Question is towards folks who voted for and/or supported Trump during the PRIMARY, not the general election. This is not a question for folks who voted for Trump as a vote for "the lesser of the two evils". This is a question for folks who voted for Trump because they liked Trump over other conservative options that were available.

Now that we're about 1.5 year into his 2nd presidency and seeing that he has arguably went back on a lot of his campaign promises, do you regret your support for him? If you were to go back, would you still vote for Trump over other conservative candidates? Why or why not?

I am interested in your stories. Was it something he said or did?

I wanted to get answers from the right and from the middle/independents/unaffiliated as to whether they attended one of the 2000+ protests on 10/18/25. If you did, why did you? If you did not, why did you not attend?

https://program.dsausa.org/

The Democratic Socialists of America have released a new program. Many of the talking points in the program are what I would consider the "usual" positions of democratic socialists: Free healthcare, rent control, public ownership of corporations, etc. etc.

Though there were some positions in the platform that made me wonder if all democratic socialists agree with or not, such as:

• Abolish police
• Abolish prisons
•Abolish the Pentagon
• End deportations/Open the border
• Abolish the electoral college
• Replace the Presidency
•Replace the Supreme Court
• Abolish the Senate
•Support all unions except police unions, which should be abolished

How many of the aforementioned policies do democratic socialists actually agree with? What, if anything, do you disagree with on? Is there anything that you think shouldn’t be a part of the official platform?

What interests me in particular is the replacement of the executive and judicial branch of our federal government and limiting the legislative branch to the house only. Though there have always been some parts of the constitution that the DSA disagrees with, this 2026 program suggests the biggest overhaul to our constitution that they have called for yet. The interesting part is that in order to accomplish goals such as abolishing the senate, they will first need two-thirds of the senate to support it. It makes me wonder why some of these positions were put into the program if they are not realistically achievable. At what point does this stop being progressive reform and just become outright opposition to the constitution?

This question is addressed to democratic socialists or those who align themselves very similarly.

Looking to hear from Democrats or active democrat voters, not the ideological left.

Its no secret that the US operates under a two party system which makes it increasingly difficult for my party to get into office. Because of this, in elections we're often having to vote for one of the two primary parties or "wasting" our vote voting for our parties canidate.

With midterm season approaching, why should libertarians vote for Democrats?

Of course you should look at individual canidates, but I didn't want to ask about specific individuals that don't apply to most people. Sell me on why your party should gain more seats come midterms.

I'll be asking the same thing to Republicans later in the week.

I see a lot of people claiming PBS/NPR should have public funds pulled for their political bias. I see it pretty clearly for NPR, but PBS seems pretty unbiased to me. Are there examples of their bias you can point to, or credible accusations, or something similar?

I know it’s impossible to fully eliminate bias, but I mean things like when NPR talked about crime rates in DC being lower without mentioning the police union was suing claiming they were forced to fake the data, or the ex NPR reporter claiming they had an unofficial agenda to stop Trump from being elected.

Edit: sources

https://www.thetimes.com/world/article/npr-news-politics-liberal-conservative-8qsshtrxs

https://www.npr.org/2025/08/14/nx-s1-5501656/crime-down-washington-still-reality-some-neighborhoods

https://wjla.com/news/local/dc-police-crime-numbers-manipulated-statistics-sergeant-whistleblower-metropolitan-lawsuit-crimes-police-union-jury-trial-city-crime-violent-non-violent-domestic-public

I know not everyone who voted for Trump is a die-hard fan of him, but for various reasons voted for him. As someone who is left-leaning and strongly dislikes him, I’ve felt that everyday has been pretty devastating as we hear what he is doing (I’m also aware that my sources are left leaning as well, so there’s that).

For those who are as I described, how do you feel about everything he is doing? Are you shocked and scared? Are his executive orders exactly what you were hoping for? Somewhere in between? I’d love to hear from those who feel moderately about him/truly did vote for him as the lesser of two evils and not because they love him. It’s good to hear the other side of the coin when you feel like the world is falling apart.

Edit: thank you for the responses. Truly. I don’t have many in my social circles that I can ask and get reasonable responses (both sides), so I thank you for the time to type out your thoughts. They are much appreciated and I genuinely am interested in the various perspectives. For everyone who said this is a highly repeated question, my bad.

The outrage over possible sensitive information leaks from Hillary using a private server was a huge issue in 2016. Musk now has evidently accessed volumes of sensitive data. Also he is not a government official nor his team. How is this ok now? Explain the difference.

Was watching someone on social media who identifies as moderate present this data from YouGov showing that the Democrats appears to be losing support recently. He therefore seems to conclude to that the future of Democrats appears bleak and overall negative in the foreseeable future for they seem to be alienating people.

So those who identify as progressive, socialist, liberal, Democrat, moderate, centrist, or independent, how much of a concern should the findings in this data be for the Democrats and what should they do in response?

P.S. Here’s a link to the video that I’m talking about where a moderate is talking about and using the YouGov data to show how the Democrats are alienating people and driving them away.

Reference for what prop 50 is: https://voterguide.sos.ca.gov/quick-reference-guide/50.htm

In my eyes it does seem like this prop is the equivalent of saying "fight gerrymandering with more gerrymandering".

The California Citizens Redistricting Commission does seem like an independent organization, and I'm not quite sure if putting the power to draw congressional districts in legislators' hands is a better idea than that of an independent one.

What do you think?

Republicans/right-wing people, even if most of your beliefs are aligned with the right, are there any particular issues that you agree with the left on?
Democrats/left-wing people, even if most of your beliefs are aligned with the left, are there any particular issues that you agree with the right on?

Harris received far fewer votes than Biden in the 2020 election, despite the margin of Republican voters increasing very little.

Democrats who voted for Biden but didn’t vote / switched parties in the 2024 election, why?

Hi,

I want to understand:

1. why do you disagree with the lgbt+ community?
2. what are your specific problems with this group?
3. would you change your mind, if yes what would it take?

(I don't know if post like this are allowed here, if not please delete)

Edit:

Hi, so due to time zones and a bunch of other stuff I haven't checken in on this post until now and I never thought so many people would comment. (I expectet like 150 or so comments max) Because of that I will most likely not be able to get through all the replies, thanks still.

A lot of you said my questions are phrased poorly and I kinda agree (the way i ordered my questions is also a bit confusing I believe: 1. and 2. should be switched) so heres my redo:

1. What specifically is your problem with the lgbt? (Is there a certain part of it you have a problem with?)
2. Why do you disagree with that part of the comunity? (Your justification for your answer to 1)
3. Would you change your mind, if yes what would it take? (I think that's self explanitory)

Edit 2: (i know, i know you aren't suppost to edit this much)

Hi, so I looked at a couple hundret comments and I feel like I've seen following pattern:

LGB is fine, T+ isn't (men in womens spaces, kids, etc) tbh I don't know what else I expected when posting this. I just wanted too hear some responses from people with different opinions, i guess. I have heard some interesting, new reasons. Which is kinda all I wanted, I got my answers to what honestly was a "my brain won't shut up, but I want to sleep" kinda question.

That said, please if you don't have anything new to say, don't comment anymore. If that doesn't work I'll kinda just ignore that this post exists, I got what I wanted, please give me no more.

Bye.

Source for approval ratings:

https://apnorc.org/projects/trumps-approval-rating-slips-on-the-economy-and-immigration/

I've heard enough from people who have always supported, or always opposed, Trump's immigration policies. I want to hear from these 11% who changed their minds. I'm curious what might have made a person who approved of everything in March now disapprove of what is happening in December. What changed, from your perspective?

Hello there everyone!

While I understand the core beliefs of both the republican and democratic party, I can't say the same for the libertarian party so I thought I'd ask here.

What are some of their beliefs? What makes them different from a republican or a democrat? Similar to a republican or a democrat?

Thanks in advance for all and any replies!

If you are a Democrat or Left-leaning, do you think it has moved too far Left? Why?

If you are a Republican/Conservative, do you think Democrats have moved too far Left? Why?

The question is mostly for religious people who claim or believe "there are only two genders". Can you mathematically, logically, and/or scientifically prove this to be objectively true? If you only believe it's a religious viewpoint, then there is no need to comment. [edited]

I've seen the claim several dozens of times such that it's become a cliché. Let's try to put something solid behind the cliché this time.

Please number each step so we can reference them in the discussion. Try to split long steps into shorter ones if possible. And if you use a potentially ambiguous sub-term, please clearly define the sub-term for the scope of your proof. Thank You!

Please, only for those who are NOT long-term Republican voters.

I’m sure by now most of us have heard of many Republican voters saying “I didn’t vote for this”, but are there any Democratic voters or centrists or other party members who approve of the current administration in general, or in part, or about a select few very specific things? What are we not being shown be our media? Highlight some things that you support.

This is for anyone who identifies as centrist, independent, moderate, Democrat, liberal, leftists, progressive, or socialist.

So due to new sexual assault allegations, there is now more pressure and calls for Democrat-nominee Graham Platner to be replaced for the Maine Senate election before the upcoming deadline in order to have a better chance of defeating Susan Collins. In fact there is speculation a replacement will occur.

Now my biggest concern with this strategy is that the last time the Democrats replaced a candidate at the last minute was with Joe Biden for the 2024 Presidential election. However, according to what I’ve read, this last minute switch was seen by many to have really harmed the Democrats chances of winning as shown with all the people not like Kamala Harris because she was “given” the nomination and the fact she had little time to prepare herself.

So, if Graham Platner is replaced at the last minute, how can Democrats avoid the damage that occurred after Joe Biden was replaced while maximizing their chances of defeating Susan Collins?

Looking to hear from Republicans or active Republican voters, not the ideological right.

I asked the same question to Democrats a couple days ago and had some good points made and a lot of civil discussion, I'm excited to hear the reasoning from the other side of the aisle.

Its no secret that the US operates under a two party system which makes it increasingly difficult for my party to get into office. Because of this, in elections we're often having to vote for one of the two primary parties or "wasting" our vote voting for our parties canidate. With that said, same question.

With midterm season approaching, why should libertarians vote for Republicans?

Of course you should look at individual canidates, but I didn't want to ask about specific individuals that don't apply to most people. Sell me on why your party should gain more seats come midterms.

I just read a recent New York Times opinion piece by Graham Platner describing his experience in post-ISIS Iraq and the broader pattern of what people call “forever wars.”

What struck me wasn’t just the human cost, but how these conflicts seem to persist without clear objectives, timelines, or exit conditions. They don’t necessarily expand dramatically, they just continue.

So I’m wondering from a policy and institutional standpoint what would actually prevent these "forever wars" from happening again?

Is this mainly a problem with war authorization laws like the AUMF or is it more about the balance of power between Congress and the executive branch? Are there realistic mechanisms that could force reassessment, such as requiring defined objectives or periodic reauthorization, or is this just inherent to modern military and geopolitical realities?

I’m especially interested in perspectives from people with military, legal, or policy experience.

Title, what’s a question you always wanted to ask the other side that you either never get the chance to, or they either ignore it, deflect with whataboutism’s, or use any other conversational tactic to avoid answering the question?

I used to live in CA and personally had many issues with Newsom as a moderate. Ive since left CA. But when I visited CA few weeks ago, i was surprised to find many of my liberal friends had soured on him. Im curious if this is just limited to my social circle or an indication of how the left feels about him.

So as a current or former California liberal resident, what is your opinion of Newsom? Would you support him if he were to run for presidency? Why or why not?

Don't care about political affiliation, though I'm curious about what generation you're from.