INkokeli ye-Senate Minority u-Chuck Schumer umamele njengeNkokeli yamaNcinci eNdlu uNancy Pelosi ethetha ngexesha lenkomfa yeendaba ngo-Novemba 1, 2017 eWashington, D.C.Win Win McNamee / Getty Izithombe Sisiganeko esinqabileyo kwezopolitiko zaseMelika xa kusweleke iqela elikhulu lezopolitiko.
Isenzeko esinjalo khange senzeke ngaphezulu kweminyaka eyi-160, xa iqela le-Whig laqhekeka ngenxa yokwahlula phakathi kobukhoboka kunye neempiko ezichasene nobukhoboka. Iqela leRiphabhlikhi lenziwa ngo-1854 kwaye lakhawuleza lathatha indawo yeWhigs, eyayinyule oomongameli ababini kwiminyaka ye-1840 kodwa bonke babephumile kwishishini ngo-1856 .
Kwiintlanga ezininzi ezineenkqubo zedemokhrasi, amaqela ezopolitiko awahlali phantse ixesha elide njengamaRiphabhlikhi aseMerika kunye namaDemokhrasi. Mva nje, iDemocratic Party ibonakalisile ubudala bayo. Iqela elasekwa nguAndrew Jackson ngo-1828 likwimeko ecekeceke kangangokuba lisondele ekuweni kwayo kokugqibela.
Imeko ebuthathaka yeQela Blue iya ngaphaya kwenxeba eliqobayo elishiyekileyo kukhuphiswano lokutyumba luka-2016 oluye lwaphinda lwakhulisa intloko yalo embi kwiveki ephelileyo. Imfazwe yamakhaya eqhubekayo phakathi kwephiko likaHillary kunye nephiko likaBernie isenokuba kukufa kwetheko eliye lacotha, kabuhlungu lisweleke kule minyaka ingama-50 idlulileyo.
Ukuhla kweqela kwaqala ngo-1968 xa amaRiphabhlikhi aphumelela uloyiso lokuqala kwezintlanu kulonyulo olulandelayo, nto leyo eyabenza bakwazi ukuthimba ulawulo lweenkundla zesizwe kude neenkululeko, ezazilawula umthetho waseMelika kwisizukulwana. Ukuphumelela kuka-Democrats kule minyaka ingama-24 izayo kwaba ngo-1976 xa uJimmy Carter engakhange aphumelele uGerald Ford owayengathandwa.
Njengokuba iiDemokhrasi zaphula u-hex wabo wobongameli kwi-1990s, baphulukana nokubamba kwabo kwiCongress kunye noorhulumente belizwe, ababebalawula ukusukela oko i-FDR yayise-ofisini. Ukuqala ngokupheliswa kwexesha eliphakathi ngo-1994, iiDemokhrasi ziye zahla zaya kwinqanaba labo eliphantsi ukusukela kuXinzelelo olukhulu. Ngaphandle koloyiso luka-Mongameli u-Bill Clinton kunye no-Barack Obama, kunye nokuvuselelwa okufutshane kuninzi lwenkongolo ekupheleni komongameli ka-George W. Bush, umbutho uye wahlala uziphethe kakubi kwizikhululo zombuso kunye amanqanaba karhulumente.
Phantse kwikota yenkulungwane, iiDemokhrasi zithathe unyuko emva konyulo ngaphandle kwento yokuba iPublic Republic Party ayijongwa kakuhle kunedemokhrasi phantse kuyo yonke imicimbi onokucinga ngayo . Iidemokhrasi ngoku zilawula iirhuluneli ezili-15 kuphela kwezingama-50, ezingama-31 kwezingama-99 zamagunya ezomthetho, kwaye akukho nalinye kumandla olawulo eWashington, DC Xa uluntu lukhetha iqela lakho phantse kuyo yonke imiba kodwa usatyumza ilizwe liphela ithetha lukhulu malunga nempilo kunye namandla eqela. Ungasinda njani lo mbutho ungafunekiyo?
Ukubethwa kweDemocratic Party kungangumbambano oqhubekayo phakathi kwabaxhasi bakaBernie Sanders kunye namaDemokhrasi aqhelekileyo, agcine iqela lahlulwe phantse iminyaka emibini. Kuphela kukungabinamandla eRiphabhlikhi ebonelele ngoncedo kubaDemokhrasi.
Idabi eliphakathi kwala maphiko mabini alinasiphelo, kwaye izityholo ngowayesakuba nguSihlalo we-DNC uDonna Brazile yokungafaneleki kwinkqubo yokutyumba ka-2016 yawakrazula kwakhona loo manxeba — njengokuba iqela lalizama ukuphumelela unyulo olubalulekileyo eVirginia naseNew Jersey.
Ngexesha apho ukungathandwa okumangalisayo kwabo bobabini umongameli weRiphabhlikhi kunye neCongress elawulwa yiRiphabhlikhi kufuneka banike iiDemokhrasi ithuba elaneleyo lokuphumelela kunyulo, iqela elingenakudubula ngqo liyazidubula ngqo elunyaweni. Ngaphandle kwembambano eqhubekayo yangaphakathi, kuyacaca ukuba umbutho awazi nje ukuba ungaluphumelela njani unyulo. Uloyiso olunqabileyo lonyulo lwamaDemokhrasi kule minyaka ingamashumi idlulileyo ibiluloyiso lobuqu ngabagqatswa abanesidima-njengoBill Clinton noBarack Obama-abazakhele imibutho yabo yonyulo kunokuba bathembele kwisiseko seqela elinombono ongasasebenziyo. ngokungaguquguqukiyo kwibhokisi yokuvota kule minyaka ingamashumi amahlanu idlulileyo.
Kwaye ubunkokheli beqela kunye neeklasi zabacebisi, akukho namnye kubo obonakalise ubuchule bokuphumelela unyulo, ebambelela ngenkani kwiintsika zabo, etyumza amathuba embutho wokuphuhlisa iinkokheli ezincinci, ezinolwazi oluninzi. Umbona wembewu yedemokhrasi uyatshabalala esiseleni seengcambu ngelixa iinkokheli zeqela ezidiniweyo, ezihlanjwa zijinga kumandla njengeegunya zePolitburo.
Kodwa masingafaki ityala kulo lonke ukusekwa kweqela. Inqanaba lamaDemokhrasi kunye namalungu efayile ubukhulu becala abazi ukuba benza ntoni, nokuba. Uninzi lweenkululeko lusasebenzisa amaqhinga exesha lama-1960s, njengemibutho kunye nokuhamba, ezingasasebenziyo inaliti yezopolitiko. Kwaye inkqubela phambili ezininzi ziyasilela ukuqonda ukubaluleka kokuvota, ngakumbi kunyulo olungelulo lowongameli. Oku kuncede amaRiphabhlikhi ukuba akhe ibhentshi ngelixa amaqela olawulo lwedemokhrasi alapha ekhaya kunye nakwilizwe. Umzekelo, kwingingqi yeswitshi ephambili, eMidwest, amaRiphabhlikhi anolawulo olupheleleyo lwelizwe lonke kodwa amabini (eIllinois naseMinnesota), nolawulo oluyinxalenye kuzo zombini ezo; ukuya kwi-2018 babambe uburhulumente base-Illinois kunye namagumbi omabini endlu yowiso-mthetho yaseMinnesota. Ingxaki yenkukhu kunye neqanda. Ukungaphumeleli kweedemokhrasi ukuphumelela kwinqanaba lendawo kubathintela ekuphuhliseni italente yezopolitiko eyayiza kufuneka ukufumana olo loyiso.
Ke ngoku, iiDemokhrasi zikhubazekile, azinakuqonda kwaye kusenokwenzeka ukuba zisengxakini yokufumana ithuba eliyimbali lokuba ibuyele phezulu iboniswe ngumongameli ongathandekiyo kunye neCongress engathandekiyo. Ngokulawulwa ngokupheleleyo ngoorhulumente abathandathu kwabangama-50, iqela elo likwimeko embi njengeeWhigs xa babephuma kwishishini ngoo-1850. IiWhigs zibanjiwe ezisithoba kwezingama-30 zolawulo Iminyaka emine ngaphambi kokuba bawe, ekwipesenti ezingama-30 zenani elipheleleyo lalilingana ne-Democrats i-30 yepesenti yesabelo soburhuluneli namhlanje.
Kungenzeka ukuba uDonald Trump kunye nabaphathiswa beRiphabhlikhi-abenza kakubi ekulawuleni kakubi njengamaDemokhrasi ekwenzeni umkhankaso-banokwenza iiDemokhrasi ezingenako ukuzenzela zona. I-GOP, ilwa neengxaki zayo, inokugcina iiDemokhrasi kwinkxaso yobomi kule minyaka imbalwa izayo. Kodwa okwangoku, iiDemokhrasi ziyazitsala iplagi, kwaye nokungabinakho amandla kwabachasi babo akunako ukugcina iQela eliLuhlaza kwisiphelo esibuhlungu.
UCliston Brown sisigqeba sezonxibelelwano kunye nomhlalutyi wezopolitiko eSan Francisco Bay Area owayekade esebenza njengomlawuli wezonxibelelwano kummeli weDemokhrasi omde eWashington, DC Mlandele kuTwitter (@ClistonBrown) undwendwele iwebhusayithi yakhe ClistonBrown.com .
