Patrick Ruffini
@patrickruffini.bsky.social
Here for the conversation about the Future of the Democratic Party
It might not be aesthetically pretty but a new city like this in West Texas would simultaneously solve America’s housing shortage while giving people the kind of housing they want.
November 23, 2025 at 2:58 PM
It might not be aesthetically pretty but a new city like this in West Texas would simultaneously solve America’s housing shortage while giving people the kind of housing they want.
Democrats can't solve their problems with economic populism if it isn't also accompanied by cultural moderation.
Pairing economic populism with cultural leftism does a net of 49 points worse overall, 27 points worse among persuadables.
Pairing economic populism with cultural leftism does a net of 49 points worse overall, 27 points worse among persuadables.
November 21, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Democrats can't solve their problems with economic populism if it isn't also accompanied by cultural moderation.
Pairing economic populism with cultural leftism does a net of 49 points worse overall, 27 points worse among persuadables.
Pairing economic populism with cultural leftism does a net of 49 points worse overall, 27 points worse among persuadables.
“You can just do things”
FDR 1933 🤝 Donald Trump 2025
FDR 1933 🤝 Donald Trump 2025
October 25, 2025 at 1:33 AM
“You can just do things”
FDR 1933 🤝 Donald Trump 2025
FDR 1933 🤝 Donald Trump 2025
Happy No Kings Day!
October 18, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Happy No Kings Day!
The debate about the future of the Democratic Party begins and ends with this photo. All they’ve gotta do is turn the clock back 30 years and do exactly what he did.
October 4, 2025 at 2:06 PM
The debate about the future of the Democratic Party begins and ends with this photo. All they’ve gotta do is turn the clock back 30 years and do exactly what he did.
In a world of Jimmy Kimmels, be a Jimmy Fallon, a reliable stalwart of apolitical mainstream acceptability
September 24, 2025 at 12:40 AM
In a world of Jimmy Kimmels, be a Jimmy Fallon, a reliable stalwart of apolitical mainstream acceptability
The concerns you have for the death of democracy are invalid
September 14, 2025 at 5:58 PM
The concerns you have for the death of democracy are invalid
Initial probabilities in a 7-way field:
Newsom 29.7%
AOC 19.5%
Buttigieg 13.4%
Shapiro 12.2%
Whitmer 11.3%
Booker 9.0%
Beshear 5.1%
Newsom 29.7%
AOC 19.5%
Buttigieg 13.4%
Shapiro 12.2%
Whitmer 11.3%
Booker 9.0%
Beshear 5.1%
September 9, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Initial probabilities in a 7-way field:
Newsom 29.7%
AOC 19.5%
Buttigieg 13.4%
Shapiro 12.2%
Whitmer 11.3%
Booker 9.0%
Beshear 5.1%
Newsom 29.7%
AOC 19.5%
Buttigieg 13.4%
Shapiro 12.2%
Whitmer 11.3%
Booker 9.0%
Beshear 5.1%
Unhappiness is a feature of being on the left these days. A greater belief in societal ills is internalized, reinforced by being online 24/7. They talk often about right-wingers or Trump policies literally killing people. It’s no surprise we see the mental health gaps we do.
June 19, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Unhappiness is a feature of being on the left these days. A greater belief in societal ills is internalized, reinforced by being online 24/7. They talk often about right-wingers or Trump policies literally killing people. It’s no surprise we see the mental health gaps we do.
This sane approach to identity politics got just 2 votes at the DNC.
February 2, 2025 at 9:39 PM
This sane approach to identity politics got just 2 votes at the DNC.
$17.8 million for “distributional and procedural equity” of the electric grid 🤡🤡🤡
January 29, 2025 at 1:42 PM
$17.8 million for “distributional and procedural equity” of the electric grid 🤡🤡🤡
And let me be extremely clear about this quote he uses: This is largely about welfare cheating Latinos see in their own communities, just like you saw a clear and obvious negative reaction to illegal immigration along the border.
January 6, 2025 at 2:00 PM
And let me be extremely clear about this quote he uses: This is largely about welfare cheating Latinos see in their own communities, just like you saw a clear and obvious negative reaction to illegal immigration along the border.
I wonder how @smotus.bsky.social accounts for the record number of Black men who left the party in 2024? Are we going to get articles soon about “racially resentful” Blacks just like this one about “white supremacist Latinos?” open.substack.com/pub/smotus/p...
January 6, 2025 at 1:59 PM
I wonder how @smotus.bsky.social accounts for the record number of Black men who left the party in 2024? Are we going to get articles soon about “racially resentful” Blacks just like this one about “white supremacist Latinos?” open.substack.com/pub/smotus/p...
A good rule of thumb is if you don’t live in one of the blue counties, you live in a bubble.
January 2, 2025 at 4:52 PM
A good rule of thumb is if you don’t live in one of the blue counties, you live in a bubble.
The current moment must be incredibly emotionally invalidating for the anti-Trump resistance.
December 31, 2024 at 3:39 AM
The current moment must be incredibly emotionally invalidating for the anti-Trump resistance.
The context is almost worse
December 23, 2024 at 11:45 PM
The context is almost worse
Merry Christmas to the haters and losers
December 23, 2024 at 11:44 PM
Merry Christmas to the haters and losers
What’s the argument for this?
December 19, 2024 at 4:55 AM
What’s the argument for this?
Absolutely jaw-dropping.
The only reason the Democratic Party exists is because they stand up for the little guy, the weak, the marginalized.
What does it say about them that they are losing these votes?
The only reason the Democratic Party exists is because they stand up for the little guy, the weak, the marginalized.
What does it say about them that they are losing these votes?
December 14, 2024 at 6:50 PM
Absolutely jaw-dropping.
The only reason the Democratic Party exists is because they stand up for the little guy, the weak, the marginalized.
What does it say about them that they are losing these votes?
The only reason the Democratic Party exists is because they stand up for the little guy, the weak, the marginalized.
What does it say about them that they are losing these votes?
73% of Democrats want to ditch identity politics for a focus on the economic issues the working class cares about. echeloninsights.com/in-the-news/...
December 14, 2024 at 6:28 PM
73% of Democrats want to ditch identity politics for a focus on the economic issues the working class cares about. echeloninsights.com/in-the-news/...