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Republican Moderates Went Exitinct. But Democratic Moderates Keep Winning
Intelligencer ^ | 5/22/24 | Jonathan Chait

Posted on 05/22/2024 6:15:54 PM PDT by cotton1706

If the left is going to take control of the Democratic Party, the Pacific Northwest, with its oversupply of culturally progressive, college-educated white people, is where it would happen first. It is therefore notable that voters in Oregon struck a devastating blow against the left in three elections Tuesday.

In one primary, mainstream Democrat Janelle Bynum defeated progressive favorite Jamie McLeod-Skinner to face off in a winnable purple district. In another, Representative Maxine Dexter prevailed over Susheela Jayapal in a primary in a heavily Democratic district. And most revealingly, Nathan Vasquez unseated progressive prosecutor Mike Schmidt in Portland, one of the most left-wing cities in America.

Centrists often talk about the extreme left and right in American politics as though they have equivalent influence over the two parties. And while it is true that the far left and far right have many parallel qualities in their intellectual style — conceiving every question as a pure moral binary, dismissing liberal norms, fetishizing the will to power — their ability to exert influence through elected politics is totally different.

The conservative movement took complete control of the Republican Party over the course of decades, turning moderation into an epithet among their voters. There are progressives who would like to try something similar on the left. But their efforts keep running into a brick wall with the electorate.

(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Politics/Elections; US: Oregon
KEYWORDS: bloggers; elections; elekchunz; fakenews; nomoderatedemocrats

1 posted on 05/22/2024 6:15:54 PM PDT by cotton1706
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To: cotton1706

How are things in Opposite Land?


2 posted on 05/22/2024 6:17:44 PM PDT by LegendHasIt
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To: cotton1706

There are no moderate dims.


3 posted on 05/22/2024 6:19:17 PM PDT by ealgeone
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To: cotton1706

Dem moderate definition:
One who wants the United States overthrown with Deplorables censored, canceled and put in prison work stockades, as opposed to having them slaughtered and tossed onto mass above ground graves.

Diversity.


4 posted on 05/22/2024 6:22:09 PM PDT by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls.)
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To: ealgeone

It’s leadership. Pelosi kept her moderates in line. We don’t.


5 posted on 05/22/2024 6:22:13 PM PDT by DIRTYSECRET
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To: cotton1706

“The conservative movement took complete control of the Republican Party over the course of decades...”

That right there is mental illness, it is the only thing that explains this delusion.


6 posted on 05/22/2024 6:24:25 PM PDT by quantim (Victory is not relative, it is absolute. )
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To: ealgeone
There are no moderate dims.

Maybe two in the Senate. I wouldn't call them moderate. But rather liberal and not necessary leftist.

7 posted on 05/22/2024 6:25:55 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: cotton1706

Moderate…uh huh…

https://www.ijpr.org/politics-government/2024-05-22/janelle-bynum-defeats-jamie-mcleod-skinner-in-democratic-race-for-oregons-5th-congressional-district

In Congress, Bynum says she would rally behind the Democratic Party’s efforts to curb gun violence, improve housing affordability, codify abortion rights and act on climate change.


8 posted on 05/22/2024 6:26:59 PM PDT by DoodleBob (Gravity's waiting period is about 9.8 m/s² )
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To: frank ballenger

Uh huh….moderate….

https://www.beavertonvalleytimes.com/news/maxine-dexter-seeks-open-house-district-33-seat/article_e111be02-2b56-5ea7-a49c-d3f961b52555.html

Though she favors a health-care system in which government is the sole payer, Dexter said she has interim goals.

“The universal program would offer affordability, quality and reliability, combined with concurrently regulating and incentivizing the right care at the right time across all insurance plans,” she said.

A state plan to reduce greenhouse gases and combat climate change, she said, also has health benefits.

“I am a lung and critical care doctor who sees the impact of climate change and poor air quality on people’s health every day,” she said.

She also seeks expansion of family planning, pre-kindergarten, worker protections, renter assistance, research into gun violence and tighter regulations on firearms. She also favors elimination of the state mortgage-interest deduction for the top 5% of earners to raise money for subsidized housing.


9 posted on 05/22/2024 6:30:33 PM PDT by DoodleBob (Gravity's waiting period is about 9.8 m/s² )
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To: DoodleBob

I think Dexter is the one who east coast pols have given more than a million bucks to her campaign


10 posted on 05/22/2024 6:40:08 PM PDT by goodnesswins (Climate cultists think we should go back to the good times when people starved)
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To: cotton1706

All that is left are Republican moderates.


11 posted on 05/22/2024 7:15:48 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: cotton1706

There is no such thing as a Democratic moderate.


12 posted on 05/22/2024 7:41:43 PM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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To: cotton1706

The term moderate Democrat is an oxymoron.


13 posted on 05/22/2024 8:31:27 PM PDT by AlaskaErik (There are three kinds of rats: Rats, Damned Rats, and DemocRats.)
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To: cotton1706

It kind of depends on whether moderate democrat means extreme left but doesn’t cheer too loudly for Antifa and Hamas. In that case, the article isn’t too far off.


14 posted on 05/22/2024 10:44:32 PM PDT by ModelBreaker
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To: ealgeone

true almost 99% of Dems are lefties now, they are not liberal or progressives-they are left wing marxist

Notice how the MS does their bidding by calling them “professives” and conservatives “far right” you never hear them say the equivalent “far left”


15 posted on 05/23/2024 2:42:40 AM PDT by TECTopcat
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To: cotton1706

Moderate Republicans are Democrats...


16 posted on 05/23/2024 3:33:29 AM PDT by Deplorable American1776 (Guns don't kill people, LIBERALS DO!! Support the Second Amendment...)
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To: cotton1706

There is no such thing as a “moderate” DemocRat


17 posted on 05/23/2024 3:38:08 AM PDT by ZULU (JUDGE JUAN MARSHAM IS A FRAUD A POLITICAL HACK AND A CRIMINAL)
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