GlyphFeb 27

never have my biases been confirmed so hard

https://www.gelliottmorris.com/p/new-poll-democrats-real-problem-isnt

New poll: Democrats' real problem isn't being too liberal — it's being seen as too weak

Americans, including swing voters, see the Republican Party as 20 points more extreme than Democrats — and the Democrats as weak and ineffective. So why would the *Democrats* moderate?

Strength In Numbers
Show threadSean MiddleditchFeb 27
@glyph That Democrats are rated higher on both Competent and Ineffective is somewhat amusing to me. I suppose we all have different ideas of what competence looks like.
Show threadZimmie

@seanmiddleditch @glyph > The GOP leads on exactly one positive trait: toughness (56% versus 31%). That’s it.

That stood out to me, too. Depending on how it’s described, toughness is absolutely not a positive trait. “Tough guy” is an insult aimed at people who project an image of strength without being able to back it up.

As for competence versus ineffectiveness, I think it’s individual versus collective. Plenty of Democrats have very competent ideas. They go to some effort to understand a problem, and the proposed step is a good one. They’re collectively ineffective because they can’t get even others in the same party to stop blocking them.

Feb 27 at 9:51pmWeb