Where Moore is wrong is in thinking the Dems need to go even further to the Left.
Where Moore is wrong is in thinking the Dems need to go even further to the Left.
The traditional Democrat voters who went for Trump may still be "liberal" in their support for various social welfare programs, but they were repelled by the social and cultural radicalism of the Democrats.
The Democrats used to treat working and lower middle class whites as their core base of support, rightly or wrongly, on economic issues. Now they're basically declared that working and middle class whites are "deplorables" who are oppressing racial minorities and homosexuals. Democrats thought they could win the election by being the party of illegal immigration, BlackLivesMatter riots and looting, Muslim refugees, and transgender bathrooms. In doing so, they've lost their traditional base of support, hopefully permanently. The few Democrats who would dare point this out (Jim Webb, etc) don't get any traction in the party.