Political Predictions

On August 3rd I made the following predictions about what a Democratic party with power to enact its agenda would likely try to achieve (I'm not claiming that they'd be successful) if they were to win the White House and the Senate in November. Well, they did, the new administration has now been inaugurated, and it'll be interesting to see how accurate these predictions turn out to have been.

I hope they're wildly off the mark, but I fear they're not. We'll see:

Lowering the voting age to 16.

Opposition to measures like voter ID and extending the voter franchise to non-citizens.

Adding additional Justices to the Supreme Court to ensure that SCOTUS decisions go the way the left wants them to go.

Appointment of judges and Supreme Court Justices who believe their role is to make law rather than objectively interpret the law and/or the Constitution.

Abolition of the electoral college.

Allowing felons to vote.

Granting statehood to Washington, D.C. and Puerto Rico thus effectively giving Democrats four more senators.

Allowing biological men to use girls' restrooms and locker rooms and compete against girls in scholastic athletics.

Making it a hate crime to speak out against the LGBTQ+ agenda, even from the pulpit.

Effective repeal of the First Amendment guaranteeing freedom of speech and freedom of religion.

Effective repeal of the Second Amendment guaranteeing the right to keep and bear arms.

Protecting and promoting abortion on demand and infanticide.

Higher taxes and more government regulations on business and industry, stifling job growth and increasing unemployment among the poor.

Making fossil fuel industries like coal, oil and fracking economically unsustainable.

Abolition or deep curtailment of air and car travel.

Exorbitant social spending and a shift away from a capitalist to a socialist economy.

Providing subsidies for those who choose not to work.

Open borders.

Sanctuary cities and states for illegal immigrants.

Free health care and welfare for illegal aliens.

Racial preferences and "reparations."

A return to forced busing.

Weakening the military.

Abolition or weakening of police forces.

Effectively permitting rioters to burn businesses, churches and public buildings and threaten citizens with physical harm.

Obliteration of our historical heritage.

Keeping schools and businesses closed until there's a vaccine for Covid-19.

Making it more difficult for private schools to operate and for poor people to send their children to the schools of their choice.

Hostility, or at least antipathy, toward Jews and Christians.

Destroying the reputation and/or livelihood of anyone merely accused of sexual impropriety (except Joe Biden).

Destroying the reputation and/or livelihood of anyone who holds views on race relations and/or sexuality at variance with those on the left.

Some of these, like keeping schools and businesses closed until there's a covid vacccine, are a little dated now that we have a vaccine, but others are still strong possibilities.

In conclusion I added this:

It may seem that some of these are unfair misrepresentations or exaggerations, but every one of them has been promoted, encouraged, tolerated or implemented by leaders in the Democratic party - presidential candidates, governors, senators, congresspersons, and/or influential members of the media.

Keep the list and see how many of them come to pass over the next four years if the Democrats win the White House and the Senate in November.