Posted on 10/25/2019 1:40:03 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
To defeat Trump, the Democratic presidential nominee will have to do more than turn out the base.
A theory for how to win the 2020 presidential election has quickly become conventional wisdom among Democratic campaign strategists and many prominent pundits. It goes like this: The country has become so polarized that swing voters barely exist anymore. Elections are now decided by which side better manages to mobilize its base. So Democrats need to stop worrying about winning over moderates—and confidently move to the left.
Proponents of this “progressive mobilization theory” can point to a few important pieces of evidence. Plenty of liberal policies, for instance, are popular with voters across the political spectrum. As I’ve argued in the past, this makes it possible for Democratic presidential candidates to develop an ambitious agenda on issues from health care to gun control without jeopardizing their chances of ousting Donald Trump.
But the theory is nonetheless wrong in three crucial respects. A significant number of swing voters do exist, and in close-run elections, they matter. While Democrats do need to mobilize their base to win in 2020, it is far from obvious that moving to the left will help them do so. And to cure America of Trumpism, they need to persuade voters who aren’t already consistent progressives to turn their back on his brand of politics.
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“ And who knows what else they are blowing.”
We know Katie Hill is blowing one of her staffers.
Blowing a bong too.
Oh yes another bully.
Go home you scow & scum
Bye Bye !
This is what I've been trying to prove by analyzing the so-called "independent" population in recent headline-garnering polls.
The most recent CNN poll that was touted as showing 50% of Americans supporting impeachment is a perfect example of stuffing Democrats into the Independent sample to skew the results, while keeping the D/R ratio reasonable (D+4 in CNN's case).
When looking at the details, it becomes obvious that "independents" who have less than 5% "don't know" responses and 100% alignment with the Democrat sample aren't showing the "ideological fluidity" or "variety of political views" that this author says is there.
-PJ
Never noticed your screen name before-what an act of Providence!
I, too, am a Sligo Duffy!
Are you into genealogy? I have a treasure trove of material I would love to share.
This is a horrible horrible comment you should be ashamed of yourself is this how you address everyone that offers a simple opinion yet..it does not agree with yours?
Your words don’t hurt me it’s like water rolling off a ducks back
Oh, yes, Progs, “confidently move to the Left!” In fact, why don’t you just go on CNN and scream, “WE SERVE THE DEVIL!” Because you do!
Was that a slap at Kamala?
You could have stopped after just four words.
You’re from Vermont, bernie-bro.
I know im from VT but im not a bernie- bro BRO.
You cant even begin to derstand politics here if you assume im a bernie supporter. Wut? A bernie-ite on FR?? LOL!
Pele in this state are fed up with him and have been for a LONG time
Pele in this state
Weird auto spell
They may be blowing the POTUS election, but Pubbies are blowing the Congressional election, there just aren’t enough good Pubbies out there running for office, to replace all the retirements.
re: “ so your are a “
Hmmmm ... where to start, where to start with this one ...
Im a T.r.u.m.p Supporter what are you?
re: “Im a T.r.u.m.p Supporter what are you?”
I’m a bachelor, does that count for anything? How about the first vote I cast - for Gerald R. Ford.
Onto other subjects, are you a native English speaker, writer? Have you had any brewskies this afternoon? Just trying to get an understanding of the ‘situation’ on account of grammar and punctuation ‘anomalies’ and the like.
:^)
Took you three weeks to respond?
Let me guess, you’re on Internet Explorer. :-D
Free Republic is nice but I go to other conservative news, too. Ive actually been here much much longer than my profile states but was not a neither a victim nor casualty of any of the many purges over the yrs here at FR. I used to be be a reg contributor but due to health issues I had to cut back. I remember you very well and in the past exchanged messages with you frequently. Im surprised that you wish to insult my appearance or lack of here @ FR. Be well.
I beg your pardon.... “ this one”?... Are you dissecting something?
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