1 in 150 employees who say their organization does not have a set of values are “Fully Engaged.”
Okay. That’s a survey of employees. Just imagine what the ratio must be for “members” of organizations that don’t have clear organizational values? How many of them are fully engaged? 1 in 500? 1 in 2,000? 1 in 10,000?
That we have “third way” Democrats like Tom Carper, John Carny, and (let’s be honest) Hillary Clinton constantly muddying the water as to what it means to be a Democrat is literally handing the reigns of government over to the one American political party that DOES have core values, and by extension, does have “Fully Engaged” members.
Why do Democrats constantly lose in mid-terms?
Why is participation so low across the board for Democrats relative to Republicans?
These are not mysteries. The GOP literally has nothing other than core values, and core values alone (as whacked as they are) are enough to consistently beat the listless and directionless Democrats.
As Democrats we take pride in being the rational party. The party that values reason and science. Except on this topic. It is the one area where we can’t accept the behavioral science. Where we cling to mythology about centrism and the sacred holy ground called “the middle.” We substitute the mystical incantations that rise from the DC punditry, for hard numbers and proven facts.