See, there's a big dial that candidates can turn from "left" to "moderate," and when they do so they will be richly rewarded by the 0.00001% of voters, all in blue states, who are professional centrist pundits.
Actual swing voters will shrug at the loser energy then vote to make their lives worse.
Actual swing voters will shrug at the loser energy then vote to make their lives worse.
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my kingdom for anyone on the “dems should take culturally moderate positions” to explain what this actually means in practice? www.thebulwark.com/p/hard-calls...
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Or watching panels on CNN and MSNBC.
There are NO CONSEQUENCES for getting it wrong and they NEVER get it right, or apologize.
It systematically rewards failure.
Leaning into, explaining and selling progressivism as social, just and good governance is the way forward for dems.
...the problem is that most people have zero clue what policies candidates endorse and believing "thinks like I do on the issues" correlated highest to charisma not actual moderation.
-- the entire pol mediasphere
Dems can make true, emotionally salient statements; make charts disconfirming MAGA propaganda / showing Dems are better on what matters; appeal to every special interest group; and not win
A fact-resistant population will reject reality.
A lot of people think MAGA will notice they're getting hurt. I see little evidence for that.
It's not that deep. Voters are really, really not being swayed by pundits' obscure explanatory factors.
Other than political junkies, voters *maybe* read headlines, overhear co-workers, are conditioned to believe GOP is good on the economy.
When you ask why someone voted, most everything after "because" is science fiction rationalizing.
They made up that immigrants eating pets... Think they will debate honestly on the graduated income tax?