Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has endorsed President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign, a sign of the president’s strength in uniting his party to have the backing of one of its most liberal members

Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has endorsed President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign, a sign of the president’s strength in uniting his party to have the backing of one of its most liberal members

  • flop@lemmy.fmhy.ml
    1·
    1 year ago

    I don’t think it’s correct to assume politics is a sliding scale from left to right, and failing to appeal to democratic primary voters is a certainty of failure in a general election. I would paint democratic primary voters as very in favor of the institutions and systems of this country, and I don’t think republican votes are fans of either.

    • SCB@lemmy.world
      02·
      1 year ago

      They’re most assuredly not fans of socialism, which is what they view progressives as espousing.

      • flop@lemmy.fmhy.ml
        1·
        1 year ago

        I’m sure plenty would vote against him for being a socialist, but I also think a good number would agree with his criticism of greedy billionaires ripping off sick people, or huge companies paying less in taxes than they do. I don’t think everyone that voted for Trump was an absolute right wing nut, I think a good number of them think ‘both parties are bullshit and at least Trump is outside the system’.

        • SCB@lemmy.world
          12·
          1 year ago

          I’m aware that you think this, but if this were true he wouldn’t lose by 3 million votes.

          • flop@lemmy.fmhy.ml
            2·
            1 year ago

            Again, the democratic primary voter is not a representation of the entire countries values, and those that hated Obama, and hated Hillary, are more likely to vote for someone that is willing to criticize the system than long standing democratic insiders.

            Ultimately at this point I don’t care to constantly speculate on possible differences in past elections. My point was to hopefully convey that the idea of political views of the people in America as a left-right slider is flawed, and the current selection process biases towards mild candidates that fundamentally are not effective enough in solving the problems we are facing.