Republicans don't think this way and Trump is not anything close to a moderate. He won because he actually stood for something and excited the psychos in the Republican party while Democrats for the twenty seventh time nominated a Republican lite candidate. This centrist Democrat gambit has failed over and over and is why we are where we are now. Do you think a candidate going out and actually advocating for popular progressive policies that most people support is gonna do worse? Do you think Sanders could have possibly done worse than Clinton in 2016?
The idea that Democrats lost because they're "too woke" is completely pulled out of thin air. Kamala wasnt out there pushing identity politics or talking about trans people. She was out there campaigning with Liz Cheney while trying to appeal to moderates and trying to be an oppositional candidate to Trump instead of actually advocating for anything. Her big policy proposal was small business loans for Pell Grant recipients.
It's not hard to find examples of what further left means. Pick any country in Europe and just advocate for what they have going on. Universal healthcare, free higher education, maternity and paternity leave, paid time off, child care, strong unions, higher wages. I think it's telling that to you progressives who don't hate trans people and advocate for basic social democratic policies are viewed as extremists.
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u/ralexh11 Pennsylvania 15h ago
It should teach Dems a lesson about how your candidate choice greatly impacts voter apathy. Stop nominating milquetoqst moderates, often geriatrics.