The perpetual advice to Democrats is that moving rightward will solve all their problems. But look where the party is at the moment: already embracing Republican affect and policies, yet still losing.
Let’s be honest. The majority of the U.S. is not progressive. If you pit a far left candidate against are far right on the national stage then right will win every time.
Vote as far as you can in your local and state elections because your vote has a much larger impact in those races. When it comes to the Federal races, please just vote for who has a solid chance even if it’s a moderate because let’s be honest… Anything is better than what we have now.
I actually think this is the opposite of the situation. You’re probably right that the majority of the US would not identify as progressive, but I’m confident the majority of the US would vote for progressive candidates if we had elections that weren’t predetermined by gerrymandering. If our elections were also free from corporate interests, the US would be a fully progressive democratic socialist country, and I’m sure most people would be happy with what that means for them and their families.
The US is obsessed with labels. If a candidate runs on practical progressive policies without calling them progressive, they can often do really well. It’s not a fluke that right wingers have been showing up in support of Bernie and AOC.
Post-election polls say Bernie would’ve won if he was the candidate against Trump in 2016. America would definitely vote for a progressive. I mean, hell, Obama ran as a progressive and destroyed the Republican candidate.
If the DNC wants to win, they know how. They’ve won before by talking about social polices, rebuilding American infrastructure, talking about removing debt from the citizens, improving healthcare, abortion rights…
They copied the Republican playbook from 2016 for 2024, while saying The economy is doing good, don’t complain! like Trump is doing now with his Tariff bullshit. It’s actually your fault you can’t pay rent and eat food at the same time, pleb!
Remember when we were going to get monthly $1000 checks to help with COVID? Cancel student debt for all Americans? Codify Roe v. Wade? Arrest Trump?
But we’re the bad guys for having the memory of Democrat voters instead of Republican shitheads.
People want to vote for somebody popular, call them what you will. Somebody that’s fighting for them.
Absolutely nobody likes the Democrats, the last presidential elections have shit shows with the most unpopular possible candidates running is the status quo, there are no challenges for house leadership, or Senate leadership, no criticism in the party.
Maybe you should question those people telling you that that is what is electable and not those popular things like not getting ass fucked by the rich without your consent.
When haven’t the dems run moderates? Hell most brag at how moderate they are and how much they’ll compromise with the republican extremists, yet won’t with progressives
I know. As a proud bidenist-leninist I must support the savior of all free peoples, the greatest hero the working class has ever had or will ever have.
Let’s be honest. The majority of the U.S. is not progressive. If you pit a far left candidate against are far right on the national stage then right will win every time.
Vote as far as you can in your local and state elections because your vote has a much larger impact in those races. When it comes to the Federal races, please just vote for who has a solid chance even if it’s a moderate because let’s be honest… Anything is better than what we have now.
I actually think this is the opposite of the situation. You’re probably right that the majority of the US would not identify as progressive, but I’m confident the majority of the US would vote for progressive candidates if we had elections that weren’t predetermined by gerrymandering. If our elections were also free from corporate interests, the US would be a fully progressive democratic socialist country, and I’m sure most people would be happy with what that means for them and their families.
The US is obsessed with labels. If a candidate runs on practical progressive policies without calling them progressive, they can often do really well. It’s not a fluke that right wingers have been showing up in support of Bernie and AOC.
Post-election polls say Bernie would’ve won if he was the candidate against Trump in 2016. America would definitely vote for a progressive. I mean, hell, Obama ran as a progressive and destroyed the Republican candidate.
If the DNC wants to win, they know how. They’ve won before by talking about social polices, rebuilding American infrastructure, talking about removing debt from the citizens, improving healthcare, abortion rights…
They copied the Republican playbook from 2016 for 2024, while saying The economy is doing good, don’t complain! like Trump is doing now with his Tariff bullshit. It’s actually your fault you can’t pay rent and eat food at the same time, pleb!
Remember when we were going to get monthly $1000 checks to help with COVID? Cancel student debt for all Americans? Codify Roe v. Wade? Arrest Trump?
But we’re the bad guys for having the memory of Democrat voters instead of Republican shitheads.
The majority of the US are brainwashed by corporate propaganda to vote against their own best interests and dont even know what “progressive” means.
Those moderates and their ratchet effect has contributed to our current conditions.
People want to vote for somebody popular, call them what you will. Somebody that’s fighting for them.
Absolutely nobody likes the Democrats, the last presidential elections have shit shows with the most unpopular possible candidates running is the status quo, there are no challenges for house leadership, or Senate leadership, no criticism in the party.
Maybe you should question those people telling you that that is what is electable and not those popular things like not getting ass fucked by the rich without your consent.
Ive never had the option to vote for a moderate from a major party.
When haven’t the dems run moderates? Hell most brag at how moderate they are and how much they’ll compromise with the republican extremists, yet won’t with progressives
Weeeird.
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I know. As a proud bidenist-leninist I must support the savior of all free peoples, the greatest hero the working class has ever had or will ever have.
Yeah that guy in government for 50 years that helped sail this ship into today was “moderate” hard s