The recent example of the U.K. Labour Party shows that “compromising” rarely stops at some acceptable midpoint.

If the Democrats lose the upcoming midterm elections, our path out of competitive authoritarianism gets a lot longer, or disappears altogether. The political winds are at the Democrats’ backs, but the structure of our electoral system cuts against them. It could come down to a few close races. So the party is—very understandably—anxious to get its strategy right and not to leave gettable votes on the table.

And many centrist think tanks, columnists, and pundits have a pitch for an easy way to win more support: “Moderate” on trans rights.

  • Optional@lemmy.world
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    21 hours ago

    Unless you’re a demented sociopathic corrupt rapist, running for office is very weird and difficult, not to mention mostly irrelevant to the job being run for.

    It’s understandable candidates want good advice from professionals who do this sort of thing. Sadly it usually tends to go poorly for the Democrats who inevitably try something they are recommended to be uniting or emphasizing some common ground that almost everyone hates for any number of reasons.

    And that’s before they get shafted by a publicity photo, a private photo, a misused audio track, or the propaganda arms of foreign states.

    Great political talents like Clinton, Obama, AOC and Mamdani are few and far between. It’s an open field but most don’t wanna get in there and those that do usually aren’t great at it.