Have you wondered why the Democratic Party keeps getting pulled to the left? To supporting policies that do not have widespread acceptance among the electorate, the losing side of the often cited 80-20 split?
The short answer is that most of their money comes via what I call “victim groups.” That is, organized groups of those who feel wronged by the path our society is now on. Most of us - the 80 - never give politicians a dime.
To access campaign money local Dem. candidates have to align themselves with those groups’ preferred policies, even when the voters of their districts don’t support said policies. It is very much a matter of “who pays the piper calls the tune.” What campaign pros call “the groups” control the purse strings.
Author Alicia Nieves has been a Democrat campaign pro and knows whereof she writes. Her column is a long, thorough treatment of how the Democratic Party keeps getting pulled to the left. It is very much “inside baseball.”
