Democratic Primaries
In reply to the discussion: The Democratic Party is FINALLY (once again) a LIBERAL political party. [View all]Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)Remember that most voting Democrats are moderate. They're screaming out: Give me someone I can vote for...someone not too far left, someone not "socialist," someone not close to the corrupt Trump. (I use "socialist" because of the connotation the word has.)
They may stay home if they don't see a candidate that fills the bill. A minority of Democrats (and of voters generally) are on the far left end of the spectrum. They will love certain candidates and show up to vote for them w/enthusiasm. But that doesn't win a national election.
Keep in mind that for all the attention on Cortez and one or two other new reps in Congress, the vast majority of the newly elected reps are moderate.
But I guess we can't help supporting someone who speaks to us. If the majority of Dems are moderate, that's who will win the nomination, I suppose.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided