Reset era forgets time and time again how many moderate old white voters vote for dems, even now.
why do you think obama won the midwest? why do you think manchin, mccasskill, and tester are leading the polls despite trump winning their states by 20? why do you think progressive Gil Cisneros is losing by 2 in a district Hillary won by 9?
why do you think conor lamb won? that district was 98% white and the median voters age was around 60.
cuz moderation still works.... and no, hillary was not a "moderate" when she ran the most liberal campaign of any dem since George Mcgovern
and yes, a ton of moderate old white voters still vote dem, and no alienating them is a terrible strategy when they will be over 40% of the electorate
every time the democratic party has ever won was with the help of a ton of moderate dems (just look at all of the blue dogs in 2006 and 2008)... dem party has the lowest amount of moderates now than it has ever had in history.
the dem party is far more progressive now than it has ever been in its entire history
i do think dems will be able to get away with being more liberal in 2018... but they will end up throwing away some seats (eg nebraska 2nd)
why do you think obama won the midwest? why do you think manchin, mccasskill, and tester are leading the polls despite trump winning their states by 20? why do you think progressive Gil Cisneros is losing by 2 in a district Hillary won by 9?
why do you think conor lamb won? that district was 98% white and the median voters age was around 60.
cuz moderation still works.... and no, hillary was not a "moderate" when she ran the most liberal campaign of any dem since George Mcgovern
and yes, a ton of moderate old white voters still vote dem, and no alienating them is a terrible strategy when they will be over 40% of the electorate
every time the democratic party has ever won was with the help of a ton of moderate dems (just look at all of the blue dogs in 2006 and 2008)... dem party has the lowest amount of moderates now than it has ever had in history.
the dem party is far more progressive now than it has ever been in its entire history
i do think dems will be able to get away with being more liberal in 2018... but they will end up throwing away some seats (eg nebraska 2nd)