Democrats & Republicans, would you agree..?

Question

Would you agree with the following viewpoint,
1. at one point both parties had left, center and right thinking sectors.

2. That over time (circa TR's era), the left sector of the Republican party vanished and now has only center and right thinking members

3. That the Democratic Party who also once had the same three sectors let the right sector, which until 1996 was represented by Sens. Nunn and Miller of GA, vanish leaving only the center and left sectors as their core?

If you do, would you then also agree that with this,

1. The Republican Party has made half-hearted attempts to re-capture their former left members, and now wish to remain center and right

2. The Democratic Party has no interest in re-capturing their former right members, and now wants to reduce their core to only the left?

I would appreciate that only people who with serious viewpoints/answers relpy. Thanks to All!

Anonymous · Accepted Answer

I agree. The Democrats are slowly converting to full fledged liberals. I think that is one of the reasons why their party is so split right now. Some of the more traditional party members are not comfortable in choosing the most liberal person in the senate to represent them. There are some such as Zell Miller that feel the Democrats have lost touch with their traditional values. The Republican party for the most part has always been conservative but there have always been the few that try to cater to the liberal left in some form or another and usually end up failing unless they have moderate record. I think the differences are becoming clearer and clearer with each election. So much so that it seems it's become impossible for Congress, the Senate or the President to get anything accomplished. Maybe the parties should change their names to reflect their ideals and values (i.e. conservative/liberal).

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Democrats & Republicans, would you agree..?

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