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Progressives will recriminate against centrists and vice versa, but all Dem factions have to contend with this:
Turnout was high. The prog base showed up like progs want. There was huge cross-partisan outreach like mods want.
But Trump activated a MASSIVE racist/sexist vote.
Turnout was high. The prog base showed up like progs want. There was huge cross-partisan outreach like mods want.
But Trump activated a MASSIVE racist/sexist vote.
I hate to admit it, but this election is less about what anyone on the left/center-left did wrong, but rather than the extraordinary challenge we have in defeating this revanchist fascist movement.
Sure, there are things we can do better immediately--most especially dealing with what went wrong with the Hispanic/Latino vote. Figuring out how to close the gap between our candidates and support for progressive issues.
But there frankly aren't a lot of great options.
But there frankly aren't a lot of great options.
Because what it looks like right now is that Dems were soft with POC *men* who like Trump's toxic masculinity. Do we really want to cater to that? Pander more to the anti-chavistas? Dial back our efforts on police reform and submit to the Blue Line Flag folks? No easy answers.
If your answer to go farther to the center, you have to deal with the reality that neither the Biden nor Clinton strategies really worked. The cross-partisan alliance of decency didn't materialize.
If your answer is to go farther left, well....look at Florida. Or the Rust Belt.
If your answer is to go farther left, well....look at Florida. Or the Rust Belt.
It may be that Trump has unique talents for the GOP like Obama had for Dems, and that no one else will be able to replicate it. Perhaps. But I wouldn't count on it.
The bright side? The country is clearly trending away from them. The Senate and Electoral College are saving them.
The bright side? The country is clearly trending away from them. The Senate and Electoral College are saving them.
But it's not trending away fast enough to overcome an enormous backlash from people who simply refuse to give up white supremacy, toxic masculinity and hardcore evangelical bible-thumping. Who are literally happy to suffer hypothermia and die with tubes in their throats for it.
Anyone who tells you there is an easy to this is either a fool or a liar.
We are all going to have to work together to solve it. We need each other. There aren't enough of us in either of our Party's factions to win on our own.
We are all going to have to work together to solve it. We need each other. There aren't enough of us in either of our Party's factions to win on our own.
