Will the Woke Left Doom Democrats for Years to Come? – HotAir

That question really sums up this interesting column by Thomas Edsall. His thesis is that Democrats are in real trouble because the only path out of the current quagmire the party is in would be to moderate. But that’s not something the party’s increasingly woke base will allow them to do. The whole essence of woke culture is to make every issue one of moral certitude where no political compromise can intrude. Simply put, they don’t want to talk about it, they want you to comply or else.

He opens by noting some survey results that show voters believed Trump was closer to them politically than Harris.

Polling suggests that Trump is ideologically closer to the median voter than Kamala Harris. Third Way, a centrist Democratic think tank, conducted a post-election survey asking voters to place themselves, Harris and Trump on a scale ranging from zero (very liberal) to 10 (very conservative). The mean response was 2.45 for Harris, 7.78 for Trump and 5.63 for all voters.

He ties this to the apparent realignment of the parties, with Democrats becoming the party of white, college-educated people and Republicans becoming the party of blue collar workers. The…