Embracing the Fringe: Modern Democrats Race To Radicalization

In the fractured landscape of American politics, the Democratic Party finds itself at a crossroads. Once a broad coalition encompassing blue-collar workers, Southern moderates, and urban progressives, the party has undergone a profound transformation over the past decade.   Today, it increasingly embraces positions once considered fringe if not downright radical such as defunding the police, expansive gender identity policies, aggressive wealth redistribution (aka, socialism), and open borders rhetoric, all of which alienate its working-class base whilst energizing a vocal activist wing.   The agenda of this new Democratic Party has only been strengthened [...]