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How progressives are taking over swing states – and driving fear into Democratic elites
(www.theguardian.com)
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Aiming higher accomplishes fuck all if the candidate doesn't win, which is pretty much guaranteed if we run independents against Democrats.
Schumer openly endorsed Mamdani before the election was over, admitted he was the DNC candidate immediately after the primary ended.
Aiming low also doesn't accomplish anything if the candidate doesn't win, and we've seen too many candidates lose after moving to the right.
I'm not saying Aim Low, I'm saying aim at the target, wherever it lands. Who are you accusing of moving right?
Harris. She started out somewhat progressive and was leading in the polls, and then she started campaigning with Liz Cheney and focus was on support from CEOs. I'm fairly sure that turn to the right contributed to her loss.
Her shit campaign team aside her policy stances included an unrealized gains tax on the rich, which alone could have changed course for this nation. This is a perfect example of the point I'm making, the DNC could theoretically be the most extreme radical left imaginable but people still wouldn't notice.
She wasn't extreme radical left, and went out of her way to appeal to the right. She refused to embrace even widely supported ideas like Medicare for All or condemning genocide. Mamdani, on the other hand, is unapologetically left, and won in a landslide.
Americans support far more progressive policies than many people believe, including themselves. Focus on policies that will help regular people, instead of the billionaires, and you will win.