The next Democratic nominee must be a populist if we are to win

[egbertowillies]

Look, reading over many comments here on DU gets me concerned. Let me say categorically, I can support every single one of the 22 candidates running. My goal is for the best one to emerge who will provide policies that help the most in the middle-class. I am unconcerned for the wealthy. Many of our candidates fear them and as such are less middle-class-poor centric than we need in this time of our history. So I intend to fight as hard as I can for the most Progressive candidate who supports policies Americans say they want. And Medicare for All is a litmus test for me as well.

I will work my a$$ in the general to promote that Progressive candidate fighting off the ensuing misinformation.

Move to Amend Director Kaitlin Sopoci-Belknap points out a reality Democrats will do well realizing sooner than later. If the Democrats are to win the White House, they must nominate a populist candidate. And here is why.

https://egbertowillies.com/2019/05/02/the-next-democratic-nominee-must-be-a-populist-if-we-are-to-win/

PS: No need to cut off from any candidates mailing list. Talk to their ill-behaved supporters. I am sure they can be found on all sides. When the election is all over those politicians break bread. We should allow them to divide us. Remember, not matter what you think we are just a number to them and they should simply be a tool to make life better, to us.

[hlthe2b]

1. All in how you define "populist"

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=12064923


Revealed: populists far more likely to believe in conspiracy theories

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/may/01/revealed-populists-more-likely-believe-conspiracy-theories-vaccines

Populists across the world are significantly more likely to believe in conspiracy theories about vaccinations, global warming and the 9/11 terrorist attacks, according to a landmark global survey shared exclusively with the Guardian.

The YouGov-Cambridge Globalism Project sheds new light on a section of the world population that appears to have limited faith in scientific experts and representative democracy.

Analysis of the survey found the clearest tendency among people with strongly held populist attitudes was a belief in conspiracy theories that were contradicted by science or factual evidence.


The research may go some way towards understanding the success of rightwing populists such as Donald Trump and Jair Bolsonaro, who have fuelled conspiracy theories, undermined efforts to address global warming and dismissed fact-based journalism as “fake news”.

The survey findings may also prove useful to public health officials who are battling to contain outbreaks of measles around the world amid alarming rates of unvaccinated children.

The World Health Organization and other public health bodies have embarked on major campaigns to remind the public of the importance of vaccination as anti-vaccine propaganda and conspiracy theories have flourished on social media.

Unicef recently revealed that measles cases had risen 300% in the first three months of this year compared with the same time last year. In 2017, approximately 110,000 people died of the illness, most of them children. About 169 million children under 10 worldwide are unvaccinated, the UN agency said.

[Fresh_Start]

2. hell no

last thing we need is another populist like Trump
I want someone who can think and plan and analyze
populists only seem to be good with sound bytes

[egbertowillies]

4. Elizabeth Warren with concrete policies come to mind

[riverine]

3. Like William Jennings Bryan?

(a joke if you are history challenged. WJB was a great populist and permanent Democratic loser).

EDIT: during the great Progressive Era at that.

[triron]

5. No, no, no. eos. Yeah blame 2016 on anything but Comey and the Russians.

[LexVegas]

6. So this is a shit on Biden video? Sane Progressive?

[WeekiWater]

7. Overall, populism is little more than an authoritarian selling themselves as something else.

I wish more people understood the history of populism. It means little to nothing when espoused by a politician.

[Gothmog]

8. Electablity is a key factor in this race

If the choice is between Woke and Win, I pick Win

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