When I went to "Girl's State", I learned each political party creates a "platform" of issues to be promoted if the party wins, but we don't hear anything about it. We just hear "what do YOU want to do, Obama or Hillary or whomever!"... it should NOT matter WHO is the president if we are ALL ON BOARD with the platform issues. When the Dems play "politics" like this, they don't really want to help working people. Let's take the party back.... get a platform, and stick to it... and it won't matter who gets the democratic nomination because it would be their job to "promote" the platform issues.
2007-07-06 13:16:46 · 9 answers · asked by LuvDylan 5 in Politics & Government ➔ Elections
The Democrats has always been a political party of strange bedfellows, and that's just not the politicians I'm talking about. The very core demographic is a very diverse grouping of people, all with various interests that often do coincide but sometimes do not.
This is why you have such a wide array of different candidates running for the Democrats, with no well-established party platform. It's also why you tend to get really dull Presidential nominees. Ultimately, they have to find somebody who is gray enough to be liked by the largest number of Democrat voters (and also who can pull in independents and even some moderate Conservatives.)
This is no easy feat, to say the least. Most of the really colorful characters will alienate at least ONE of these groups.
2007-07-06 13:57:39 · answer #1 · answered by Lunarsight 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When the Democrats hold their convention next summer, the delegates will decide the party platform and then choose their candidate for President. Right now, Hillary and Barack are competing for the hardcore Democratic base. Many are split on who to support. Then the winner at the convention has to move to the center to get the moderate votes to win in Nov 2008. That's the system.
2007-07-06 20:23:10 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It comes back to monkey psychology, for good or ill. When we choose to buy a car or a toaster, we might research it in Consumer Reports or on the web, and compare & contrast feature sets until we find some mix we're happy with.
When we elect a leader, MOST people will say they're very concerned with the bullet points in the speeches...but elect the person they feel most comfortable with emotionally.
If a party pushes a platform above all else, that party will never. ever. win a race.
2007-07-06 20:28:05 · answer #3 · answered by aspenfnord 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Their platform is socialism. Most people are not for socialism so they can't promote the platform. This is from a former Democrat that decided that wasn't my party. I don't like the Republicans either. I Believe more like the libertarians. Almost no government.
2007-07-06 20:26:26 · answer #4 · answered by Old Man 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why would you want to choose from 10 people who all hold the exact same views? What would be the point of having primaries? I wand different candidates offering a variety of solutions to our problems. Whoever the nominee is in each party will eventually have a say in that parties platform. Until then we should be debating different ideas.
2007-07-06 20:26:14 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The platform of the Dems is to point fingers and blame. Their problem is that they don't have any ideas or solutions. The voters realize that now after the midterm elections. Witness the downward spiral in Congress' ratings since Pelosi and Reid have taken over control. Pathetic really.
2007-07-06 20:20:38 · answer #6 · answered by booman17 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Dems have a platform, but if they were honest about what it is, they would never win an election & they know that.
2007-07-06 21:21:55 · answer #7 · answered by yupchagee 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The only way they can be all things to all people is to be nothing to anyone.
2007-07-06 20:32:34 · answer #8 · answered by lordkelvin 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Democrats can't "afford" that kind of "punctuation".
2007-07-06 20:18:35 · answer #9 · answered by Donkey Snot 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋