The Republicans represent the Reactionary Right. The Democrats are the Conservative Party. If the Left in the United States is to have a voice it requires the creation of an Activist Progressive Party.
I am not persuaded by the notion that the Center is where most Americans are politically. Everyone knows there is a great number of Americans who don't participate in our political system period, and folks I have come across who don't participate generally use the excuse that the whole system is BS anyway, and why should they waste their time?
If we had 100% participation in our democracy then the notion that political outcomes represent the people's will has merit ... but the Americans who don't participate are sending a powerful message as well.
Before we can claim that the United States is a center-right nation there must first be a political party to accommodate voters on the Left, we don't have that, so it is difficult to determine what Americans really think beyond what Corporate Media and Polling Services say they do.
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