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ChaosTonyV4 posted...

I mean I know Joe is like basically the only Democrat who wasnt open to legalization, but at this point with popularity cratering, I cant believe Dems arent pushing him to declassify weed.

Declassifying/legalizing marijuana wouldn't really swing public opinion much. It's somewhat popular and probably wouldn't hurt Democrats, but it's not a high priority issue for most people. Doesn't help that the people most opposed to it (old white people) are also the people to most likely actually vote in midterm years.

Really, the lack of a big unifying issue is the big problem with expecting Democrats to become more popular by doing stuff. The stuff that pretty much every Dem voter wants (infrastructure, voting rights) is kind of boring, while none of the stuff that gets voters excited is universally appealing to the whole base.