I don’t think they want to if it means they’ll have to actually live up to the party’s stated ideals rather than Republican-lite ideals. That’s why they back the Bidens, Clintons, and Harris’ of the party instead of the AOCs or Sanders of the party.
If you run a left-leaning candidate then the Republicans would call them woke and socialist. The average voter is clearly not a fan. Especially men, no matter how much Democrats try to pretend otherwise
They have called hillary clinton, joe biden, and kamala harris woke and socialists. They will do that to literally anyone. As long as the dem candidates are bad policy communicators those labels will stick and be perceived as negative.
He beat Romney even harder, it was a blowout. Why can’t Democrats find a candidate that replicates this success?
I don’t think they want to if it means they’ll have to actually live up to the party’s stated ideals rather than Republican-lite ideals. That’s why they back the Bidens, Clintons, and Harris’ of the party instead of the AOCs or Sanders of the party.
If you run a left-leaning candidate then the Republicans would call them woke and socialist. The average voter is clearly not a fan. Especially men, no matter how much Democrats try to pretend otherwise
They have called hillary clinton, joe biden, and kamala harris woke and socialists. They will do that to literally anyone. As long as the dem candidates are bad policy communicators those labels will stick and be perceived as negative.
Kamala Harris famously advocated for banning fracking, co-sponsored Medicare for all, endorsed a mandatory gun buyback program, etc.
Of course she changed her views when running for president, but she had a very short time to actually convince voters that she’s moved to the center