Already so-called "centrist" Democrats are blaming liberals, claiming they are the reason for losing some House seats and not taking the Senate. This analysis is too shallow. The language of left vs. right vs. centrist is too puny.
Why are they saying Medicare For All is "socialism"? It's not true. 62% of Americans want to raise the minimum wage, and the majority want universal health care.
Democrats don’t need to become "centrist." They need to put lifting the poor & expanding the electorate at the center. Even with this election, millions still did not vote. Democrats need to do across the South what was done in Georgia to expand the electorate.
Democrats need to move away from "is it socialism or not?" Call it what it is: the establishment of justice and promoting the general welfare.
If Democrats take the fact that they lost some House seats & didn’t win the Senate (yet) as a sign that they need to be more centrist rather than looking at how many voters they didn’t reach, how gerrymandering impacted these races,
& how they need deeper work in the South & southwest, moving to this false center rather than moving to fully address the pain & problems & hurt for poor & low-income ppl, esp. now in the middle of a pandemic, they will lose not only elections but the power & moral high ground.
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