They certainly do. The problem is that they're numerous, but nowhere near a majority. They're gonna need allies. The obvious place to go for such allies is the

They certainly do. The problem is that they're numerous, but nowhere near a majority. They're gonna need allies. The obvious place to go for such allies is the center-left, who share at least some of their opinions. They'll probably block a lot of the things that the left would hope to get, but they'll get something. Even if they literally got nothing, it would be better than going-backwards they get from the "rightists". The rightists have successfully fused with the center-right. And they've done that, remarkably, by putting the far-right in charge. Conventional wisdom would say that the center-right wouldn't go along with extremist policies, but apparently conventional wisdom is wrong. Until recently I'd have said that reverse tactic wouldn't work, but I'm coming to revise that opinion. Not because I think it will work, but because I'm out of ideas. I don't think it's necessary or helpful to create a whole new party for that. There's too much apparatus that needs to be created. It would be better to shift the existing Democratic party far to its left -- not because that's the majority or median view, but because the "leftists" won't align otherwise. That could well be a bitter pill for those who consider themselves center-left, but it's less bitter than continuing to lose.