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In reply to the discussion: Has the democratic party drifted to the right over the past 40 years? [View all]appalachiablue
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Has the democratic party drifted to the right over the past 40 years? [View all]
redqueen
Dec 2019
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Reagan WAS a Democrat until 1962 and in fact he was a strong union advocate at one time:
George II
Dec 2019
#34
Certainly it is more socially liberal but in its heyday the party was economically liberal.
hedda_foil
Dec 2019
#42
Bernie is no FDR, and the country is a very different situation than it was during his
ehrnst
Jan 2020
#50
No. For most of the last 40 years, it held fairly steady. Recently, it's shifted left a bit.
Garrett78
Dec 2019
#10
Absolutely yes in the wake of the Reagan era, but the pendulum has made a swing
bullwinkle428
Dec 2019
#13
Yes, we've been picking up moderate Repubs who have been forced out of their party...
Wounded Bear
Dec 2019
#14
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
Democratic party did what it had to do to compete with filthy, disgusting cheaters
Eliot Rosewater
Dec 2019
#27
Campaign finance, including dark money has affected our whole political landscape.
Dustlawyer
Dec 2019
#29