Why Democrats are Turncoats to Many of Their Voters

In a recent Gallup poll about how Americans see Democrats as being “too liberal” (they also said Republicans were “too conservative”) we can see why we get the kinds of Democratic leaders that we do – polarizing and hypocritical.

Looking at these numbers the percentage difference between a Democrat or a Republican labeled as being “too” whatever is not huge (it is smaller for Democrats probably because they ran for office from the center and those effects haven’t worn off yet).

If we look at what those “all important” Independents think of the two parties (note: I am a registered Independent) we find an interesting set of results:

In this case, Republicans are overwhelmingly viewed as being “too Conservative” (as if being too true to your party’s values is bad) and, thus, out of touch with Independent voters.  But because Independents are not registered with either party they are also rather fickle and thus cannot be counted upon to support either party uniformly which is why Obama’s election was close in total numbers because Independents probably split slightly Left.

So what is going on here?  It’s up to speculation but I believe the Republican party takes a big hit because of how the media portrays them about gay marriage, abortion, environmentalism, and the insinuation of racism (when Michael Steele, who is black, was made head of the GOP it was suggested that the GOP needed a black man to be their voice so they didn’t look so white).

But what these poll results illustrate, I believe, is that whomever runs for political office has to run from the center (not a new idea) but, in cases like Bill Clinton and Barack Obama, they have to campaign one way with a knowing wink to their extremist wings and then try to placate them as quickly as possible once they take office before the rest of America realizes what is going on.

This knowing wink and the betrayal to the voters is probably why, since 1970, Republicans have controlled the White House for 26 of the past 39 years.

With Bill Clinton we had a slew of proposals in the very early days of his administration that were Left Wing like gays in the military, the BTU tax, and socialized medicine and with Obama he ran a sprint to pass the “stimulus” bill and is trying very hard to ram though Supreme Court nominee Sotomayor, pass Cap-and-Trade, and socialized medicine.

A recent poll (also by Gallup) has shown again that Americans are overwhelmingly not Liberal so when a Republican runs, and get elected, voters pretty much know ahead of time what they’re getting (one interpretation is Republican candidates don’t have to lie as much about their positions on issues) whereas with Democrats they have to appear to respect the reality that most Americans are not going to agree with them on core issues.  Hence the quickie change in “beliefs” once a Democrats gets in office.

Getting back to the original point of this article regarding Americans getting the kinds of Democratic leaders that we do we can say that Democrats must conceal their true beliefs (and agreement with hardcore constituencies like Global Warmers, unions, etc…) and act very quickly to get those agendas passed before Americans wake up.  It happened with Bill Clinton and it is happening with Barack Obama (and after Democrats were smashed at the polls in the following election Clinton became a better Conservative on many issues than Republicans were).

Based on all of this I will predict that Obama’s sweeping Left Wing plans for America will fail and his party will take a huge hit in two years.  Of course, if I’m wrong I’m sure I’ll hear about it.

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Why the Democrats are Failing in the Polls