• style99@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    “Popular” progressives?

    If they’re so popular then how do they keep losing elections?

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      1 year ago

      Progressives make up about 15-20% of Democrats. That is why they don’t win. The might change in the future.

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      1 year ago

      Hillary siphoning money from the DNC in 2016 + DWS dem electors nonsense, Biden making false promises to Warren about cabinet positions in exchange for support in 2020, and the corporate news media running cover to maintain the corp’s status-quo always.

      And yes, popular, as in maintaining real populist positions with which the vast majority of Americans agree - and importantly, the conviction to actually follow through with these promises if they can ever break through the wall of the Washington bubble.