{"id":135321,"date":"2017-11-08T11:03:06","date_gmt":"2017-11-08T18:03:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/?p=135321"},"modified":"2017-11-09T13:58:34","modified_gmt":"2017-11-09T20:58:34","slug":"election-results-good-news-democrats-not-necessarily-dnc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2017\/11\/08\/election-results-good-news-democrats-not-necessarily-dnc.html","title":{"rendered":"The election results are good news for Democrats, not necessarily the DNC"},"content":{"rendered":"

If folk at the Democratic National Committee are busy patting themselves on the back this morning, that would be a huge mistake.<\/p>\n

As far as I can tell, the success by Democratic candidates in yesterday’s election were more in spite of<\/i> the DNC and institutional politics than because of it. The victories seem largely due to local activism, intense dislike of Donald Trump (and any party associated with him) by the left and moderates, and a resulting larger turn-out.<\/p>\n

This last is key. The DNC would do better pushing voter turn-out efforts [1] than creating political empires of business-acceptable mainstream candidates for a few headline-worthy seats. Returning to a fifty-state strategy, encouraging the grass roots, and getting people out to vote are the roads to success — as the GOP have demonstrated for themselves.<\/p>\n

An additional road to success is tolerance level within the party. The candidate is a bit too leftist for you? The candidate is a bit too centrist for you? The candidate has some radical economic ideas? The candidate has some business ties? The candidate once said something that gives you heartburn? Suck it up, buttercup.<\/i> There should be a lot<\/i> of wiggle room there in comparison to the prospect of a conservative Republican or Trump supporter or GOP establishment pol. We’ve seen too many times over the last decade — especially last year — what happens when purity standards let the Republicans run the board. And that’s an area where the DNC as an organization has been at least as guilty as any part of the Dems further to the left.<\/p>\n

——<\/p>\n

[1] As demonstrated by Republican efforts to suppress<\/i> the Democratic vote, duh.<\/p>\n

Originally shared by +John Hummel<\/a>:<\/span><\/p>\n

The take-aways from yesterday\u2019s elections<\/b><\/p>\n

It was largely a suburban rebellion, where more moderate voters rejected Mr. Trump and embraced Democrats.<\/i><\/p>\n

Yo, DNC:<\/b> Don\u2019t make more of this than it is.<\/p>\n

People are still deeply unhappy with the status quo: Rejecting trump is not the same as embracing other flavors of oligarch.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n


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\n<\/a>
\nKey Takeaways From Tuesday\u2019s Elections – The New York Times<\/a><\/span>
\nA suburban rebellion against President Trump propelled Democrats to victory in races for governor, state legislature and mayor, in a series of elections.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

View on Google+<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If folk at the Democratic National Committee are busy patting themselves on the back this morning, that would be a huge mistake. As far as I can tell, the success by Democratic candidates in yesterday’s election were more in spite of the DNC and institutional politics than because of it. 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