In short, voters get that Democrats hate Trump; they’ve already priced that in. Endlessly reminding voters of that fact and how Trump must be #Resisted! does nothing to change Democrats’ fundamental problem: voters neither like nor trust them and therefore do not find them an obvious choice over their opponents.If that’s true, why do so many Democratic politicians persist in reading—loudly—from the #Resistance script? Wouldn’t they be better off as a party if they concentrated on winning voters away from their doubts about the Democrats—convincing them, say, that Democrats are actually a culturally moderate party that believes in working class abundance? They would! The problem is that the #Resistance trope is what advantages individual Democratic politicians within the party because it generates adulation from activists, media coverage, and gushers of donations. This contradiction between the interests of the party as a whole and the interests of individual politicians is a tragedy of the commons that is not easily solved—or even widely recognized in the current context.
Emphasis in original. This is why Cory Booker beclowns himself with these filibusters and performative outbursts: it helps Cory Booker, but not the Democrat Party.
Therefore: keep it up, Cory, AOC and Jasmine. You're doing great.
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