• return2ozma@lemmy.worldOP
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      7 months ago

      Indeed. You would think the Democrats would go after independents and leftists/progressive voters instead of shifting to the right.

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        7 months ago

        The right has moved so far to the right that the “independents” are the ones that used to be right. That’s why you’re seeing all these pre Trump Neo Cons supporting Harris. They’re trying to target people like my mom. People that don’t like Trump but are still “Republican”.

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        7 months ago

        It just isn’t as good of a political strategy to go after progressives, who the DNC knows overwhelmingly vote dem regardless. The number of leftists who won’t vote for the democrats just isn’t high enough for them to care, which unfortunately means they pivot towards moderates, independents, and moderate republicans in basically every election