As a statement this is false. There are a number of Democrats who do support them. There is, for example, this article: Jeff Bryant: How Long Can Big Money Keep Democrats in the Charter Camp? read more
Further, public schools are a proven, valuable quantity where charter schools are not simply “unproven”, but the studies are showing that they’re no better and often worse (on average) than public schools. So if one believes education is critical in our society, there’s no evidence that charter schools are a better way to deliver that. read more
JB: So about charters, Stacey Evans was one of 11 Democrats to vote in favor of Amendment One that would have established the Opportunity School District that would have facilitated state empowered conversion of public schools to charter school management. read more