@[email protected] to politics • 15 hours agoShould democrats prioritize progressives or moderates?dividedwefall.orgexternal-linkmessage-square66fedilinkarrow-up152arrow-down17
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minus-square@FlowVoidlinkEnglish-1•2 hours agoThat want their biggest supporters to vote for them. But leftists are not their biggest supporters. Moderates are.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•2 hours agoI see plenty of mainline dems saying shit like “I’d vote for a literal ham sandwich over Trump”. Why not try to appeal to “the left” (or even just genocide-disapprovers) since your base/moderates are going to vote for you no matter what?
minus-square@FlowVoidlinkEnglish1•edit-21 hour agoNot all moderates are Dems. Many are independents. I see plenty of leftists saying things like “I refuse to vote for Democrats”. I see plenty of moderates saying things like “I usually don’t vote the Democrats but this time I will”. It makes more sense for Democrats to appeal to the latter then the former.
That want their biggest supporters to vote for them.
But leftists are not their biggest supporters. Moderates are.
I see plenty of mainline dems saying shit like “I’d vote for a literal ham sandwich over Trump”. Why not try to appeal to “the left” (or even just genocide-disapprovers) since your base/moderates are going to vote for you no matter what?
Not all moderates are Dems. Many are independents.
I see plenty of leftists saying things like “I refuse to vote for Democrats”.
I see plenty of moderates saying things like “I usually don’t vote the Democrats but this time I will”.
It makes more sense for Democrats to appeal to the latter then the former.
We’ll find out in a few weeks I guess.