Who are we? Who are the Democrats?

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2. Well said, and recommended.

And yes, the conflict is quite evident here and has been since last year. I am a socialist, putting me in your "penumbra" classification. But in national elections I have voted Democratic since my first election in 1972. None of the Democrats I voted for were socialist, or even close, but they all represented a far better alternative in the actual elections.

And that extra 1 or 2% can be explained by a lack of enthusiasm, or Green voters, but voter suppression also weighed heavily. There was deliberate voter suppression in Michigan, Wisconsin, and N. Carolina, and the corporate media refuses to even consider this as being a factor.