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

You can only vote on one answer.

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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ron122 · 41-45, M

They have move very far left. They even support Hamas terrorist now.

CedricH · 22-25, M

@ron122 The party or the voters?

ron122 · 41-45, M

@CedricH Both

Roundandroundwego · 61-69

@ron122 you're spinning and spinning and nobody will ever get their bearings again! War is leftist? Y'all are truly beyond talking to. Whatever!

CedricH · 22-25, M

@Roundandroundwego Sorry, but at what point did @ron122 associate war with lefitsm?

Roundandroundwego · 61-69

@CedricH Hamas terror not war? The response by Israel not war? Okay. Whatever.

CedricH · 22-25, M

@Roundandroundwego I think he‘s trying to suggest that the Democratic Party has become sympathetic to Hamas. That‘s how I interpreted his post.

Roundandroundwego · 61-69

@CedricH and that's leftist? Nope.

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CedricH · 22-25, M

@Roundandroundwego The Palestinian „cause“ and left-wing movements have been intertwined since the 1960s. So yes, it would be definitionally a leftist policy position.

Roundandroundwego · 61-69

@CedricH anti war, anti violence and pro sovereignty people naturally support Palestine and naturally condemn Israeli aggression. We're not all aligned on two sides like you war loving moderates for Washington like to claim. And being anti war is a left position, most leftists take no position on Hamas or any other political party of Lebanon.

CedricH · 22-25, M

@Roundandroundwego You think I‘m a Washingtonian, war loving moderate?

Roundandroundwego · 61-69

@CedricH leftists support Palestine, not war. You tried to make supporting Hamas leftist because leftists and Hamas support Palestine. Sounds perfectly US war loving moderate. No politics, just two sides battling it out for control! Very DC.

CedricH · 22-25, M

@Roundandroundwego I‘m a neoconservative, actually.

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Diotrephes · 70-79, M

@ron122

They have move very far left. They even support Hamas terrorist now.

Hamas terrorists are angels compared to the Zionists.

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Elessar · 31-35, M

@ron122 lmao, the pro-Hamas folks are telling everyone to stay home or vote for Stein, and calling Biden "genocide Joe". Idk what reality you live in