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Originally Posted by New Era
This is the "American" politics thread. Anything left of Ted Cruz is a "socialist." Get with the program.
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One important point to keep in mind here is I do not read Biden’s victory as being anything like an endorsement of the progressive policies of the left wing of his party. It’s clear he was supported by a ton of ticket splitters who voted Biden but voted GOP down the ticket, which suggests older “neocon” (if that’s what you want to call them) played an outsized role in his victory. It was a rejection of Trump and Trumpism, not of conservative ideology or of traditionally Republican ideas.
Not saying Biden should govern like George W. Bush, but I do think he is interpreting his mandate from the people correctly.