Well over half lean towards Democratic Socialism and got fucking tired of the Clinton "New Dems" who took over the party and are pushing to get rid of the crooked bastards. I know a lot of them. Also you might want to look at the figures for new DNC voter registrations which after the last few Democratic primaries got fed up and stopped voting again. The New Dems have been blocking Medicare for all which 73% of ALL voters approve of as well as the Green New Deal which about 80* of left leaning voters want as well as a lot of Republicans. This explains why the dumb bastards keep losing and sticking us with freaks like GW and Trump as president...

Hi there. I don't think that British society is hyper-polarised like American society. Our politicians still manage to sit at the same table to have debates politely. Lol We don't have riots on our streets as often as they do in America. When there is a state emergency, Brits are prepared to put each other's differences aside and unite to overcome it.

@Ryo1 in my experience we have the, ‘good old Boris’/ well I’m not going to vote labour, newspaper reading population and the, the only way forward is to vote Labour, the rich won’t share enough/ our public services are being run into the ground side.
It seems they are polarised enough that they undo much of each other’s good work, instead of coming up with good overall ideas. Whether it’s all a posturing act, or how they really feel sometimes seems questionable to me, as many of them are milking the benefits of their positions to the point of breaking policy, which makes me think that ultimately they are there for their own ends rather than that of the populace or Country.
Not many acknowledge, as Russell Brand recently pointed out, that there are many of the policies on both sides are very similar.
Covid has opened my eyes in other ways, personally, in that I’m amazed how many people don’t believe in it and the government guidelines. I still had a serviceman attending the house without a mask on last month!
Wish I felt differently, but there you go, party politics just feels like a big costly game to me.

@girlwithsmiles The Labour Party led by Keir Starmer “Captain Hindsight" has definitely lost the plot.

@Ryo1 this post is bugging me now actually. I’m sure there are some great people that are public servants. Many of the roles are challenging and have a lot of responsibilities attached, so it’s not a day in the park.
When I was a public servant I usually gave my all to the roles, just like usual, I’m sure there are many benevolent people in the mix too.

Hi there. Well, I don't live in America, so I can't have any insight. However, I think I'm right in saying that many if not all social media are dominated by Americans and therefore are very America-centric. Often reading their comments on American politics, they seem very divided, black and white, no compromise, like they don't wanna know what each other thinks, let alone so readily bashing and insulting each other. I don't believe that all Americans are like that though, hence the meme I posted. Thanks for your input.

@Ryo1 Problem for us here is your political systems are often confusing for us as well. I mean who would think of a party calling itself "Labour" that hates working people?... And who can figure out what the Australians are up to anymore...

@Lizard_of_Ahaz
Our Labour Party is in a big mess. I think I'm right in saying that they no longer represent the traditional labour supporters. Meanwhile, the Tory Party is centre right. Things tend to happen in moderation in the UK. When we make changes, it is more like evolution rather than revolution. Incidentally, the meaning of liberalism is different between the UK and the US.

@Ryo1 We used to have Torys here in the US but we deported them back to England where they would stop causing trouble...

Many of those 182 million that didn't vote were kids.

@Willow_Wisp We know, after weeks of counting, that there were roughly 159 million ballots cast in the presidential election. According to the Election Project, this accounts for 66.7% of the eligible voting population of 239 million Americans. Since the population count in 11.2020 was around 330 million, that means around 90 million are unregistered...many if not most were children.

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@Theresa_N Same here!

Considering that the GQP considerers anything to the left of hunting and eating the homeless to be socialism and the DNC isn't far to the left of that I know this country needs to take a moderate left if we are to remain a democracy...

@Lizard_of_Ahaz
Love the FDR meme.

@Sierra4 They both had pretty much the same policies it was that drunken bum Tailgunner Joe who started the downfall of this country... Him and Tricky Dickless...