Status Quo is politically unpopular. Democratic leaders need to understand this if they want to re-gain power.

[Yavin4]

A big part of Trump's appeal is the total rejection of the status quo from a rhetorical perspective. Sure, policy wise, he's King Status Quo, but most Americans do not follow policy making, nor government, nor the news. Yes, that frustrates us, but we have to deal with reality.

The challenge facing us is that the leadership of the Democratic party are staunch defenders of the status quo with tweaks here and there. Biden's full BBB legislation package died in congress. That full package, though tame, went further than any Democratic presidential policy initiative since LBJ, but that was rejected. That's a huge political mistake on the part of Democratic leaders who simply do not understand that the current status quo is not working for most American, particularly younger Americans.

My humble suggestions for Democratic leaders going forward:

1. Call out how Trump's policies reinforce the status quo by giving rich people and corporations massive tax cuts while cutting government services. Make the point that his policies make things worse and doesn't change anything for the better.

2. Look at Biden's BBB. Take many of those provisions, expand and improve on them, and then make a new Contract with America that you will pass them. Use it to re-design your brand image.

3. Declare your independence from corporate campaign donors. There are far more cost-effective ways to communicate to voters other than 30 sec ads which don't really move voters like they once did. Use social media. Use podcasts. Communicate through non-traditional means.

[delisen]

1. Dem leaders rejected Build Back Better ?

I thought it was Sinema and Manchin.

[Yavin4]

3. To the median voter who doesn't follow the news, esp. political news, then yes, to them Dem leadership

failed to pass it. I would argue that a majority of people don't know either Sinema or Manchin.

[JI7]

2. People aren't voting on issues. They are voting based on things like beer ads

They are voting to stick it to the libs. feminists, wokes etc

The ones that vote on issues are mostly regular voters that vote their party.

[Yavin4]

4. A majority do not vote at all.

Getting them to care is about changing status quo thinking and policies.

[Blue_Tires]

5. What's the point when Americans are

too fucking ignorant to understand what the status quo is?

[Yavin4]

7. They're uninformed. They don't watch the news. They don't follow politics.

They don't know who Joe Manchin and Krysten Sinema are.

But, they are hurting under the current state of the economy. They are paying more for housing, transportation, healthcare, and education. Talking to them via making these things more affordable is what connects you to them.

[Blue_Tires]

10. Agreed, but Harris/Walz talked about the economy

until they were blue in the face... Fuckwits still voted for the Nazis

[Yavin4]

11. Their problem was that they had to defend the status quo.

Manchin and Sinema killed their chances.

[Blue_Tires]

14. The fact that people just naturally assume

the "status quo" is horrible and something to be constantly changed exposes their ignorance... Because sometimes the "status quo" is not only great, it's the preferred course to continue on.

You know the kind of status quo I really like? The one where incompetent clowns and their dumbasses cronies aren't running the country. The one where we had a quietly capable administration that got shit done without the need to flagrantly enrich themselves. The one that wasn't getting indicted every two weeks...

Call me crazy, but that shouldn't be all that hard of a status quo to defend... But deep down, the public and the media were desperate to get the clown and his reality TV circus back in town... Yes, they're terrible at everything but at least they're never boring! 🙄

[Yavin4]

16. The current status quo means that life is unaffordable for a growing number of Americans.

The costs of housing, transportation, healthcare, and education are all growing faster than wages. And retirement is becoming a fantasy. These are structural problems that need addressing.

For the Democrats to re-gain and hold power, they have to address these structural issues. As a party, relying on "MAGA is bad" is not an effective political strategy as has been proven 2 out of the last 3 elections.

[Blue_Tires]

17. If they think Donnie is going to fix it, they're literally too stupid to breathe

And they'll rightly deserve to lose the little bit of "quo" they have left when it gets snatched to pay for Elmo's $50 billion tax cut...

Nevermind the fact that the only reason they even have a fucking "quo" to complain about is because it's riding on the shoulders of hard-won Dem policies over the generations... Policies that Donnie is about to erase with the stroke of a pen. But yeah, the burden is ALWAYS on us to "prove something" (because reasons) while Donnie blabs out endless tapestries of lies and jibberish.

I swear to Christ, these ignorant people will be the death of us all someday.🙄

[Ars Longa]

6. I think Rumpy & the Republicans will be the de-facto Status Quo

by the 2026 elections. I mean they'll have the House/Senate/

Presidency.. We "should" make them own all the bad stuff by then!

[Yavin4]

9. Precisely.

In January 2024, Trump, Vance, Elon, MAGA, et al, will own the status quo outright. But, as a party, the Democrats cannot rely on backlash alone. They have to offer a full throated agenda.

[H2O Man]

8. Recommended.

Absolutely!

[newdeal2]

12. Agree with 1-2

Partially with 3. Ideally that’s how it works, but while we have Citizens United that’s not feasible. Elon and the other billionaires proved that they could buy the presidency. Unilaterally disarming doesn’t make sense to me.

But your bigger point remains: Dems need to support some big changes that are easy for voters to remember

[Yavin4]

13. A strong enough message can get out without big money.

It's the message that matters, not a 30 second ad.

[betsuni]

15. So what do the magic words "static quo" mean? Bad things Democrats do?

It means Democrats are corrupted by money but only anti-Democratic populists know the new insult meaning and use it that way.