2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Bernie is going all the way [View all]moriah
(8,311 posts)It's that I do think, overall, it will counteract the right shift in politics.
I talk to Conservatives frequently, partly because I am a minority as a liberal in my own state, partly because there are some who aren't truly insane (rare, but I manage to find a few), and mostly because I prefer to debate policy positions with people who disagree or I can't really constructively analyze my own viewpoint well enough to argue why I disagree unless I listen to what they're saying.
And most of those I do speak to don't support the culture wars that the current GOP fights. They are fiscal conservatives, not social ones. I truly think the GOP would be the first to fracture, becoming the party of social conservatives only
I think the Democrats, on the other hand, would move more to the left to embrace Greens and the more left-leaning Democrats. We have a far stronger reputation of trying to enlarge our tent, not fracture.