Has the Democratic Party moved to the left over the last 30 years & if so, do you see this development in a favorable or unfavorable light?

Poll - Total Votes: 33

Yes, favorable

Yes, unfavorable

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Comments and arguments are welcome. Healthy debates thrive on input.
Debates open a venue to specify where changes on policy positions can be seen or why most things stayed the same.

Definitional: The left-right axis is complicated but to simplify it “left” in the context of this poll is supposed to refer to positions that support less restrictive and traditional cultural norms on social issues and more support for active government intervention to influence the economy and control the free market on fiscal issues. Regarding foreign policy, it would mean less hawkish and more dovish positions on international affairs.

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hippyjoe1955 · 70-79, M

the Overton Window has moved significantly left. JFK would be seen as extreme right wing and not even welcome in the Republican party which has moved left as well

ViciDraco · 41-45, M

@hippyjoe1955 based on which policies?

hippyjoe1955 · 70-79, M

@ViciDraco economy, border, sexual deviancy do you want me to continue?

ViciDraco · 41-45, M

@hippyjoe1955 JFK was alleged to have all kinds of affairs. Specify border and economic policy that made him more right than today? He cut taxes, yes. To 70%. And he embraced deficit spending.

hippyjoe1955 · 70-79, M

@ViciDraco If you think post was in favour of JFK you are sadly mistaken. I was simply pointing out that the Democrats were not what they are today. I grew up in the 50s 60s and 70s I remember well the social norms and how much money you kept from your pay cheques. I paid my first year of university with cash from a summer job that paid $1.25 an hour. The small town I grew up going to school in had a town pervert and everyone knew who he was and no kid would go near him. Very different times and norms.