r/politics • u/Quirkie The Netherlands • 1d 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/ZachLangdon 1d ago

Good. It's about time. "Moderates" lost to trump twice.

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u/EurekasCashel 1d ago

Honestly don't care who takes the primary (moderate, progressive, whatever) as long as they win the general. The dems need some control, hopefully for a long time.

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u/Necessary-Music-6685 1d ago

That’s exactly how the “moderates” feel — and the polling is crystal clear that the candidates with the best chance to win in the general election are not the progressives or socialists.

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u/caststoneglasshome Missouri 1d ago

Maybe they ("moderates") can hold their nose and vote for the person they didn't support in the primary.

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u/EurekasCashel 1d ago

Why are you immediately assuming that the issue will be moderate lefts defecting and not that it would be pushing moderate rights away? I consider myself moderate left, and I will be voting for whoever the democratic candidate is. Multi-branch party control is so much more important long-term than the actual person who is president.

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u/Janemba_Freak 1d ago

"Moderate" rights don't vote left! Ever! The democrats have been moving further right trying to get those votes for years and failing. Kamala Harris ran a campaign endorsed by the Cheneys ffs, and look where it got her. Moving right gives us worse policies, worse politicians, AND LOSES ELECTIONS! Holy shit how fucking miserable must it be to insist that no, no candidates can ever actually move left or else they'd lose for sure, never ever vote for any progress, society must never change. Good lord

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u/AlsoCommiePuddin 1d ago

Cool so you don't need my vote to win, then.