Democrats should have listened to Bernie Sanders, historians say

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Historians suggest Democrats might have fared better against Donald Trump by embracing the economic issues championed by Senator Bernie Sanders, who has long pushed for a focus on “bread-and-butter” concerns for working-class voters.

Despite Kamala Harris’s progressive policies, polls showed Trump was favored on economic issues, particularly among working-class and Hispanic voters.

Historian Leah Wright Rigueur argued that Sanders’ messaging on economic struggles could be key for future Democratic strategies.

Sanders himself criticized the party for “abandoning” the working class, which he said has led to a loss of support across racial lines.

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No one wanted Dick Cheney’s endorsement lol. You are right about most of the points you are making. Unfortunately for the further left, america is about to get a lot more right now. The ideas that progressives are offering are just not resonating with voters while prices are going up up up.

Dems are going to have to start playing nasty if they want to compete now.

No one wanted Dick Cheney’s endorsement lol.

Really? Because lemmy's centrists sure seemed really fucking happy to have it.

Unfortunately for the further left, america is about to get a lot more right now.

Congratulations.

The ideas that progressives are offering are just not resonating with voters while prices are going up up up.

No. This is complete self-serving bullshit. The ideas that progressives are offering aren't what Harris ran on. She ran against those ideas. She ran on maintaining an anti-progressive status quo.

Dems are going to have to start playing nasty if they want to compete now

Anything to keep from treating the left like humans with agency. And Democrats already play nasty. They just play nasty against the progressive wing of their own party.

Really? I’ve literally never seen anyone on Lemmy excited about Dick Cheney. If you say it’s true it must be true then.

Most people don’t want your far left politics either. Keep staying home though and not voting like your peers. Seems to be working out well 😂

Keep staying home though and not voting like your peers.

Well, this conversation has now concluded since you have demonstrated that you don't listen:

I voted for Harris.

I know centrists are completely fucking incapable of listening to anything anyone to their left says, but this was in this same thread.

Despite your continued hostility I can see you are having some issues:

  1. You are saying dems need to move further left to appease the people that didn’t vote. You are either saying the far left did vote (so why would we need to move further left?) or you are saying they didn’t vote because the dems are not left enough (so now we have Trump instead)
  2. If people wanted farther left, Bernie sanders would stand a reasonable chance which hasn’t happed because the majority doesn’t want it

Try to think this out, slowly.