The tucking to the right instinct comes from an almost century long fear campaign tarnishing everything “progressive” and left-leaning. I’ve said it before that I think the general mindset of America is changing, and slowly becoming more progressive (old people do keep dying and Gen Z are voting now). But it’s still a risk to lean left instead, because you know you’ll lose voters doing so but you don’t know how many you’ll gain doing so. My instinct is that this is the first election where leaning into the progressive left is probably worth it, but I’m no political scientist or campaign advisor. So what do I know besides vibes.
Which should have been obvious immediately after Obama ran a progressive campaign and got a landslide victory despite an active campaign firm “moderate” Dems to get Dem voters to vote for the Republican candidate.
The tucking to the right instinct comes from an almost century long fear campaign tarnishing everything “progressive” and left-leaning. I’ve said it before that I think the general mindset of America is changing, and slowly becoming more progressive (old people do keep dying and Gen Z are voting now). But it’s still a risk to lean left instead, because you know you’ll lose voters doing so but you don’t know how many you’ll gain doing so. My instinct is that this is the first election where leaning into the progressive left is probably worth it, but I’m no political scientist or campaign advisor. So what do I know besides vibes.
Except that fear is unfounded…
Which should have been obvious immediately after Obama ran a progressive campaign and got a landslide victory despite an active campaign firm “moderate” Dems to get Dem voters to vote for the Republican candidate.