Why Democrats Will Lose 2020

Despite Democrats being extremely optimistic for the 2020 election, their chances appear to be slimmer and slimmer as time progresses. In November 2016 the Democratic Party's favorability rating, according to Gallup polling, was 45 percent; by June is was down to 38 percent. This decrease in popularity correlates with diminishing discussions on progressive values such as single payer healthcare, while shifting the discussion to attacks on the administration's ties to Russia. If Democrats wish to win back the house in 2020, or even the presidency, it is vital that they shift their focus back to progressive values.

So why is it that so many Democrats blatantly refuse to endorse progressive values? The answer is simple, they are owned through political donations and do the bidding of their owners--the corporation. Of course, the will of corporations is fundamentally against the will of the people. Is it surprising that Senate Minority Leader Charles ("Chuck") Schumer refuses to endorse a single payer healthcare system given that he has taken over 19 million dollars in bribes, largely to corporations and wealthy donors. The fact is, hardly any politician's in office refuse to take big corporate money--even Bernie Sanders took over 2 million dollars in big-donor money, though this is significantly less than the nearly four million he earned from small money donors.

It is for this reason, that Democrat's will fail to campaign on progressive issues, leading to the Republican's winning in 2020. Progressives must reform the Democratic Party before the Democrats can successfully defeat the Republican Party. The following reforms must occur before Democrats can hope to win. They must adopt an official support for: Getting money out of politics, a single payer healthcare system, ending the drug war, and establishing tuition-free college. For it is these issues that the poor and middle-class individuals of the Midwest, and in fact everywhere in the United States, really care about.

Two organizations that are in favour of reforming the Democratic Party and getting money out of politics are Justice Democrats, and Wolf-Pac. These organizations are funded by small-money donors only, as to keep themselves accountable to the people. It is of the utmost importance that we support these organizations. Justice Democrats is focused on reforming the Democratic Party at all levels of government to push for progressive values, and even more importantly a constitutional amendment to get money out of politics. Wolf-Pac on the other hand is focusing on running progressive candidates at local and state levels, in order to ultimately pass a constitutional amendment to get money out of politics through the state's method. You can volunteer at Wolf-Pac here, or Justice Democrat's here in order to get money out of politics and help defeat the establishment Democrats, by creating a Party for the People.