I’ve written before about the divided nature of the Democratic Party and how that plays out after a losing election like 2024. Basically the two camps retreat to their corners. The far left argues the loss was because Democrats didn’t let their freak flag fly. If only they’d been more progressive, voters would have rallied.
And usually along with this is a complaint about messaging. Progressives aren’t entirely dim so they’re vaguely aware that some of their left-wing extremism isn’t popular. But rather than blaming the ideology for that, they tend to blame it on the messaging. If only Democrats could better explain to normies why their far left positions made sense, they could win.
On the other hand you have the moderates who (correctly) assess that many voters were turned off by the far left wing of the party and either stayed home or jumped to the other…
