A question for those FReepers stuck in liberal wastelands such as California, New York, Massachusetts and so on, do the Democrat candidates use the term "liberal" in their advertising or is that word still toxic even in those states?
I think the answer is: they don't call themselves liberals because they are "moderates". Republicans are "far right", and Tea Party types are "extremists".
This position is backed up by the "unbiased" media, so it all fits together nicely.
They use the word Progressive.
You see it on campaign brochures and yard signs.
I live in Massachusetts.
Use of the word is to let potential voters they are extreme left wingers.
The answer is no
Liberals can’t run as liberals and conservatives run as more conservative than they actually are
But its not like it looks.....
The Democrats run on the votes of minorities who don’t care what candidates say as long as they keep the cash and victim preference flowing ....those votes are locked up
What candidates actually say is for white votes....that’s where the so called undecideds are....mostly white single non southern women
Here in Texas it was pointed out to me when I was very young that one could glean the political party of a candidate by reading the smaller print on the yard signs. Republican candidate yard signs almost always had ‘conservative’ or ‘republican’ proudly stated in the message. OTH if one could not determine the political party of a candidate based upon the sign verbiage, the candidate was almost always a democrat.
About eight lustrum, later this situation still holds.
> ... do the Democrat candidates use the term “liberal” in their advertising or is that word still toxic even in those states?
I think the liberals prefer the term “progressive”.
I gave up on the Republicans, registered as a Conservative and then found that the conservative ballot was full of democrats and progressives. I later registered as a Whig (strict Constitution, small government, God loving, and get the government out of my life).