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  • There is also the Whig party for reference. They were one of the two parties until they refused to take a meaningful stance on slavery. They were the ‘bipartisanship states rights solves it’ party versus the ‘pro-slavery’ party.

    There is no longer a Whig party and the slavery party went to war over a decade or so after the anti slavery parry formed.

    So there’s that alternative to Party switch.










  • She was never anywhere close to the left to abandon it, but there is a fairly loose definition of what constitutes ‘the left’, especially in online spaces.

    What she did represent was a chance to be a change, but solidified in reinforcing the status quo, which has been resoundingly unpopular.

    The Cheney roadshow and advertising the border policy drafted by hyperconservatives didn’t help. Sidelining Walz didn’t either, especially since he was the stronger message on proven policy.

    But really it was the most unsurprising course of action the Democratic Party could’ve taken, so I can’t say that bait and switch sentiment should be felt by anyone else but newcomers to American politics.