Are Democratic voters paying enough attention to the struggles of their political leaders in coming up with reforms they support?

Probably not, but I gotta tell ya, after the rhinoceros crowd fuck that was the Trump presidency and the less than stellar options made available to replace him, I’m happy to not pay attention for a while. An opinion that will surely draw flack from the hyper vigilant politiphiles here in the lagoon — but I just can’t for a while.

I stopped voting for Democrats who take Super PAC money. They’re the biggest impediment to positive change in this country, and will result in Republicans having a much stronger position than they otherwise would.

Just…so…very…tired.

(But I will always, always vote!)

I am not old enough to have a truly long voting record.
I suppose I am Libertarian.
My Dad was a political skeptic

But my Grandpa whom I loved was a Democrat.
Based on what he used to tell me the D party should have stuck with being the Labor party and not attached themselves to the confused and disposessed.
Some people need the government and others need a psychologist.
If the Democrats would return to their labor roots I might vote for them.
But the way they are now, no
So I suppose this is the issue your question addresses.

Biden’s doing better than I expected of him.

And the GOP alternative, as we saw under Trump, is all-out sabotage of as many government agencies as possible, and siphoning as much money to the super-rich as possible (including removing as many environmental and consumer protections as possible), while also being very stupid and aggressive and packing the SCOTUS and rigging election laws and other extremely terrible agendas.

Not to mention the whole attempt to overthrow the government violently.

So, yeah, I think I know what votes need to be cast in our atrocious two-party system.

Yes, they are paying attention. But they aren’t writing letters or making phone calls to their representatives to complain about it. (And Republicans aren’t doing any better.)

Multiple questions here so I’ll quickly address the primary one.

I pay attention up to the point I find myself becoming depressed at their seeming inability (or resistance) to compromise.

It seems “democrat” and “republican” are flip sides of the same coin. Both sides seem more interesting in pursuing personal goals than what’s best for Americans.

I’ve voted for candidates in both parties in the past but the last few years has made me extremely fearful of the Republican party. My attitude toward voting has been lackadaisical in the past but I find myself committed to firmly vote “Democrat” from now on for no other reason than to help ward off the extreme radicalism growing within the Republican party.

IMO democrats don’t do a good enough job with getting their message out to their voters, in addition it seems like they are afraid to really call out their colleagues that take corporate money and serve corporate interests rather than the voters that got them their. If the were paying attention to their voters they’d do a much better job implementing the policies that got them elected rather than stripping them down to benefit corporations.