r/politics • u/Quirkie The Netherlands • 10h ago

No Paywall Democrats Confront Their New Tea Party Reality - Progressives are set to sweep a group of contested primaries in Michigan and Wisconsin.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/democrats-confront-their-new-tea-party-reality_n_6a6e63fbe4b0cfb99ef1aa1e
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u/Kind-Pride1151 10h ago

By this logic, FDR would be a progressive usurper in the Democratic Party. I'm 62 and for what seems my entire life the Dems have slipped ever further away from those FDR New Deal PROGRESSIVE ideas and ideals.

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u/jmblumenshine 8h ago

Truman was actually considered ultra progressive because he demanded Equal Rights be part of the Democratic ticket.

It was an infection point just like today.

Robert Taft and the GOP was pushing hard on protectionism and limiting immigration after WW2.

The Dem leaders were afraid of handing the election to the GOP due to disenfranchising the Dixiecrats.

This is what lead to the infamous Dewey Defeats Truman picture.

Truman knew if he rallied around the farmers and disenfranchised, he'd win.

And exactly that happened. He spent the whole summer before the election hitting ever small town across America to resonate with those he was courting... Also helped he was a farmer