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In reply to the discussion: Party Loyalty [View all]cyberswede
(26,117 posts)Seriously...the left DOES reliably vote for Democrats, which is exactly why the left is taken for granted. If lefty voters were to really stay home, the Democratic candidate would lose every time.
The left gets kicked around, blamed, mocked, etc...and yet still votes for Democrats. What does that actually tell us about loyalty?
The party doesn't really want lefties, but it can't survive without them. You'd think that would be worth some consideration, if not actual liberal policy positions.
It's weird how Republicans bend over backward to appease the far right, but Democrats just expect the far left to come along as the party moves to the right. Part of it is the lockstep nature of the RW hive mind, but you'd think the left would get at least some acknowledgement from the Democratic party, rather than being ignored.