More Democrats want a more moderate party, poll says.
More Democrats want a more moderate party, poll says.
Data from a new Gallup survey suggests that close to half of Democrats want their party to move more toward the middle, while more than 40% of Republicans are happy with their party.
This makes me feel worse than anything trump has done. We're so fucked.
How was Kamala Harris not the perfect candidate then? Why did so many Democrats stay home, when Harris was supported by Darth Cheney's daughter? It doesn't get more drawn to the "middle" than that. No one I have talked to said they wish Democrats were more conservative, anecdotal at best, but seems pretty suspicious to me.
Maybe if they appease right-wing extremists even harder, they'll finally find some middle ground. Oops, the middle moved. Oh well, just reach across the aisle and--huh. It moved again.
I spend a lot of time talking to people all across the political spectrum (mostly the US, but also globally). The "normal" left from 15-20 years ago are now considered moderate lefts.The moderate left people I know now used to be firmly left but they were abandoned as some went even farther left. The centrist/moderates from before now seem to lean slightly right again as the left has gone farther left. The old moderate right leaning people now seem to just be regular rights and the extreme right is still the good ol extreme right.
Of course this is my very limited sample size of friends and family. Most of which live in very blue cities in very blue California, but I have friends scattered across the US and some globally. I do somewhat often sicuss politics with my friends in India, The Netherlands, Germany, the UK, Australia, Ireland, Sweden, Norway and some other places I'm probably forgetting. While their own political landscapes are vastly different than our own they do seem to generally agree that the American left has gone farther left than the American right has gone farther right.
Nobody liked Kamala. Not even her own party liked her. She was polling at something like 5% in her own party back in 2016. Once you add the lack of a primary election and her politically sterile speeches into the mix it's not hard to see how she lost.
While their own political landscapes are vastly different than our own they do seem to generally agree that the American left has gone farther left than the American right has gone farther right.
So in their, and your estimation, the resurgence of Nazis in the US specifically is less of a shift to the right, but people who want equal rights and to not be targeted by police and corporations is far left? Wanting healthcare and an end to homeless, war, and to stop the persecution of LGBTQ+ for what are obviously biased religious reasons.
I agree, no one liked Harris, she was the first out in the 2020 primaries. Her politically sterile speeches, by another name would be moderate. Not pissing off either side. Do you think she lost both primaries because she was TOO left? Or more likely because she was too in the middle, like this poll is claiming people wanted from her.
You think the Cheney's are/were popular within the Republican rank and file? She lost her primary for Wyoming's house seat in 22. She didn't make it to the general. She only won her primary with a majority twice in 18 and 20. The only Republicans she would have brought to the table were the Never Trumpers, who were already never voting for trump.
Who is popular with the republican rank and file? A significant number of his own cabinet members from the first term said he shouldn't Return.
You're moving the goal posts for this article as well. Who could Harris have cozied up to that was close to center? Who in the republican party can even be considered the moderate centrists? I imagine the reason Cheney lost her seat has much more to do with faux news dragging her through the mud because she had the audacity to investigate the obvious insurrection that happened and go against an orange turd than her not being "conservative" or popular enough to win.
Then there is no hope for the United States. If 40% still need the Dems to move further right, then the majority really does just want Fascism vs Fascism Light on the ticket.
It's a two-party system. If they move toward the middle, the whole thing shifts right. It's very precisely adapted to mitigate any kind of meaningful, moderate, centrist position. If, instead, we're talking about comparing the US system to that of other countries, the idea that the Democrats are leftists is hilariously misinformed.