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Originally Posted by Mathgod
People stayed home or voted 3rd party in 2016, helping Trump win. Did that fix the problem? Did that suddenly cause the democrats to run some super exciting progressive candidate that the electorate rallied around? Nope. We got Biden.
Well if you're going to be that flippant in glossing over the differences between Biden and Trump, it's a sign that you're being deliberately ignorant, and I don't see much point in continuing to talk to you.
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Progressives, especially young progressives, were a big reason Biden got elected last time. He bled voters in traditionally strong Democratic categories (i.e. working-class blacks and latinos). I'd argue that unless he's going to do more to appeal to the working-class (which is also what progressives have been arguing for), alienating progressives and driving young voters to apathy is not a great stategy.