Dems taking Reps’ traditional ideological approach, says @DouthatNYT
nytimes.com/2019/11/02/opi…
I would separate left-moving policy positions (certainly happening, overshooting but in parallel with a real public move) from increasingly ideological messaging, which I don’t see
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nytimes.com/2019/11/02/opi…
I would separate left-moving policy positions (certainly happening, overshooting but in parallel with a real public move) from increasingly ideological messaging, which I don’t see
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Main messaging shifts from 2016 to 2020 Dem primaries actually move back toward Dem norms:
1) Warren selling Sanders policies in wonky & technocratic terms with stories of groups helped
2) All frontrunners focused on class 1st over race & gender, back from Clinton aberration
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1) Warren selling Sanders policies in wonky & technocratic terms with stories of groups helped
2) All frontrunners focused on class 1st over race & gender, back from Clinton aberration
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Meanwhile, even with Trump, Reps are running nationalized ideological campaigns, even in state races
Reps are perceiving Dems as running on socialism, but it’s mainly them running against it
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Reps are perceiving Dems as running on socialism, but it’s mainly them running against it
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