Democratic voters express intense dissatisfaction with party leadership, calling them spineless, sellouts, and incompetent. They praise progressive leaders like Zohran Mamdani and Bernie Sanders for clear messaging and action. Voters overwhelmingly choose progressive over moderate candidates. How can Democratic leaders ignore this anger and continue to cling to power? #ProgressiveLeadership #DemocraticParty #PoliticalChange

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/43473370

Feb 18, 2026

The newspaper spoke to 13 Democratic and independent voters including retirees from Indiana and Michigan, working people from states such as North Carolina and Nevada, and an unemployed voter from Iowa. The topic of discussion was the participants’ frustrations with the Democratic Party as it faces the Trump administration and the president’s aggressive deployment of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) across the country.

“Spineless” was one word a participant had for the Democratic Party when asked to describe it. Another said the party appears “paralyzed” while a 46-year-old Latina woman from Nevada said Democrats in Congress are “sellouts and suckers.”

  • madcaesar@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    The number one thing I want is a law and order candidate. I want somone that will fucking throw the book at everyone and anyone in leadership that’s corrupt and dirty.

    Nothing else will matter until criminals and child rapists are held accountable.

    We need a massive restoration campaign for public trust in our institutions and they can only happen by locking up all of the criminals.

    Telling me to move on and unite so we can move forward is no longer an option. We’re past the point of policy disagreements, these motherfuckers are literal child rapist and accepting bribes in broad daylight.