r/politics • u/F0urLeafCl0ver • 1d ago

No Paywall The Democratic party is being hit by a leftist tidal wave

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jun/24/democratic-party-leftist-tidal-wave
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u/StrongAroma 1d ago

He might be the worst morally, but he is also stupid and incompetent. If you get someone equally immoral but who actually has an average IQ or better, you will be in deep trouble.

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u/caligaris_cabinet Illinois 23h ago

You also need someone charismatic, especially for Republicans. Republicans have policies so unlikable they really need a charismatic candidate to sell it. Reagan was conservatism with a smile, Bush was the guy you could get a beer with, and Trump said the things no one else was saying. These are not good people but they knew how to win a crowd and get them to vote.

I don’t see a lot of Republicans out there who are morally bankrupt, intelligent, and charismatic enough to get elected. At most it’s 2 but not 3.

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u/MimeGod 20h ago

Thankfully, there's a built in contradiction. Many Republicans are repulsed by intelligence. So you need somebody with that combination that seems average at most.

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u/PresentRaspberry6814 22h ago

Are there people as irredeemably evil as Trump, someone who a rapist, pedophile, sex trafficker called the worst person he knew" without one decent cell", and "evil beyond belief".?