Moving the Democrats towards the centre ground would not just be a shrewd political tactic: it could also be the beginning of a cure for American democracy. The stakes could not be higher
, 78% think the country is heading in the wrong direction and 64% want another presidential candidate on the ticket in 2024.
This newspaper does not usually hand out advice to political parties, but America’s sickly democracy requires urgent repair. A majority of Republican members of Congress have endorsed Mr Trump’s attempt to—and many of them are likely to see themselves rewarded if the House returns to Republican control. For as long as they pander to their base by embracing Mr Trump’s baleful influence even after he nearly overthrew the constitution, repair will not come from Republicans.
Fringe and sometimes dotty ideas have crept into Democratic rhetoric, peaking in the feverish summer of 2020 with a movement to “defund the police”, abolish immigration enforcement, shun capitalism, relabel women as birthing people and inject “anti-racism” into the classroom.
Another myth is that winning over centrist voters is unnecessary, because Democrats’ fortunes will be rescued by grand structural reforms to American democracy that are tantalisingly within reach. The constitution biases the Senate and electoral college towards rural America, and thus away from Democrats.
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