I was sobered to see some of the details of the revised DSA platform.

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116. The goalposts keep moving.

First, you went from claiming Democratic support dropped from 50% to 25%, and now you are shifting the goalposts to a 33% to 27% Gallup shift. That drop applies to both parties as more voters register as Independents --- it is not a unique rejection of Democrats.

Second, declaring that the ACA is "completely dismantled" and Medicare is on its "last legs" is hyperbole that ignores reality. While Republicans allowed the Inflation Reduction Act’s enhanced subsidies to expire (causing a recent drop from last year's record-high enrollment) the ACA still covers nearly 20 million Americans. And that's still higher than any year before 2024.

Furthermore, the IRA gave Medicare historic, unprecedented power to cap insulin and negotiate drug prices. Republicans have repeatedly tried to destroy the ACA and failed precisely because Democrats fought to protect it.

To answer your question about enduring, major achievements passed by broad "big tent" coalitions that Republicans could not dismantle:

-- The Social Security Amendments of 1965: Created Medicare and Medicaid, which still provide healthcare to over 140 million Americans today.
-- The Civil Rights Act and Voting Rights Act: Built the powerful legislative majorities required to permanently transform the legal landscape of American democracy.
-- The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA): Codified sweeping civil rights protections into law permanently with massive bipartisan support.
-- The CHIPS and Science Act & Bipartisan Infrastructure Law: Rebuilding American manufacturing and infrastructure right now, bringing tens of thousands of union jobs to red and blue states alike.

Major things only happen when you actually win power. You claim "big tent" coalitions don't get anything done, but ideological purity tests from fringe factions have never passed a single piece of major legislation in American history.

Continually denigrating the Democrats suppresses votes. Stubbornly and defiantly sitting on one's hands (and not voting) while waiting for "the perfect candidate" only benefits the GOP. Purity gets you zero votes in Congress. Broad coalitions get things signed into law.