One outcome of the left's strategic choice to win elections against other Democrats rather than contest Republican seats in 2020 is that their only electoral leverage will be against the safest blue seats, deepening the polarization within the party. Biden won't owe them a thing
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So far the chief political achievement of the progressive left has been tanking climate change as a winning issue for Democrats by hanging a social justice millstone around its neck that, however worthy, has none of the cross-party appeal of a more modest green energy jobs agenda
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Raising money for down ballot offices?
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What progressive groups are doing that effectively (genuine question)?
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Well they’re not actively campaigning for the Green candidate, so there’s that
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Sunrise has been organizing phone banking for general election candidates, including the opponents of their favored primary candidates. Just one example, but an important one for youth turnout (look at Markey v Kennedy)
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Markey vs. Kennedy is an excellent example of how the left only has muscle in safe seat elections
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Getting progressives to actually vote for Biden, I think, rather than protest-voting for the Greens.
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Where is a state where that vote could be a decisive factor?
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