Party, as a whole, has consistently... Garrett78 Dec 2019 #33

Some more fyi on the Overton window... SWBTATTReg Dec 2019 #38

Yes n/t leftstreet Dec 2019 #11

Results are p much what I expected. redqueen Dec 2019 #12

Absolutely yes in the wake of the Reagan era, but the pendulum has made a swing bullwinkle428 Dec 2019 #13

Thanks! redqueen Dec 2019 #15

Yes, we've been picking up moderate Repubs who have been forced out of their party... Wounded Bear Dec 2019 #14

No, I don't think so. MineralMan Dec 2019 #16

More like "dragged" to the right. moondust Dec 2019 #17

Bingo! nt redqueen Dec 2019 #21

And many years (decades) of 'going along to get along' Doremus Dec 2019 #24

Yes. moondust Dec 2019 #32

+1 honest.abe Dec 2019 #28

I think it depends on the issues. crickets Dec 2019 #19

IDK Recursion Dec 2019 #35

On social policy the Democratic Party has moved steadily left, economically it moved rightwards andym Dec 2019 #20

I'd say on environmental policy we have not, and that it was in fact that very thing redqueen Dec 2019 #22

Yes, indeed, we do have Ralph Nadar to "thank" for The Bush presidency, the Iraq War, lapucelle Jan 2020 #60

What Hubert Humphrey ran on in '68 looks like Bernie now DBoon Dec 2019 #23

GOP politicians spent decades Skidmore Dec 2019 #25

Democratic party did what it had to do to compete with filthy, disgusting cheaters Eliot Rosewater Dec 2019 #27

There is no KGB. Its been disbanded for decades now. Voltaire2 Dec 2019 #41

Post removed Post removed Dec 2019 #26

Campaign finance, including dark money has affected our whole political landscape. Dustlawyer Dec 2019 #29

Interesting question Dave in VA Dec 2019 #30

If one studies history, they would learn that all parties drift left or right, and back again and... SWBTATTReg Dec 2019 #37

Some ways yes, other ways no. Turin_C3PO Dec 2019 #40

Well, it's shifted to people who can get elected... brooklynite Dec 2019 #43

With a little (lot of) help from the M$M. redqueen Dec 2019 #49

Something to think over appalachiablue Dec 2019 #44

No, it has shifted to the left (and that's a good thing) Polybius Dec 2019 #47

ok just remember where the Dem party was in the 40s and 50s.. samnsara Jan 2020 #51

Is this a serious question? nt Atticus Jan 2020 #56

If there was a category "DOH!!" that would have been my vote. InAbLuEsTaTe Jan 2020 #58