You can't run a campaign on defunding the police. That's unelectable.

You can only run a campaign on improving the police by giving them more training. And then you need to do a bunch of photo-ops with police officers to prove you still love and support them. And if anyone says you're anti-police, you need to say Aktuly They're Anti-Police and you're the most pro-police candidate on the ballot.

And then, if you alienate a chunk of your base voters, because they're exhausted from over policing and sincerely cannot tell the difference between two parties insisting "We're The Ones Who Support Police The Most", its their fault when you lose because they couldn't read between the lines.

But also, if you win, never actually use your police powers to prosecute anyone in the opposition party that was flagrantly breaking whole textbooks full of laws. Only prosecute college students waving anti-war protest signs. And civil rights activists demanding equal treatment for LGBTQ / PoC. And TikTok, because its too Chinese.

That's the path to a real majority. You'd know that if you listened to these millionaire consultants Keir Starmer and Liz Cheney recommended to us.