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[Sherrod Brown Shill]

Democrats need to focus way more on economic issues than social issues in 2020.

I don't think that is particularly unpopular around here.

Except for that fact that campaigning on social issues has won them the popular vote in six of the last seven presidential elections, and the electoral vote in four of them.  (Trump was only the first Republican since Bush 1 to get over 300 EVs.)  Why would they give it up now, when it's worked so well for them thus far?  If anything, it's Republicans who need to drop the social issues, not Democrats.

I don't exactly agree with your conclusion: sure, Democrats have won 6 out of the last 7 popular votes in presidential elections but I think the focus on social issues has really hurt them down ballot and has prevented them from dominating the country politically. I'm no socialist (in Europe I support conservative parties all the time), but let's face it, the GOP's economic policies are ridiculous, social conservatism is the only thing that's saved the party. The GOP hasn't been reasonable on economics for at least 25 years now (the GOP's right wing basically turned on Bush Sr because he wanted to manage the deficit responsibly), if it weren't for the Democrats being so insistent on social issues, I suspect the GOP would have collapsed at least 10 years ago.

Oh and on this, a lot of my European friends originally thought that the Democratic Party was the reasonable conservative party and the GOP were just for crazy people, but after I told them about the Democrats' SJWness and support of open borders (no one here would support the Democrats' open border policy), they now understand why people vote GOP.

Frankly Macron is more reasonable than the current Democratic Party (he may be a liberal but he's not an Obama/Hillary/Trudeau type SJW) (and the Democratic Party are probably more extreme on social issues than the PS, at least most certainly more than En Marche who at least have some moderate positions) and then Le Pen is no conservative, she just goes however her advisors tell her to go, which made her hated by both the right and the left, and thus she got destroyed (for exemple my best friend voted Macron, but he would have voted Le Pen had it not been for her policy on the Euro which would have destroyed the French economy.

Plus Macron is fine with deporting illegals, which is not the case for the Democratic Party

I know this is the unpopular opinions thread but Jesus Christ I can feel the intelligence leaving brain as read this. I agree the Democrats should pivot to economic issues a but pretty much every single reason you have listed (other then electoral benefits) has either been "esjaydubelyous amirite?" or a strawman.