With the campaign period for the US elections rapidly approaching, the increasing disunity between Democrats has become more evident as each day passes. The large amount of major candidates, as well as large amount of opposing views between them threatens to fracture the party in what should be it’s most united moment.
As of this piece being written, the Democrats have atleast 24 major candidates, all vying for the position as main Democratic candidate. And while many might say that this means nothing due to the relative insignificance of this so-called major candidates, there are a few relatively important sides to take note of, that will mostly cause the largest splits.
The first side of this, and the apparent frontrunner is Joe Biden. Many who support him and have often called for him to run do so with the hope that the USA can return to the day’s of Obama and his policies. This makes him the most reactionary of the important candidates, as his side wish to back to what was, and what could’ve been had Biden ran instead of Hillary.
On the other hand, there is the side of what could’ve been. And this boils down to Elizabeth Warren, a democratic candidate with parallels to Hillary Clinton. Her support, while small is filled with those who are diehard Hillary supporters and lean towards the status quo more than anything else. To them, supporting Warren will be a live or die attempt to keep their hopes alive.
The most radical of these four is Bernie Sanders and his supporters. Much like last year, he is a large second against his opponent Biden and much like last year, things may play to the same rythmn, Losing the primaries here could very much mean his supporters do the same as they did last year and not vote for the Democratic candidate, as to protest.
And the final side, but the smallest are those democrats who support Tulsi Gabbard. Her complete opposition to US intervention as well as many other ‘American’ policies has almost assured her side that she will not win this election or even come close. However, these supporters may be diehard enough and opposed to the winner of the primaries enough to protest against them by not voting for them.
These 4 camps, which varying in significance detail the complete disunity within the Democratic party. The supporters have no united front to rally behind, nor is there a united ideology to even follow. The Democratic party has become more of a coalition of forces opposed to Trump than a united party. And this most likely means that Trump, and his united Republicans will see little opposition to them going for another four years. With a year and a half to go still, anything could happen, but the most likely option is another 4 years for Donald Trump.
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