POTF 6 - Winner and Runner-Up

[Aexodus]

The winner of POTF 6 was Aexodus, earning 1 competition point and 5 rep points. Thanks to everyone who took part and I’m very gratified to have a victory in the competition.

Winning Post

If you’re a White Man the Democratic Party of America doesn’t want you

I'm not sure about just how "radical" these candidates are. If we are talking specifically about Bernie, I can only go by the results of the primaries. Here's NYT reporting. Florida was 141-73 in favor of Clinton, Georgia 73-29 Clinton, Alabama 44-9 Clinton. However, Missouri 36-35 Clinton, New Mexico 18-16 Clinton, Arizona 42-33 Clinton, Kansas 10-23 Sanders, Oklahoma 17-21 Sanders, Indiana 39-44 Sanders. I'm not saying Sanders won a lot, but I wouldn't right off radicals completely. Is it though? Right now people are spamming Internationalist, Globalist, and Neoliberal around. Not Socialist. The question is, will they vote as long as it's a D. I'm pretty sure many people will vote D just to prevent Trump from getting re-elected. GND is better than the massive Trump tax cut. I'm pretty sure it'll never get past it. The good thing about GND is that even if some sections are passed, that's already a good thing. Well, depending on which sections. Some GND policies are simply pipe dreams with no grounding in reality. Cutting out fossil fuels is impossible for starters. http://www.people-press.org/2019/01/...cal-directions https://news.gallup.com/poll/245462/democrats-favor-moderate-party-gop-conservative.aspx Right now most Democrats want their party to become more moderate, and most Republicans want their party to become more Conservative. Gallup and Pew both found similar results showing around 54% of Dems want more moderate candidates, while 58% of Republicans want more Conservative candidates. This tells me for over a decade, voters have wanted a rightward shift in politics. Why? My guess is because things have moved so left in the past decade, especially on social issues. Far-left candidates did poorly in the Democratic primaries The Democrats shift left can be seen here, this is what is motivating the desire for moderate policies. If you have radical leftists as candidates, a number of center left moderates will feel alienated, and will in fact likely feel that a Conservative is closer to them, such as Trump. The blue collar vote for Trump exemplifies this best. The Democrats are undoubtedly moving further and further left and extreme, especially with regards to racial identitarianism. I am much more worried about left wingers (socialists mostly) imposing racist policies than I am about right wingers (fascists mostly). It’s going to backfire. The backing of the GND for example, by high profile Democrats is a gift to the Right. In addition the recent abortion stances and Acts around abortion validate the worst far right conspiracies about the Dems and late term abortion. America doesn’t seem to want these policies and attitudes. The centre can hold https://news.gallup.com/poll/247016/...ls-states.aspx Take this gallup poll that showed there are far more Red states than blue ones. This is going to be of massive importance in 2020. With Dem candidates embracing far left rhetoric and identitarianism, many many moderates and others will feel better represented by Trump and Republicans. There are even Occupy Wall Street supporters who are now MAGA Trump supporters. Moving left is a huge mistake by the Democrats and they’re going to suffer for it. Maybe you should read a history book rather than spout political propaganda? There is no doubt that LBJ passed the 1964 Act as a political ploy, among other affirmative policies. Son, when I appoint a n****r to the court, I want everyone to know he’s a n****r

Joint runners-up this week were Sukiyama, Ἀπολλόδοτος Α΄ ὁ Σωτήρ, and I_Damian. A big thanks to everyone who participated!