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Originally Posted by rubecube
I'm more concerned with Biden's polling with Latinos and young black voters than I am with him pulling in wayward Republicans. The Never Trumpers seem pretty locked in at this point.
My criticism isn't bitching about progressives being locked out because it makes me annoyed. I just think it's not the best strategy if you're trying to drum up enthusiasm amongst the more disaffected members from your own side of the aisle.
It's a numbers game, right? Generally whoever turns out the most supporters from their side wins.
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You are right on. It is all about strategy and appealing to the groups of people that will give you the best return with votes.
To me, the reason I think the outreach is not towards progressives is that many are unreachable. There is always so much backlash that all of Bernies policies don't instantly become the party platform. There are so many progressives that thumb their nose at democrats for not cowering to them and they don't vote or vote 3rd party. These people are not members of the democratic party and only see the party as a means to an end. Why cater to them? They advocate for policies that are just not palatable to most of the population and then take their ball and go home if they don't get their way.
The example I always use is Obamacare. While a step forward, it was far from being progressive policy. Yet the republican party still spent a decade dismantling as much as they could. So if watered down reforms struggle to get enough support to be permanent, how in the world do they expect their agenda to get through?
So instead of trying to win the unwinnable, it looks like the strategy will be play to the middle. Play to the moderates. We will see in a few months whether the strategy worked. I just personally, don't see going left as viable. You alienate as many as you gain that way.