In Reply to: The New York Times’ “Moderation Advantage” Is a Statistical Illus posted by mh on October 26, 2025 at 12:30:05
This is a generational response by a democratic leadership who still haven't gotten over the shellacking the party received against Reagan, or grew up in the timid atmosphere that followed, and not, most certainly, in tune with where we are now politically.
Going moderate and building your campaign on the premise that actually, everything is honky dory in America and we should not make any demands that would alienate the billionaire class or go against the long established political dogmas of the 20th century, is bound to fail and cede the ground back to the Republican party *again*.
The only way out for the Democratic Party from its current identity crisis and lack of political imagination and backbone is to lurch leftward.
That's my thesis until I'm proven wrong.