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Recent studies before 2016 had shown that the Democratic voters have moved far more to the left then republican voters had moved to the right. As the author men
by InTheArena 5y ago
Recent studies before 2016 had shown that the Democratic voters have moved far more to the left then republican voters had moved to the right. As the author mentioned in this article - Trump as a backlash was easily predictable.
These centrist positions are not the discourse that the modern democratic party is engaging in. Instead it is things like the California bill referenced, AOC's wealth tax, Bernie's litmus tests, and "modern monetary theory" and culture war topics.
Is this legitimatly the democrats going to the left or is just the loudest and most extreme voices that get amplification to drown out the centrists?
These positions are remarkably centrist - and centrism is out of favor with both parties.
- analog31 5y agoYet if I ask my kids about the Democratic party, they think it's too far to the right. For instance, they're pretty disillusioned about the Democrats actually passing a wealth tax or being anything but a party of the rich.
- InTheArena 5y agoCase in point.
- moistly 5y ago> Yet if I ask my kids about the Democratic party, they think it's too far to the right. A lot of people in America’s peer countries think the Democratic Party is at least as right-wing as their own country’s center-right party. We are now living in a world with globalized social media. Your kids are learning to not necessarily believe the mythologies.
- mattcwilson 5y agoCould you cite a source or two for this claim?