Democrat Party Hurtling Leftward Faster than the GOP is Moving to the Right

Onan Coca

The GOP is more conservative today than it was in 1996, but it isn’t because the establishment has necessarily moved to the right, it has been because the conservative base has expanded in the face of overwhelming pressure from the leftward advance of liberalism in the Democrat Party. As liberal political victories mount (think Obamacare, Gay Marriage, the collapse of the War on Terror, and the crumbling of our judicial system), conservatives have felt pushed to act as a counterweight to the leftward drift of our nation. We have indeed grown “more” conservative and less willing to compromise on certain issues. So while liberals have complained about how we’ve grown more conservative, I’ve always countered that however far to the right the GOP has moved, the Democrat Party has shifted far further (far faster) to the left. Now I have solid objective data to prove my point....[from] a recent study undertaken by political scientists .... as the Democratic Party lost power at the state level over the past 15 years, it also effectively shed its moderate wing. Centrist Democrats have increasingly lost seats to Republicans, “resulting in a more liberal Democratic party” overall. The authors find that the ideological median of Republican legislators has shifted much less.......To Read More....