The left vote is both an inconsequential amount of voters that the Democrats shouldn't cater to at all while also being so large in size it's entirely responsible for them not winning.

There was an exodus of voters, just not ones who identify as leftwing. That's the thing, though: Even Americans who don't consider themselves leftist want leftwing stuff (universal healthcare, no genocide in Gaza, etc). Self-identified leftists/progressives are more likely to hold their noses and vote for the establishment, but "centrists" who want many of the same things are willing to stay home, so that's where the electoral losses happen. In this specific case, post-election polling does show that Harris would've won if she had promised a ceasefire.

I am afraid what AI will do to worsen the situation.

just like they did with zohran, but they had to back down, because its giving him more ammo.

And the Republican party too tbh. Tea Party, Maga, centrist neolibs, whatever the Mormons are doing, those are all their own brand of conservative

There really need to be viable 3rd, 4th, 5th+ parties, plus an expansion of the number of representatives at all legislative bodies.

The concentration of representation at the Federal and state levels has made it easy to be captured by concentration of wealth.

When the Constitution was written in 1776, the US had about 2.5 million people.

Our current population in 2026 of about 350 million makes the House statistically identical to the Senate in terms of power share per member.

The same goes for most state legislative bodies.