CNN's Data Guru Reveals How the Far-Left Is Devouring Democratic Party

Larniavc · 2026-02-16T11:27:55-0600

Always in His Presence said:
CNN's Data Guru Reveals How the Far-Left Is Devouring Democratic Party

CNN senior data reporter Harry Enten said on Thursday that the far-left has record-breaking support dating back to the 1990s from those who identify as Democrats.

The number of Democrats identifying as “far-left” has quadrupled since 1999, when only 5 percent of identified as such, and that number has since surged to 21 percent in 2026, Enten said on “CNN News Central.”

Over a quarter of Democrats, 26 percent identified as “conservative” in 1999, while only 8 percent of the party self-identifies as that currently.

Good. The American ‘far left’ is ‘slightly centre left’ in the rest of the world.

Larniavc · 2026-02-16T11:34:45-0600

Matt5 said:
Single women

They need to deported back to where they came from with their fancy ideas and thoughts and opinions.

Pommer · 2026-02-16T12:43:57-0600

chevyontheriver said:
I'd sure like to see the independents have some clout and displace both the Democrats and the Republicans.

I think it is merely a maturation of what George McGovern started. Republicans have moved a bit to left or right and all around over the years but the Democrats are quite the different thing from what they were. in the days of Humphrey. They would have no room for him in the current party.

In 1972 the news would report “Senator XYZ, (a liberal Republican), said passage of Senate bill 123 was still possible…”, because yeah, we had both conservative Democrats and liberal Republicans. Aligning party with ideology was a bad move.

A2SG · 2026-02-16T22:26:55-0600

chevyontheriver said:
You would have to ask him. Of course he's dead, so that might be hard to do. Short of that you would only be inserting your own opinion of what his opinion might possibly have become. His position in 1972 was quite clear.

The party evolved, as all things do. Humphrey likely would have as well. Or, if not, were he to still be so anti-abortion that he could no longer fit in the current Democratic party, he might have switched to the GOP. Others have, including the current occupant of the Oval Office.

Consider this: would the GOP of previous decades have accepted a convicted felon as their standard bearer? Remember the party of "law and order" and "family values"?

Does this mean the Democratic Party has moved as far to the left as the GOP has to the right? I don't believe so. If they had, they'd have fought tooth and nail for more socialized programs like single payer health care, instead of settling for the Heritage Foundation plan. Whereas the Republicans have moved so far to the right that they've embraced an authoritarian leader.

-- A2SG, though, there are some who seem to regret that now.....

Aryeh Jay · 2026-02-17T04:25:54-0600

A2SG said:
Whereas the Republicans have moved so far to the right that they've embraced an authoritarian leader.

-- A2SG, though, there are some who seem to regret that now.....

I am regretting that the purging of the country of the enemies of the Leader has taken so long.

A2SG · 2026-02-17T05:01:33-0600

Aryeh Jay said:
I am regretting that the purging of the country of the enemies of the Leader has taken so long.

He would have gotten away with it too, were it not for those meddling founding fathers and their checks and balances on executive power.

-- A2SG, gonna have myself a Scooby Snack.....

chevyontheriver · 2026-02-17T11:29:42-0600

A2SG said:
The party evolved, as all things do.

It devolved. I say this as a cradle Democrat who became very unliked by my party in the 1980's and left for more tolerant pastures on the other side.

A2SG said:
Humphrey likely would have as well.

Absent any evidence, of course.

A2SG said:
Or, if not, were he to still be so anti-abortion that he could no longer fit in the current Democratic party, he might have switched to the GOP.

I don't doubt he would have been excluded and shut out like former Rep. Dan Lipinski. Whether he would have gone to the GOP or started his own new party is speculative.

A2SG said:
Consider this: would the GOP of previous decades have accepted a convicted felon as their standard bearer? Remember the party of "law and order" and "family values"?

The GOP if this decade considers those convictions to be merely political. And thus ignorable. I didn't vote for the man.

A2SG said:
Does this mean the Democratic Party has moved as far to the left as the GOP has to the right? I don't believe so. If they had, they'd have fought tooth and nail for more socialized programs like single payer health care, instead of settling for the Heritage Foundation plan. Whereas the Republicans have moved so far to the right that they've embraced an authoritarian leader.

Maybe you once knew that being authoritarian was not necessarily a 'right wing' phenomenon. Stalin and Mao and Pol Pot come to mind as authoritarian and leftist at the same time. There are MANY more examples. Your dislike of Trump is apparent. Fine. As I've said, I didn't vote for the man, never did in fact, and never watched his TV shows either. But Trump is a populist and not a conservative. The Republicans are flirting with populism more than conservatism. The Democrats are alienating what is left of the middle ground Democrats, and the only play the party has left is to keep calling Trump Hitler and hoping more long term members don't desert to the party of Hitler.

chevyontheriver · 2026-02-17T11:30:26-0600

A2SG said:
The party evolved, as all things do.

It devolved. I say this as a cradle Democrat who became very unliked by my party in the 1980's and left for more tolerant pastures on the other side.

A2SG said:
Humphrey likely would have as well.

Absent any evidence, of course.

A2SG said:
Or, if not, were he to still be so anti-abortion that he could no longer fit in the current Democratic party, he might have switched to the GOP.

I don't doubt he would have been excluded and shut out like former Rep. Dan Lipinski. Whether he would have gone to the GOP or started his own new party is speculative.

A2SG said:
Consider this: would the GOP of previous decades have accepted a convicted felon as their standard bearer? Remember the party of "law and order" and "family values"?

The GOP if this decade considers those convictions to be merely political. And thus ignorable. I didn't vote for the man.

A2SG said:
Does this mean the Democratic Party has moved as far to the left as the GOP has to the right? I don't believe so. If they had, they'd have fought tooth and nail for more socialized programs like single payer health care, instead of settling for the Heritage Foundation plan. Whereas the Republicans have moved so far to the right that they've embraced an authoritarian leader.

Maybe you once knew that being authoritarian was not necessarily a 'right wing' phenomenon. Stalin and Mao and Pol Pot come to mind as authoritarian and leftist at the same time. There are MANY more examples. Your dislike of Trump is apparent. Fine. As I've said, I didn't vote for the man, never did in fact, and never watched his TV shows either. But Trump is a populist and not a conservative. The Republicans are flirting with populism more than conservatism. The Democrats are alienating what is left of the middle ground Democrats, and the only play the party has left is to keep calling Trump Hitler and hoping more long term members don't desert to the party of Hitler.

Always in His Presence · 2026-02-17T11:33:15-0600

Desk trauma said:
Does the "you kept calling us that so we had no choice but to become that" apply here or is that solely an an excuse for the right?

OOh... let's start calling them committed Christians.

BPPLEE said:
AOC 2028!

I support that 100% - it will guarantee a Republican win!

Always in His Presence · 2026-02-17T11:34:30-0600

Larniavc said:
Good. The American ‘far left’ is ‘slightly centre left’ in the rest of the world.

How is that working out for you? Particularly with immigration?

chevyontheriver · 2026-02-17T11:38:58-0600

A2SG said:
The party evolved, as all things do.

It devolved. I say this as a cradle Democrat who became very unliked by my party in the 1980's and left for more tolerant pastures on the other side.

A2SG said:
Humphrey likely would have as well.

Absent any evidence, of course.

A2SG said:
Or, if not, were he to still be so anti-abortion that he could no longer fit in the current Democratic party, he might have switched to the GOP.

I don't doubt he would have been excluded and shut out like former Rep. Dan Lipinski. Whether he would have gone to the GOP or started his own new party is speculative.

A2SG said:
Consider this: would the GOP of previous decades have accepted a convicted felon as their standard bearer? Remember the party of "law and order" and "family values"?

The GOP if this decade considers those convictions to be merely political. And thus ignorable. I didn't vote for the man.

A2SG said:
Does this mean the Democratic Party has moved as far to the left as the GOP has to the right? I don't believe so. If they had, they'd have fought tooth and nail for more socialized programs like single payer health care, instead of settling for the Heritage Foundation plan. Whereas the Republicans have moved so far to the right that they've embraced an authoritarian leader.

Maybe you once knew that being authoritarian was not necessarily a 'right wing' phenomenon. Stalin and Mao and Pol Pot come to mind as authoritarian and leftist at the same time. There are MANY more examples. Your dislike of Trump is apparent. Fine. As I've said, I didn't vote for the man, never did in fact, and never watched his TV shows either. But Trump is a populist and not a conservative. The Republicans are flirting with populism more than conservatism. The Democrats are alienating what is left of the middle ground Democrats, and the only play the party has left is to keep calling Trump Hitler and hoping more long term members don't desert to the party of Hitler.

chevyontheriver · 2026-02-17T11:50:38-0600

Always in His Presence said:
I support that 100% - it will guarantee a Republican win!

Maybe. Maybe not.

Hillary prompted her one time friend Donald to run for president. She saw him as an easy loser to beat. She was so bad she lost anyway.

The Democrats ran Joe Biden from his basement by running against Covid. He had a pulse and that was enough to somehow come up with the votes needed to win.

Dewey thought he had it in the bag. So did some newspapers, enough that they printed Dewey's victory. Of course Truman won.

AOC could pull it off.

rambot · 2026-02-17T12:06:29-0600

I remember when a poster posted several threads on "how the Democrat is disastrously unpopular" and "is this the end of the democrat party?"

AOC has the class, well spoken intelligence of Obama. She is comes accross more passionate than him but she is also a great orator.

Because she has these qualities, HUGE swaths of Americans would not vote for her. Folks seem to think AOC would guarantee a Republican president but I'm less and less convinced of that by the day.

Larniavc · 2026-02-17T13:07:35-0600

Always in His Presence said:
How is that working out for you? Particularly with immigration?

-looks out window-

Seems fine to me. What am I looking for?

Desk trauma · 2026-02-17T13:08:53-0600

Always in His Presence said:
I support that 100% - it will guarantee a Republican win!

Just like Trump was supposed to make Hillary a lock.

Pommer · 2026-02-17T14:51:29-0600

chevyontheriver said:
The Republicans are flirting with populism more than conservatism.

If “flirting” includes moving in with them and setting up house, yes.
Trumpism is full-blown Right-wing populism.

Always in His Presence · 2026-02-17T15:10:06-0600

Desk trauma said:
Just like Trump was supposed to make Hillary a lock.

Never heard that one. Have a link?

Always in His Presence · 2026-02-17T15:21:11-0600

rambot said:
AOC has the class, well spoken intelligence of Obama. She is comes accross more passionate than him but she is also a great orator.

Are we speaking of the same AOC - who doesn't know what hemisphere Venezuela is in, or that Spain introduced horses to America>

She did not survive the fact check well and IMHO made a complete fool of herself on the stage in Munich demonstrating a severe lack of knowledge and insight

Always in His Presence · 2026-02-17T15:21:35-0600

rambot said:
AOC has the class, well spoken intelligence of Obama. She is comes accross more passionate than him but she is also a great orator.

Are we speaking of the same AOC - who doesn't know what hemisphere Venezuela is in, or that Spain introduced horses to America>

She did not survive the fact check well and IMHO made a complete fool of herself on the stage in Munich demonstrating a severe lack of knowledge and insight

Desk trauma · 2026-02-17T15:30:47-0600

Always in His Presence said:
Never heard that one. Have a link?

A widely held and articulated sentiment at the time, I am not sitting on ten year old sources, believe it or don't.

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CNN's Data Guru Reveals How the Far-Left Is Devouring Democratic Party

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