TheOne to politics @lemmy.world · 2 months agoShould democrats prioritize progressives or moderates?dividedwefall.orgexternal-linkmessage-square66fedilinkarrow-up161
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minus-squareFlowVoid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoThat want their biggest supporters to vote for them. But leftists are not their biggest supporters. Moderates are.
minus-squareelectric_nan@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 months 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-squareFlowVoid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-22 months 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.
minus-squareelectric_nan@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 months agoWe’ll find out in a few weeks I guess.
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.