On !leftism@lemmy.world they’ve been suggesting that Harris went too far to the right to try to capture moderate Republicans, and that’s why she lost, but yes I think this OP image makes sense.
Arguably though you could say it’s not as simple as left/right. Maybe the Democrats should look at which specific demographics they did badly with, and then figure out how to better appeal to those demographics.
Harris represented a “return to normal” which for the working poor pinched by inflation and rising cost of living, meant more slow misery. Abandoning the supposed foundation of the party whilst running against a supposed anti-establishment/disruptive candidate via an appeal to neocon decency was foolish. “Banking” on voting blocs they actively rejected was foolish.
The party needs to do better, and that starts with us holding them to account for dropping the bag and critically misreading/ignoring the situation, and demanding change.
I’m not saying the Dems need to go further to the right to win elections, but they just need to appeal to middle America I guess - people who probably don’t see themselves as on the left or right. Like the OP pic of this thread points out, Biden won in 2020, and he’s a pretty centrist politician.
On !leftism@lemmy.world they’ve been suggesting that Harris went too far to the right to try to capture moderate Republicans, and that’s why she lost, but yes I think this OP image makes sense.
Arguably though you could say it’s not as simple as left/right. Maybe the Democrats should look at which specific demographics they did badly with, and then figure out how to better appeal to those demographics.
Not right enough?
Harris represented a “return to normal” which for the working poor pinched by inflation and rising cost of living, meant more slow misery. Abandoning the supposed foundation of the party whilst running against a supposed anti-establishment/disruptive candidate via an appeal to neocon decency was foolish. “Banking” on voting blocs they actively rejected was foolish.
The party needs to do better, and that starts with us holding them to account for dropping the bag and critically misreading/ignoring the situation, and demanding change.
I’m not saying the Dems need to go further to the right to win elections, but they just need to appeal to middle America I guess - people who probably don’t see themselves as on the left or right. Like the OP pic of this thread points out, Biden won in 2020, and he’s a pretty centrist politician.