This version of the @mattyglesias / @davidshor bit, which is basically *the* CW for generations of politicos, is pretty persuasive (and in a form/content merger avoids being needlessly trollish towards those it is addressed to.)https://www.slowboring.com/p/the-median-voter-is-a-50-something …
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so the centrists who have been protected by the party for thirty years are hamstringing the party's agenda, surely a strategy of promoting centrists will fix this
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Which just shows Jeet is missing the point.
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His piece today addresses this very topic
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What’s the least popular parts?
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Think this was a pretty decent analysis of that phenomenonhttps://www.slowboring.com/p/moderate-democrats-should-be-popularists …
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It was, which is why I remain mystified as to why the Democratic left is still the target of "the do popular stuff" scolding. Say what you will about the 2020 election, the Democratic left has very clearly shifted course toward exactly this strategy!
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The median voter is irrelevant. It is the MARGINAL voter who matters. Who is the most likely to switch their vote? Who is most on the fence about voting at all?
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Marginal voter is somewhat younger, somewhat less white, much less educated than the median.
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