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Moving Left Could Doom Democrats in Future Elections – HotAir

A somewhat surprising piece at Vox argues there is a clear answer to the debate now taking place among Democrats about what went wrong in this election. Whenever Democrats lose an election an argument breaks out between the two major factions of the party. Moderates argue that progressive extremism turned off swing voters. On the other hand, progressives argue that Democrats lose when they moderate so much that they fail to excite their base. In order to win, progressives say the party just needs to be more outspoken about left-wing policy solutions. Here’s that idea being voiced this week by Pramila Jayapal.





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