I went out of my way to pick the CDC, The Nation, and NPR specifically in order to avoid accusations of nutpicking. As the CDC example shows, you don't actually

I went out of my way to pick the CDC, The Nation, and NPR specifically in order to avoid accusations of nutpicking. As the CDC example shows, you don't actually need to elect politicians in order to enact policy. > But how much traction do those radicals have on getting elected politicians and on actual policy? “We need to not ever use the word ‘socialist’ or ‘socialism’ ever again. . . . We lost good members because of that,” Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-Va.), who narrowly leads in her reelection bid, said heatedly. “If we are classifying Tuesday as a success . . . we will get f---ing torn apart in 2022.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/house-democrats-pelosi-election/2020/11/05/1ddae5ca-1f6e-11eb-90dd-abd0f7086a91_story.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/house-democrats-pelo... > Vox's Ezra Klein recently released a book on the matter (I have not yet read it), and going from this review, while there has been a shift on the Left, it is still the case in 2020 that the problem is generally asymmetric, and the majority has been on the right Ezra Klein isn't exactly an unbiased source here.