The text below is an opinion letter that I wrote after seeing a notice saying you were accepting political opinion letters because of the elections coming up. In light of the recent Democratic debate it has become very clear that the Democratic Party is going through somewhat of a civil war.

On one side you have the new far-left candidates, and on the other you have more centrist candidates which represent somewhat of an old guard in the Democratic Party. Both sides have been figuratively tearing each other apart, and even members of what seem the same division attack each other in the midst of the chaos.

These events make it very clear that it is time for the Democratic Party to split in two. While it may seem political suicide, it might very well work out in favor of the left if they hope to win the election. Some think that split would divide the votes too much, and this would instantly give the election to President Trump, and this would be a valid concern if the two sides hadn’t already proven that they don’t always vote together.

A prime example of this is the 2016 elections where many people who voted for Bernie Sanders felt cheated and chose not to vote for Hillary Clinton. Creating a split would allow for the two candidates to work together while also allowing them to disagree instead of having to blindly follow the other’s lead to project a more unified Democratic Party. A split also allows for the resources of the two sides not to be stretched so thin and allow for the American voters to decide which faction they wish to support. This solution ultimately makes more sense for what the Founding Fathers intended. They wanted a nonpartisan government, and by dividing the parties you get something closer to that original idea without completely destroying the modern system.

Tanner Lux

Jim Thorpe