And that’s the difference between leadership and pandering. Telling people in the center what they want to hear because you’re afraid to lose is precisely how you lose.
Honestly, that’s bullshit. The left shows up to vote consistently for the Democrats. All polling data confirms that the people who stay home are the disengaged and the moderates. It’s not that people can’t agree on what is left enough, it’s that the center tries to win votes from the right by demonizing the left, and it doesn’t work. Successful campaigns across the political spectrum are persuasive and idealogical. The voters are never going to be more enthusiastic than the candidate.
Regardless, 1/3 will still vote hard right, 1/3 hard left, and the middle will stay home.
Ahh yes. The hardleft of corporate democrats.
Much better than the hard right.
It is indeed, but I think the point is that the right has been able to move the window so far to the right because there is no functioning left.
The left can’t afford to alienate the center because they can’t count on the votes of the left.
And that’s the difference between leadership and pandering. Telling people in the center what they want to hear because you’re afraid to lose is precisely how you lose.
Ok then hard right and the other 2/3 just complain and never agree what’s left enough so nothing happens but tears and losing.
Honestly, that’s bullshit. The left shows up to vote consistently for the Democrats. All polling data confirms that the people who stay home are the disengaged and the moderates. It’s not that people can’t agree on what is left enough, it’s that the center tries to win votes from the right by demonizing the left, and it doesn’t work. Successful campaigns across the political spectrum are persuasive and idealogical. The voters are never going to be more enthusiastic than the candidate.
Oh yeah… I forgot how hard the other 2/3 worked in November 2024.
You really think 2/3 of Americans are progressive?
I think 2/3 of Americans aren’t hard right-wing. And these days that makes them terrorists.
And yet not good enough to win elections.
The right love their stupid Americans!