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| haxxiy said: To be honest, I don't think any Democrat fits the bill of what might be the success formula (more to the center on social issues + left-wing economic populism) right now. |
I don't think it is done by just a candidate or something. To appeal to voters the Democrats itself need to change. And that will not happen easily. I think it might be easier to establish a new actually progressive left-wing party than to reform the Dems.
People are opposed to it because of the we vs. them mentality in US politics. But in the past the dominant parties in the US system could change and european countries have more than two parties and that includes the ones with majority voting like France or UK. I think a major problem is that polarization and the strong focus on only two parties. Also the focus on the president, as obviously it will be hard for a 3rd-party president to be competitive.
But house seats should be a totally different question. I mean just look at the house of commons in the UK: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Commons_of_the_United_Kingdom#/media/File:House_of_Commons_UK.svg
Why has the house in the US only have members of two parties? Therein lies the start of the problem of the hyperpolarized politics scene in the US.
