Democrats and the "Parent Gap"

A new report from the Progressive Policy Institute, a "centrist" Democrat think tank, takes a look at the problem their party has attracting votes from the "married w/children" demographic. The basic conclusion of the author, Barbara Dafoe Whitehead:

"Democrats will not do better with married parents until they recognize one simple truth: Parents have a beef with popular culture. As they see it, the culture is getting ever more violent, materialistic, and misogynistic, and they are losing their ability to protect their kids from morally corrosive images and messages. To be credible, Democrats must acknowledge the legitimacy of parents' beef and make it unmistakably clear that they are on parents' side."

In other words, the healthy development of their children takes precedent over the premise "if it feels good, do it." The .pdf for the full report is here.

This item was linked by James Taranto of the WSJ, who takes a look at the study in his "Best of the Web" column from Friday. He argues that the problem is likely far worse for Democrats than even this report says.

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