About 150 million people voted in the 2024 Presidential Election. About 90 million eligible (though not necessarily registered) people did not vote.
Of those who voted, the country was - broadly speaking - divided 50/50 with Republicans winning swing states by margin of error (or a little over in a state or two) amounts and Democrats winning a number of non-presidential races in some states that went for Trump and outperforming Harris in states that she won.
So the mathematics are simple enough that even I can understand them. As is the strategy.
The only liberal, pro-democracy party capable of winning a governable mandate (let's say 60% with strength to be reckoned with in the illiberal, anti-democratic states) is NOT the Greens, NOT the Socialists, NOT the Libertarians, not the numerous, oxymoronic non-partisan parties.
It is THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
As a wanderer in the Post-Republican diaspora, I will NOT register as a Democrat unless there is some tangible (i.e., election-winning) reason to do so (as, having spent my life supporting a major political party that has show it CANNOT lead, CANNOT follow, and CANNOT get the hell out of the way, I do not think I have ANY ADVICE TO GIVE to Democrats on how they should pick candidates or run elections..
But I will also VOTE DEMOCRAT for the rest of my days, again, unless there is some tangible - ELECTION-WINNING - reason to do so.
Because, other than self-serving virtue signaling, there is no liberal, pro-democratic ELECTION-WINNING justification for doing so (with the possible exception of local and statewide elections - presuming at the state level they intend to caucus with Democrats).
And, again, the strategy is simple if not easy.
Democrats need to effectively communicate a COALITION-BUILDING MESSAGE that includes, but is not limited to, their base and that can successfully RAID the non-registered, the non-voters, and the MAGA voters suffering the buyer’s remorse that is sure to come and convert that population into pro-liberal democracy votes.
