Progressive Democrats aren't turning activism into election wins

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9. Progressivism and Leftism aren't synonymous

And sometimes, as with the Gaza issue, they aren't even consonant.

I think most voters would be very open to progressive economic messages. It's when the Leftism creeps in that the normies get skittish. Nobody wants to hear the latest bit of nonsense straight from a sociology department (see: any San Francisco public education issue at random). They want an economic system that works for them and basic social fairness.

There are some local races here in the Bay Area with AAPI candidates where the (not a small bit racist) shtick of, "But they're so white-adjacent" is getting its usual airing.

I just want to say to these people, "Shut. Up. Voters hate this stuff. No one likes it but you and a couple of faculty at Stanford."